IESE's PhD program builds on a world-class faculty to deliver one of the most competitive programs in Europe. The aim of the program is to prepare academic professionals that will continue their careers as faculty members in top business schools. During the course-work (the first two years of the program), we provide our students with the knowledge and tools to become excellent researchers in the field of management. Courses in the first year provide the general foundations to all the specializations within the program. During the second year, students, together with their advisors, design a curriculum to gain an in-depth expertise in their chosen subject. Once students move to the dissertation stage, we furnish them with close contacts to their department's faculty, for the purpose of helping them transform from students to faculty members by the time they finish the program.

The program is accredited by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.