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At the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics you can complete the degree of Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration). The doctoral degree is possible to complete in six major disciplines: accounting and corporate finance, corporate communication, corporate environmental management, management and leadership, marketing, and strategy and entrepreneurship.

Doctoral degree in business studies consists of:
• Discipline Specific Skills
• Transferable Skills
• Doctoral Dissertation

Finland has a national graduate programme in business studies, KATAJA (The Finnish Doctoral Program in Business Studies). KATAJA’s courses are ideal ingredients of the doctoral degree. Students can deepen their expertise through including KATAJA courses as optional studies. In some cases, compulsory courses offered by JYU can be replaced with courses offered by KATAJA.

GOAL 1 JSBE doctoral graduates have in-depth comprehension of their field of research and its social significance.
GOAL 2 JSBE doctoral graduates are able to demonstrate the ability to design and conduct original research independently.
GOAL 3 JSBE doctoral graduates have effective and competent written and oral communication skills in their area of expertise and field of research.
GOAL 4 JSBE doctoral graduates follow ethical guidelines of conducting research.