Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business

Key Modules

• 1Programme Structure
• 2Duration
• 33 – 6 years
• 44 – 8 years
• 5Note:
• 6Research Methodology
• 7Interested to know more?
• 8Accounting
• 9Accounting Information Systems and Risk Management
• 10Corporate Governance
• 11Financial Reporting
• 12Market Based Accounting Research
• 13Banking and Finance
• 14Corporate and Personal Finance
• 15Electronic Banking
• 16Financial Management
• 17Islamic Finance
• 18Microfinance
• 19Money Laundering
• 20Productivity and Efficiency of Financial Institutions
• 21Risk Disclosure Practices of IPO and PLC
• 22Risk Management and Supervision of Financial Institution
• 23Consumer Behaviour
• 24Customer Relationship Management
• 25Influence of Behaviour upon Society
• 26Personal Motivation
• 27Place and Space
• 28Tourist and Leisure Behaviour
• 29Economics
• 30Business Economics
• 31Econometrics
• 32Energy Economics
• 33International Economics
• 34International Trade
• 35Macroeconomics
• 36Microeconomics
• 37Statics
• 38Tourism Economics
• 39Marketing
• 40International Marketing
• 41Services Marketing
• 42Management
• 43Employment and Training Opportunities in South East Asia
• 44Entrepreneurship
• 45Environmental Management
• 46Human resource management
• 47Knowledge Management
• 48Poverty Alleviation via Tourism
• 49Real Estate Development
• 50Strategic Management
• 51Sustainable and Responsible Tourism
• 52Hiring Graduate Students
• 53Professor Poon Wai Ching, Programme Director
• 54VIEW ALL LECTURERS

Entry Requirements

• We offered two entry pathway for this PhD programme, which is normal mode and prior to publication mode. Our PhD by Prior Publication mode provides a unique pathway for you to achieve a Doctoral award based on your existing body of work. We recognise the value of your prior publications and include them as a significant part of your submission for the Doctoral award.
• You need to fulfil one of the requirements below:
• Masters in the related discipline;
• Passed Bachelor's degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.67 and Registered as a Masters candidate and passed related qualifying assessment
• Any other equivalent qualification recognised by the Malaysian Government or accepted by the Taylor's University Senate. Any of the above conditions requires the student's research proposal to be approved.
• Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)
• The following criteria shall apply for working adults applying for Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL):
• All applicants are subjected to appropriate APEL assessments conducted by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)
• The APEL provision is only to be applied to Malaysian nationalities
• International Students
• IELTS 6.5 (May join IEN preparatory course and achieve the IELTS score)
• Accelerated PhD Programme
• Bachelor's degree candidates who are registered for master's degree programmes may apply to convert to the doctoral degree programmes subjected to the following conditions:
• Within 1 year for full time and within 2 years for part-time candidates
• Having shown competency and capability in conducting research at doctoral level through rigorous internal evaluation
• Approval of the Taylor’s University Senate
• If Your Bachelor Degree Are From Different Fields
• Students without a qualification in the related fields or relevant working experience requires to undergo and pass a bridging module.
• Students without a qualification in the related field but with relevant working experience requires to fulfil the following conditions:
• CGPA above 2.50 must have at least one (1) year of relevant working experience; or
• CGPA 2.00 to 2.50 must have at least five (5) years of relevant working experience;
• In addition, students will need to undergo a rigorous internal assessment
• : All information is subject to change. Readers are responsible for verifying information that pertains to them by contacting the university.
• Prior Publication Mode
• You will need to fulfil one of the below:
• Obtain a master's degree in the field or related fields accepted by the HEP Senate
• Obtain other qualifications equivalent to a master's degree recognised by the Government of Malaysia
• Candidates without a related qualification in the field/s or working experience in the relevant fields must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses determined by the HEP
• In addition to the above criteria, those who want to join Doctoral Degree by Retrospective or Prior Publication mode must include the below to the formal application:
• Minimum of 5 publications or equivalent works in alignment with the theme of the specialisation
• An executive summary of the above publications to demonstrate the applicant’s contribution to knowledge in the field
• A list of scholarly published work
• The minimum language proficiency of the candidates must be determined by the HEP consistent with applicable programme standards or based on the needs of the programme, i.e., learning outcomes and the medium of instruction.
• A Selection Committee must be established to review the formal application for PhD by Retrospective or Prior Publication and recommend to the Senate to obtain approval.
• Criteria for published works
• Published work must encompass high-quality journals, monographs, books, research-based chapters in books, electronic publications which have not been used to obtain other awards or deemed a part of those awards.
• The publications must be published within a period not exceeding ten (10) years from the date of submission.
• For the five (5) nominated publications, the candidate must be the principal author with the contributions of others clearly defined.

Career Prospects

• Financial Analyst
• Product Manager
• Economist
• Investment Fund Manager
• Statistician
• Corporate Treasurer
• Personal Financial Advisor
• Forensic Accountant
• Chartered Accountant