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Take the first step in your Business & Management research career

The ABRI PhD Program in Business and Management will provide you with a wealth of opportunities to engage in impactful research that will advance our understanding of business and society.

The ABRI PhD Program in Business and Management is a challenging program that will help you leverage your talent for doing research. Our program, along with the mentorship of a dedicated supervisory team, will support your development into a leading scholar, teacher, and influential thinker in international business and management research.

During the 4-year rigorous training trajectory, you will acquire the academic foundations of business and management research, learn theoretical knowledge and methodological skills for conducting independent research in your field of choice, and develop 3+ academic papers that will form the body of your PhD dissertation.

What does this PhD programme deliver?

Through this PhD program in Business and Management we support you in:

  • Learning to conduct high quality research
  • Publishing research in international peer-reviewed scientific journals
  • Becoming a valuable member of, and a contributor to a vibrant academic community


The PhD program in Business and Management at a glance:

  • The starting date for externally funded PhD positions is flexible.
  • Duration: 4 years
  • The PhD in Business and Management is a full-time program
  • Most courses and training activities will take place at the campus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (during Covid also online)
  • Fully-funded PhD positions (including a generous salary and financial support for conferences, international research visits, data collection and other research expenses) are available on a competitive basis
  • Tuition fees for 2025 will be announced shortly.

View all admission requirements, costs & practical information 

Would you like a word of advice?

Please contact the Coordinator for the full-time PhD program at ABRI, dr. Mohammad Rezazade Mehrizi

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
School of Business and Economics for Professionals
1081 HV AMSTERDAM

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  • Dr. David Kroon
  • Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization
  • Scientific Director ABRI
  • d.p.kroon@vu.nl
  • Dr. Mohammad Rezazade Mehrizi
  • Associate professor in Knowledge, Information and Networks
  • Coordinator for the full-time PhD program at ABRI
  • m.rezazademehrizi@vu.nl

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