IESE’s Master of Research in Management is designed to give our students the most complete training to excel in the academic profession. Our objective is to give a rigorous but engaging education experience to address the most demanding management questions of today. We expect our students to join leading academic institutions and become internationally recognized experts in their field.

Our program is built around each and every one of our students. Students work closely with professors to learn how to design, execute, and communicate research. We are proud to have one of the best management faculties in Europe, to whom students have access throughout the program.

The program is taught in English. The bulk of the program’s 2-year duration is spent acquiring the skills needed for performing top quality research. This includes an in-depth focus on the disciplines that will underlie students’ future research. Over the course of the intensive 2-year program students are guided along a steep learning curve, at the end of which they sit a final comprehensive examination to obtain their Master’s of Science degree.

With more than 90 faculty members, the research interests within our faculty are extremely wide-ranging. The “faculty welcome” link, which includes information on members of the PhD Committee, provides a glimpse of the diversity of interests on offer. Browsing through our faculty web pages, meanwhile, will give you a clearer idea of what we can offer. IESE is internationally reputed for our teaching on programs such as the MBA, the Executive MBA, the Global Executive MBA, as well as our executive education programs. The school also has excellent facilities to support research and teaching, all of which are made available to support our PhD students.

The faculty is proud of the program we have developed and we hope that you too will enjoy it. In the meantime, please let us know if you have any further questions. You can always contact our office at doctoral@iese.edu, where we will be more than happy to help you in any way we can.