2 Part time PhD Programmes in Economic Development in Europe for 2024

The part-time Executive Ph.D. program in Private Sector Development for Emerging Economies allows working professionals and researchers with full-time or part-time jobs to combine their careers with obtaining a Ph.D. The program provides advanced training in the theory and skills crucial to private sector development, design, and research. As the highest academic qualification, obtaining a Ph.D. will improve your career prospects both in academia and in business. In addition, you will make an original contribution to your field of interest that will add to previous research. During the program, you will benefit from the extensive knowledge and expertise of the key lecturers and supervisors in the program, who are leading scholars in the fields of the research themes. By joining the program, you will become part of the stimulating and challenging research community of Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

The PhD in Development Economics is a research degree offered by the Department of Economics, and is also part of the PhD pathway, 'International Development', within the Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Partnership. The latter forms one of the few Centres recognised by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), thereby receiving financial support, and especially individual grants, for MSc and PhD students.