Created in 2015 with an unprecedented approach in Brazil, our PhD program in Business Economics uses the multidisciplinary approach and integrated view ingrained in our school to delve into the interconnection between Economics and Business Administration with all the complementary aspects encompassed by those two areas.

Our students graduate with a solid quantitative education, strategic vision, and strong ability to formulate and test hypotheses based on scientific methods to apply that knowledge effectively in the analysis of major problems faced by organizations in their several strategic decisions, and by governments in the execution of public policy and regulation.

With that in mind, our program is organized around three fields of research: Applied Microeconomics; Macroeconomics and Finance;  and Strategy and Marketing. The three fields comprehend a series of core courses on theoretical foundations and empirical methodology, as well as a wide range of upper level courses that bring our students to the frontier of research in each field.

Even though there are no similar graduate programs in Brazil, this model is by now a reality abroad, where it is commonplace to have economics departments within business schools where researchers work in a variety of fields that are of interest to both economists and management scientists, such as Industrial Organization, International Trade,  Contract Theory, Finance, among others.

Similarly, there are international management courses that have increasingly incorporated economic ideas and methods. There is, for example, a rapidly expanding movement of economics literature that seeks to measure and evaluate the management practices of firms and their impact on productivity.

In addition to the innovative format, this multi and interdisciplinary proposal favors the internationalization of our doctoral program. Therefore, all classes are taught in English and the faculty itself is made up of professors with international experience, which facilitates the admission of foreign students, while also enabling our students to access renowned schools on five continents.

The idea is that this internationalization and diversity contribute to the development of other research systems and bring a new outlook to the solution of local problems, whether under a ​​macroeconomic perspective, or for the analysis of consequences of competition or, even, of public policy evaluation, among other possibilities.

Our Doctoral Program in Business Economics has a workload of 1,512 hours and a duration of 4 to 5 years. Check the date and times of the next class, get to know the application process and learn more about the program by participating in a meeting with the program director.