Six guiding lighthouses

SCIENTIFIC SKILLS

Training based on the development of scientific skills, by the emphasis placed on methodological training and the development of skills for communication and scientific publication.

RESEARCH TEAMS

The integration in the research teams and research centres active in each of the specialisations.

INTERNATIONAL OPENING

The international opening: by attracting foreign doctoral researchers, the intervention in the programme of international scientific experts, the choice of English for the lessons, supporting international visits and seminars.

INTEGRATED VISION OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

The objective of the school is to train doctoral researchers who are specialists in their thesis domain with an in-depth knowledge of their discipline.

STRUCTURED TRAINING

Shared between methodology lessons essential for the technical mastery of management sciences and specialist courses covering a large range of disciplinary fields in an in-depth manner.

ESTABLISHED EXPERIENCE

Training based on a long tradition of scientific research carried out by teams and partner institutions and a broad experience of post graduate programmes.

About



The Doctoral School of Management (DSM) is an F.R.S.-FNRS GRADUATE SCHOOL within the F.R.S.-FNRS GRADUATE COLLEGE in Economic and Management Sciences.


F.R.S.-FNRS Graduate Colleges and Graduate Schools are interuniversity and inter-academy. The DSM graduate school is composed of the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain School of Management) and the Université de Namur (Faculty of Economics, Social Science and Business Administration).


A second Graduate School is part of the F.R.S.-FNRS Graduate College in Economic and Management Sciences, the Doctoral School in Management. It is composed of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Université de Mons (UMons) and the Université de Liège (ULg). Doctoral students are free to register to activities organized by both graduate schools.


Every F.R.S.-FNRS Graduate College is placed under the responsibility of a SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL specific to each university.
Every F.R.S.-FNRS Graduate School is placed under the responsibility of a SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION specific to each university.

Organization

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN
Prof. Ingrid PONCIN
ingrid.poncin@uclouvain.be

SPOKESPERSON
Prof. Valérie SWAEN (UCLouvain, President of LouRIM)
Valerie.swaen@uclouvain.be

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Prof. Daniele CATANZARO (UCLouvain, LIDAM)
daniele.catanzaro@uclouvain.be

Prof. Evelyne LEONARD (UCLouvain, IACCHOS)
evelyne.leonard@uclouvain.be

Prof. Jean-Yves GNABO, UNamur (UNamur, President of CEREFIM)
jean-yves.gnabo@unamur.be

Prof. Wafa HAMMEDI (UNamur, President of CERCLE)
wafa.hammedi@unamur.be

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RANKING

The Doctoral School of Management and its graduates are recognized for their quality in international scientific rankings and on the academic and private jobmarkets. About 50% of the graduates from the Doctoral School of Management teach in different international universities in Europe, North and South America and Africa, the remainder occupies qualified positions in private and public organizations across the world.


ADMISSION & DOCTORAL TRAINING

The doctoral training contains a three-year programme (180 ECTS). Admission to the programme is given to strong candidates with Master’s degrees in management (5-year equivalent or 300 ECTS), having received the support of a permanent faculty member from UCLouvain and Louvain School of Management to mentor their training. Thus, the programme already requires the student to carefully reflects on the field of interest and their capacity to undertake research to get into the programme.

RESEARCHER & SUPERVISOR

Each doctoral student has a senior faculty member as personal supervisor to guide them in their research and is an active member of a research groups within a research institute at UCLouvain or UNamur.

PROGRAMME STEPS

The progress in the program is guided by a supervisory panel along four mandatory steps:

  • A definitive admission for a project,
  • A confirmation exam,
  • A private doctoral defense,
  • The public doctoral defense.

DOCTORATE FUNDING

The doctoral program is heavily subsidized and comes at a nominal tuition fee: full financing through teaching and research assistantships, scholarships and fellowships are open on competitive terms.

UCLouvain Research Institutes


LouRIM
LIDAM
IACCHOS

UNamur Research Institutes


DeFiPP
NaDI

 

For PhD students

Doctoral programme

Louvain School of Management.

Download the Doctoral Training Template

Doctoral programme

Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration.

Research administration

Research - UCLouvain.

Research administration

Research UNamur.

Funding

Funding your research at UCLouvain.

Funding

Funding your research at UNamur.

Doctoral courses

Registration (for UCLouvain courses) : laura.vecchiato@uclouvain.be


LLSMA2001 – 5 ECTS
Epistemology of Management

Prof.  Christian ARNSBERGER


Schedule & description


LLSMA2002
Research Methods (3 parts)

If you register and pass for the block of 3 courses => 10 credits.
If you choose and pass the courses separately => 3 credits each

Part 1: Advanced Discrete Optimization

Prof. Daniele CATANZARO

Part 2: Qualitative Research Methods (biennial not given in 2023-24)

Prof. Laurent TASKIN

Part 3: Quantitative Research Methods

Prof. Assaad EL AKREMI

Schedule & description


LLSMA2006 – 5 ECTS
Theories of Organizations in Management

Prof. Régis COEURDEROY


Schedule & description


LLSMA2007 - 5 ECTS
Communication and Writing Skills

Prof. Valérie SWAEN & Prof. Manuel KOLP


Schedule & description

  • THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES


    The Doctoral School of Management Sciences set up jointly by the ULB (Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management), the ULiège (HEC Liège – School of Management) and the UMONS (Warocqué School of Business and Economics).

  • Methods Excellence Network


    MethodsNET is a global professional network of methods experts in the social sciences. It is dedicated to promoting accessible world-class methods training, methodological pluralism and innovation.

  • Training Activities


    All the training courses for doctoral candidates available in one click: you dreamed of it, Valo Doc has done it!

    VALO DOC Training Catalogue.

  • DSM PhD Days


    Organized each year at the end of May


    More information about the DSM PhD DAYS    .

Annual reports

The annual DSM activity report is destinated to the F.R.S.-FNRS and contains information about:

The DSM graduate school
The scientific commitee
The meetings
The grant and budget management
The UCLouvain and UNamur doctoral activities presentation per research group or research center : courses, seminars, workshops, forum, conferences, …
The defended theses.

DSM Activity Report 2016
DSM Activity Report 2017
DSM Activity Report 2018
DSM Activity Report 2019
DSM Activity Report 2020
DSM Activity Report 2021
DSM Activity Report 2022

Contact

DOCTORAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR


Laura VECCHIATO
laura.vecchiato@uclouvain.be
or secretariat-lourim@uclouvain.be
+32 (0)10 47 83 53

DOCTORAL CURSUS ADMINISTRATION


UCLouvain – PhD CURSUS MANAGER

Jennifer Van den Abbeele
phd.lsm@uclouvain.be
+32 (0)65 32 33 26

UNamur – PhD CURSUS MANAGER

Pierrette Noël
pierrette.noel@unamur.be
+32 (0)81 72 48 23