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<p style="margin:1em 0;padding:0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Recognized worldwide for shaping the field of management information systems,the <a href="http://umn.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9b29aa93ccd371fb8066cd105&id=3d59a6af66&e=94e57adc54" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#007fff;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>University of Minnesota PhD in Information and Decision Sciences</strong></a> consistently ranks among the discipline’s top five programs.</p>
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<p style="margin:1em 0;padding:0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Develop your skills and knowledge in a premier program that fosters cutting-edge scholarship. Encouraged to ask high-impact questions that advance the digital evolution, students here seek answers using analytical modeling, econometric analyses of existing data, randomized lab and field experiments, and other state-of-the-art methods.</p>
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<p style="margin:1em 0;padding:0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Minneapolis and St. Paul — <a href="http://umn.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9b29aa93ccd371fb8066cd105&id=e78a57aade&e=94e57adc54" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#007fff;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">the Twin Cities</a> — are known for beautiful lakes and parks, bike trails, great dining, museums, theater, professional sports, and many other cultural and recreational amenities. The University’s lively urban campus overlooks the Mississippi River, with convenient rail connections to both downtown districts and the airport. <span style="line-height:1.6em">Eighteen </span><em style="line-height:1.6em">Fortune</em><span style="line-height:1.6em"> 500 companies are headquartered here, creating an active business community that includes the Carlson School of Management.</span></p>
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