[AISWorld] multiple fully funded Ph.D. positions, Virginia Tech

[paul.lowry.phd at gmail.com]

The Ph.D. program in Business Information Technology (BIT) within the
Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech is seeking applicants for
several fully funded Ph.D. student positions for Fall 2023. The application
system is open from now until 15-Feb-2022. The first round of consideration
for our premium scholarship funding ($25K base + $10.5K a year for up to 5
years) will commence the first week of January 2023; thus, early
applications are strongly encouraged.

 

Admissions into the BIT Ph.D. program is highly competitive. Preference is
for candidates with master's degrees and some work experience, as well as
top academic credentials, and strong research inclinations. Most admitted
full-time BIT Ph.D. students are fully funded as follows:

.                     Up to five years of funding of $35,500 each year (base
is $25K and premium scholarship is $10.5K)

.                     First two summers, guaranteed additional $6000 summer
support; additional summer support is available on a competitive basis

.                     Tuition waivers each year

.                     Funding for data collection

.                     Funding for conference travel and attendance

.                     Needed software licenses and access to hardware

The following are key points of distinction of our program:

1.	The BIT Ph.D. is one of the few officially certified STEM-based
Ph.D. degrees that is housed in a leading business school, greatly
increasing its academic and industry market value.
2.	Several highly marketable interdisciplinary emphases can be chosen
as fields of study, including but not limited to (including combinations
thereof):

.                     Information Systems/Information Technology

.                     Security and Privacy

.                     Operations Management/Research, Supply Chain, and
Management Science

.                     Business Analytics/Data Analytics, Decision Science,
Artificial Intelligence

3.	The BIT's world-class interdisciplinary faculty members work closely
with Ph.D. students. BIT Ph.D. faculty are among the most productive IS/IT,
OM, and MS scholars in the world, routinely publishing in Management
Science, Information Systems Research, J. of Operations Management, MIS
Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, J. of Management
Information Systems, and the like. The list of faculty is available at:
<https://bit.vt.edu/faculty/directory.html>
https://bit.vt.edu/faculty/directory.html 

4.    A rich curriculum allows for three different methodological tracks in
addition to the department's multiple BIT Ph.D. seminars:

.                     Behavioral or organizational research methods

.                     Quantitative and econometric research methods

.                     Data and decision science research methods

5.	The Pamplin College of Business is in the final process of
fund-raising for a new four-building $250 million campus, called the Global
Business and Analytics Complex. One of the buildings being built right now
is a 100,000+ square foot building fully dedicated to business analytics and
data science-the only one of its kind at leading business schools.

APPLICATION SYSTEM:

The application system is available at
<https://applyto.graduateschool.vt.edu/apply/>
https://applyto.graduateschool.vt.edu/apply/ (program of study is "Business
Information Technology," Ph.D.). The website for the BIT department,
including the BIT Ph.D. program can be found at  <https://bit.vt.edu/>
https://bit.vt.edu/ 

 

For more information please contact:

 

Paul Benjamin Lowry, Ph.D.

 <mailto:bitphdadmin at vt.edu> bitphdadmin at vt.edu

Eminent Scholar and Suzanne Parker Thornhill Chair Professor

Business Information Technology Ph.D. and Graduate Programs Director

 

 

 

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