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About the Programme
This postgraduate research programme offers PhD or MPhil supervision in many areas of information management.
About the Programme
Join high calibre doctoral students from all around the world and study at a triple-accredited global business school. Henley Business School is ideally located, set on the beautiful Reading University campus, just 25 minutes by train from London. During your studies you will benefit from dedicated supervision, impressive facilities and high-quality support.
We offer PhD opportunities in a range of themes surrounding business informatics. This includes theoretical and applied research in domains such as applied informatics and semiotics; service operations management, strategic analysis; systems science, business informatics; social informatics; health informatics; system science and perceptual and usability informatics.
The programme emphasises:
• Formal research training (PhD/Masters level courses in year 1)
• Flexibility to meet individual needs
• Student-staff interaction
• Timely completion of the degree
As part of your personal development, you will be encouraged to engage in teaching (formal training provided), research activities, conferences and events around the world.
PhD FUNDING
Henley Business School scholarships are available for the 2021-22 academic year. They are fully-funded scholarships covering tuition and maintenance, and will be awarded based on academic merit.
For more funding opportunities, please visit the Graduate School website.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
You should have obtained a Masters degree at distinction level in a relevant area from an internationally recognised university. Relevant research and/or industry experience may also be considered.
As part of the application process you will also be asked to submit a research proposal. Prior to your submission, you may wish to discuss your proposal with an individual faculty member working in the area, though please avoid contacting multiple faculty members.
HOW TO APPLY FOR A PhD
The application process normally consists of three main steps:
1. Formal application (incl. research proposal, CV, transcripts and reference letters)
2. Shortlisting based on the submitted documents
3. Formal interview
For fees (covered if fully funded), please visit the Graduate School website.
RESEARCH AREAS
Within Informatics and system science, we work in several research areas that you can access through our webpage. We offer expertise from many subject fields and conducts interdisciplinary research in theoretical and application domains. We maintain a close-knit community of researchers working together as a team to carry out research in one or more of the research themes.
Research at the Informatics Research Centre (IRC) includes the following key themes:
· Applied informatics and semiotics
· Social Informatics
· Business Informatics
· Pervasive Informatics
· Health Informatics
· Perceptual, Usability and Information Acquisition
· Strategic Analysis.
The list is not exhaustive, so we suggest that you also access individual academic profiles to align your interest with the departmental research agenda.
CONTACT US
Please visit our website for full details. If you have any further questions, please contact bisa@henley.ac.uk.
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