Ph.D. in Business & Management

Join our rigorous and challenging Ph.D. program and contribute to the development of creative and innovative knowledge in business & management in an international context!

Guided by values of commitment and responsibility, the ICN Ph.D. program thus prepares researchers keen to pursue their careers in international universities and other research-oriented institutions, taking advantage of a diverse learning environment (ICN and its partners).

The ICN Ph.D. program is the equivalent of three full-time years of study but can be taken part-time in some exceptional cases. Students are selected based on their research proposal and from the outset have a tutor dedicated to their research. It is this personalized and intensive relationship with the tutor.

The program is structured as followed :

• First year: intensive research seminars taken as compulsory courses. After completing the seminars, the students are awarded the ICN research certificate and are authorized to continue their thesis provided the doctoral committee validates their project.
• Second year: a small conference is organized: students present a paper and review their colleague's work.
• Third year: defense.

Welcome to ICN Business School

Founded in 1905, ICN is one of France's foremost business schools, highly recognized thanks to national and international accreditations: AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA. The school is a member of the Chapter of the ‘Grandes Écoles de Management’ in the Conférence des Grandes Écoles .

ICN Business School’s identity and development are rooted in the links between Management, Technology, and Art [ARTEM]. Thanks to the transdisciplinary cooperation with the School of Art and Design and the School of Engineering, ICN students are able to combine a solid education background with professional experience and a Creative way of thinking .

The mission of ICN Business School is to provide innovative and transdisciplinary education that enables students and practicing executives to become responsible professionals capable of acting in the global business environment. ICN Business School faculty engages in knowledge creation at the crossroads of art, management, and technology that contributes to the advancement of impactful knowledge and sustainable practice in the business and organizational fields.

ICN offers high-level programs in management, from undergraduate to postgraduate level with a wide range of specializations.