ESU Conference 2009 on EntrepreneurshipBenevento, 9-12 September 2009

PhD Program in Business Administration

(Entrepreneurship) at Lund University (Sweden)

Hans LandströmEmail: hans.landstrom@fek.lu.se

Lunds universitet / Hans Landström

Entrepreneurship at Lund University, Sweden

Lund University One of the oldest (est. 1666) and largest(www.lu.se) universities (≈ 40 000 students) in

Scandinavia.Dep of Business Around 160 in staff of which 15 ProfessorsAdministration and about 45 active PhD candidates.(www.fek.lu.se) The Department offers eduction and

research organized in six major subject areas of which

entrepreneurship is one.Entrepreneurship 15 in staff of which 3 professors and 4 PhD(www.entrepreneur.lu.se) candidates.CIRCLE 33 researchers on innovation and(www.circle.lu.se) entrepreneurship of which 10 Professors and

6 PhD candidates.

Lunds universitet / Hans Landström

Application to the PhD program

PhD program in Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)

Bachalor Degree in BA (in practice Master’s Degree) Show 2-4 years of finance Professor’s commitment important, but evaluation made by

Research Committee The PhD program in BA is a 4 years program (240 ECTS) –

full time studies

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The PhD Program

Courses 1½ years (90 ECTS) Thesis 2½ years (150 ECTS)

Compulsory courses (45 ECTS)Introductory Method Course (15 ECTS)Quantitative Method Course (7.5 ECTS)Qualitative Method Course (7.5 ECTS)Classics in Business Administration (7.5 ECTS)Philosophy of Science (7.5 ECTS)

Elective courses (45 ECTS)Depending on topic of the thesis

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Supervision and Evaluation

Courses 1½ years (90 ECTS) Thesis 2½ years (150 ECTS)

Supervising committee (2-3 supervisors of whichMentor one main supervisor, at least Associate Professor)

Research Middle Internal Public

Proposal Seminar Defence Defence