Ph.D. Operations and Supply Chain Management
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The Ph.D. in Business Administration – Operations and Supply Chain Management offers students a rigorous course of work and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research under the guidance of Mays’ faculty, including some of the world’s leading scholars in their respective fields. The program prepares students for successful careers as academics, industry researchers, and/or business consultants.
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Our Ph.D. Operations and Supply Chain Management program provides rigorous coursework and research activities for an in-depth understanding of the theoretical, conceptual, and applied management.
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Duration: 5 years
Class Type: In-Person
Location: College Station
Application Requirements
Below is a list of application requirements and information for prerequisites for each applicant.- Completed online application in BusinessCAS
- Completed essay questions
- Transcript
- Resume
- Three letters of recommendation
- GMAT/GRE scores
- TOEFL or IELTS (International candidates)
Contact admissions at maysphdprogram@mays.tamu.edu
Research
Over the course of the program, candidates will aim to develop an extensive repertoire of research, coursework, and publications. We offer a number of resources to aid students in their work such as the workshop program.
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Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Operations
Healthcare is now the dominant force in our economy both by GDP metrics and necessity of an aging population. This is not a problem unique to the United States as the research of our faculty demonstrate. Our faculty are on the cutting edge of examining how to adapt scheduling, operational, and even fiscal decisions in healthcare operations.
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Humanitarian Logistics
Multiple faculty in the INFO group are in the lead on understanding how and when to respond, even before disaster strikes, for humanitarian disasters. Scholars in the group seek to have students who desire to find ways to mitigate disaster. The experts in the group study natural disaster preparation as well as man-made disasters, such was war-time operational mitigation strategies.
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Behavioral Operations and Economics
The INFO group has many world-renowned experts in behavioral operations and partners with groups around the globe to understand multicultural issues surrounding behavioral supply chain issues. On-going research using cutting-edge technologies is showing how decision structures are not as simple as thought in the past. Students will learn and find means to be at the forefront of emerging technologies and understanding behind the causes, not just outcomes, of human behavior.
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Sustainable Supply Chains Including Closed-Loop and Circular Economies
As one of the nation’s leading research areas, multiple faculty members are at the forefront of circular economies and closed-loop supply chains in operations and information systems. With hundreds of billions of dollars in consumer returns each year — approaching $1 trillion — as well as the ongoing need to improve energy consumption and optimize the distribution of energy resources, faculty in the Information and Operations Management Department are leading international efforts to address these global challenges.
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The Department of Information and Operations Management
The Department of Information and Operations Management oversees Mays Business School’s Management Information Systems (MISY) and Supply Chain Management (SCMT) programs. Our mission is to advance the field of information sciences through quality education, active partnerships, and research initiatives. Our department ranks among the top in the world in terms of research productivity, impact, and visibility.
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