[AISWorld] MIS PhD Program at Minnesota is Accepting Applications

[De Liu]

The deadline for applying to the MIS PhD program at the University of
Minnesota
<http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/phd/areas-concentration/information-and-decision-sciences>
is fast approaching. Please send in your applications by the official
deadline of *December 31* to ensure full consideration.



The PhD program in the department of Information and Decision Sciences is
among the top-ranked programs in the world.  The University of Minnesota
was the first school in the United States to establish a doctoral program
in management information systems and remains one of the top five programs
in the study of MIS. For prospective applicants, we would like to offer the
following reasons for doing a MIS PhD with us:


1.     The department of *Information and Decision Sciences* (IDSc) is
considered the birthplace of MIS academic programs in the United States and
has been consistently ranked among top five programs in the country. It is
also the home of the premier journal in the field, *MIS Quarterly*.


2.     The department boasts 13 tenure-track faculty with diverse
expertise, strong research records, and cutting edge research programs. You
can view a summary of faculty expertise and their recent publications here
<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18792695/shared/IDS%20Faculty%20and%20Research.docx>
.


3.     The department provides PhD students strong support and mentorship
through *weekly Friday workshops* with distinguished external and internal
speakers (current schedule <http://misrc.umn.edu/workshops/>), and an
informal, weekly *Brownbag series* that covers a variety of
research-related topics such as using big data for research and how to
collaborate with companies. Two research centers, the Management
Information Systems Research Center
<http://misrc.umn.edu/seminars/default.aspx> and the interdisciplinary Social
Media and Business Analytics Collaborative (SOBACO)
<https://sobaco.umn.edu/>*,* provide research opportunities and small
grants for faculty and PhD students.


4.     The Twin Cities area hosts 17+ Fortune 500 company headquarters
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul>, and the
Carlson School and the IDSc department are closely connected with the local
industry, providing many opportunities for research collaboration with
industry partners.


5.     The IDSc department offers a highly successful Master of Science in
Business Analytics
<http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/master-science-in-business-analytics>
(MSBA) program, an MIS undergraduate program
<http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/undergraduate/academics/majors-and-minors/management-information-systems>
ranked as one of the top-three programs in the United States, and various
MBA courses. PhD students will be exposed to these curricula via teaching
assistantships and/or instructorships and will be well prepared as they
jump start their own career in business education.



Our PhD program application *deadline is December 31*. You can find key
information about our PhD program from the Carlson School’s PhD page (
http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/phd).



For questions regarding our PhD program, please contact our PhD
coordinator, Professor De Liu (deliu at umn.edu).


De Liu

Associate Professor
Information and Decision Sciences
3-163 Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Office: 612-626-4480