Doctoral Programme in Management

Do you want to deepen your understanding of how management is practiced?

Are you willing to inspire new thinking through teaching and research?

And make an impact on management policies?

Toulouse School of Management offers an intensive Doctoral Programme for individuals interested in conducting independent research.  Our Programme combines the best of theory, practice, and research methods with scholarly integrity. The courses are accompanied by research practice. Graduates pursue careers in leading universities and business schools, policy-oriented institutions, and private firms.

An EFMD-accredited Programme

Since 2020, The  Doctoral Programme is EFMD accredited for a maximum of 5 years; It is one of the few doctoral level programmes in the world to be EFMD accredited. This international accreditation delivered by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) certifies the high quality of the TSM Doctoral Programme.

It highlights the TSM academic rigor and excellence, employability, internationalization, and research that underpins the Programme. The continuous improvement that this accreditation requires means that you will benefit from international partnerships, and more opportunities to foster your research skills and network.

What to expect?

The TSM Doctoral Programme offers five in-depth fields of study, for a curriculum of unusual richness and breadth. Since the program enrolls only 10 to 20 new Ph.D. students each year, doctoral students thrive in an atmosphere of intellectual rigor and creative collaboration among students and faculty.

To follow international best practices, research at Toulouse School of Management begins in the second year of the Master, with a dedicated research programme, and during two years, the curriculum of the Doctoral programme emphasizes four essential areas of training for doctoral students:

• research tools and methodology
• in-depth study of their research field skills to conduct independent research leading to high-level publications
• career development

Benefits

• Engage with internationally renowned scholars
• Conference and research funding
• Robust training in conducting original and independent research

Opportunities

• Grant for international visiting positions
• Close supervision by international, research-driven, renowned faculty
• A vibrant European city

About Toulouse School of Management

Training Responsible, Enterprising and Globally-oriented managers

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Toulouse School of Management is one of the top French public management schools located in Toulouse. It offers full-time educational programs in the main management disciplines such as accounting and financial control, finance, human resource management, marketing, and strategy. Courses are offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

The school delivers top-quality academic and professional education, ensuring that students will quickly find employment upon graduating. It prepares students for the working world through teaching, talks by top-level professionals, supervised projects, and extended internships.

TSM offers concrete international opportunities for students. We have a large network of international partners throughout the world and several of our degrees are taught in English.

• 3 000 students
• 16 Masters specialisations
• 15% of students on international mobility programmes
• 23 000 members in the graduate network
• 84% of graduates find work in the industry within six months of graduating

TSM obtained EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation, in October 2023. This is a European label awarded by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) to prestigious business and management schools for a period of 3 or 5 years.

The school as a whole, and not just a particular programme, is evaluated according to a number of criteria:

• the school's governance, strategy and resources,
• teaching programs and staff, student services and personal development,
• the international dimension of the school, its students, teachers and programs,
• corporate relations,
• the school's contributions to the wider community.

Teaching that is rooted in state-of-the-art research

When students join Toulouse School of Management, they don’t just attend a school. They benefit from the expertise of one of the most prestigious centers for research in Management in France.

TSM-Research is one of four French research centers in management accredited by the CNRS (The French National Centre for Scientific Research) as a “Joint Research Unit”. This label has only been awarded to research centers in management belonging to the Ecole Polytechnique, HEC Paris, Paris-Dauphine University and IAE in Grenoble.

Commitment to international research

This distinction demonstrates the Center’s commitment to international research at the highest level.

There is a deep connection between the research center and the school at TSM. The 54 TSM academic researchers are involved in the design and teaching of TSM classes. Students enrolled in both initial and continuing education programmes benefit from teaching that is steeped in state-of-the-art research.

TSM Research is an active contributor to all subjects in management sciences: from finance to human resources management, as well as strategy, marketing, accounting and management control.

Faculty members have significant international experience and the opportunity to spend periods at various universities such as Carnegie Mellon (USA), London Business School (UK), Princeton (USA), and Wharton (USA).