Doctorate in Economic and Administrative Sciences

Graduates will develop the following competences:

• Understanding of Discipline: Graduates will be able to identify and critically develop the appropriate conceptual tools of administrative theory and economics to raise relevant research questions.
• Control of Research Methods: Graduates will be able to apply quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and the appropriate analytical tools to solve a research problem.
• High Quality Teaching: Graduates will be able to effectively lead teaching-learning processes in a School of Business and Economics.
• Effective Academic Communication: Graduates will be able to communicate effectively to the academic community, orally and in writing, the proposal, development, and results of a research process.
• Ethical behavior: Graduates will meet the ethical standards of the academic community in the development and dissemination of their research.

 Universidad Icesi is recognized as a leader in the development of professionals in the fields of Business Administration, Finance, Economics, and such. Hence its current recognition and academic reputation, attested by the Institutional Accreditation granted by the National Ministry of Education. Since 2104, the School of Business and Economic Business holds an international accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which is a recognition that has been granted to only two programs in Colombia.

The Ph.D. in Economic and Administrative Sciences offers great value through its teaching faculty, consisting of 37 research professors, trained in administrative, economic and financial sciences, mainly, in the United States and Europe. The Doctorate in Business Economics integrates research in the administrative, economic and financial areas.