PhD. Admissions and Tuition
IESE PhD. Tuition and Financing
If you are committed to pursuing an academic career and advancing your knowledge in the discipline of management, we welcome you to apply for your place in the IESE’s PhD program in Management.
Admission to the IESE PhD is contingent on first completing the Master in Research in Management or already being in possession of a postgraduate degree in research methodologies for business and management sciences.
Applications for the September 2025 intake will be accepted from September 2024 on. The first-round deadline will be then January 20, 2025, the second-round deadline will be April 20, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application Procedure
1. Apply Online
Your application needs to be completed online.
To be eligible for admission, you should hold at least the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree.
Documents required
- Completed application form
- Scanned copies of your BA or BS
- Diplomas and transcripts of each college and graduate institution attended for at least 6 months
- GMAT/GRE
- English language ability
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Motivation letter
- Essay on research interests
- Photograph
- Photocopy of your passport
- Military or civil service obligations (if applicable)
- Fellowship form
2. Admissions pre-committee
Once a complete application is received at IESE (application online, three recommendation letters, GMAT, TOEFL, and photocopies of university transcripts and diplomas), the Admissions Committee will review the application and invite you to a personal interview, or notify you that your admission has been denied on this occasion.
3. Personal interview
If, after an initial review of the application, the Admissions Department decides to invite you to a personal interview, you will be notified in writing. Interviews will be held at the IESE campus in Barcelona. In the event that you are unable to travel to Barcelona, you will be asked to arrange your interviews with an IESE representative through videoconference or Skype.
4. Admissions Committee
Once the interview report is received at IESE, the Admissions Committee meets again to review the application as a whole in order to reach a final decision. Decisions will be sent by email. The Admissions Committee never communicates decisions over the telephone.
5. Admission Accepted
Welcome to IESE!
You’ll receive an email confirming the committee’s decision.
PhD in Management Tuition
The financial support package includes the annual tuition fees €5,000 for the PhD and a yearly stipend to cover living expenses of €22,680 (gross amount).
This aid is renewable upon satisfactory progress in the program for up to 5 years.
To qualify for financial support, students are required to work as research assistants for at least 10 hours a week from their second year onwards.
If you have any questions about funding, please contact our MRM & PhD Office: doctoral@iese.edu.
Full Fellowship for IESE PhD in Management
All students admitted to the IESE doctoral program receive a full fellowship that includes a stipend for living expenses and covers all tuition fees.
Read more about IESE’s PhD in Management tuition and financing.