General profile of students from the Dauphine-PSL Executive PhD in Paris
International dimension : participants on the Dauphine Executive PhD program are experienced, high-level professionals either from abroad or with extensive international experience. More than half of the students on the Executive PhD program in Paris are from abroad (United States, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Korea, and so on).
Average age : around 40 (generally aged between 35 and 55). Reasons for undertaking the Executive PhD:
Motivations pour suivre l'Executive PhD :
- To gain a deeper understanding of a problem, and gain new management-related knowledge
- To develop and establish their status as an expert, in a serious capacity, in order to develop valid insights
- To develop, complete or scientifically test the robustness of a tool
- To change career
- To focus on a specific area in-depth following the completion of an MBA
- To be able to pass on their knowledge in a structured way
The common thread among all participants is the desire to develop the in-depth analytical skills that are gained from undertaking a robust intellectual challenge.
Testimonials from students and graduates of the Executive PhD Dauphine-PSL
Reflect on the situations and challenges you face in professional life
the Dauphine-PSL Executive PhD program gave me an opportunity to stop and reflect on the situations and challenges you face in professional life, learn from academics as well as my cohort members, and develop my own thinking and understanding.
Conducting research yourself and writing conference papers, which are critically reviewed by other researchers, forces you to be thorough and rigorous in a way that is hardly ever the case in a corporate setting. For those appreciating fact-based decision making, this is a great learning experience in so many ways.
KIM HURTTA [FINLAND]
CONSULTING DIRECTOR, GARTNER
The Executive PhD program is life changing
It's a great pleasure for me to have been part of Dauphine-PSL for almost 5 years. Each and every person involved in my academic career has played a vital role in the successful completion of my doctoral degree requirements. I would like to thank my supervisor and all the course instructors, teachers, staff, and management for the wonderful and knowledgeable time I have spent in university.
The Executive PhD program is life changing and you have helped outline and make it more valuable. I owe it to a wonderful scholars in Dauphine-PSL. They had an important role play in shaping my research development to suit my profession in Oil and Gas which helped me to boost my career and help to reach regional managerial level in timely manner.
I would like to show my absolute appreciation of Dauphine-PSL professors' confidence in me and willingness to contribute to my Executive PhD which were essential in helping me achieve my educational goals. I hope to become an individual that makes Dauphine-PSL proud of.
MAHMOUD ELKADY [KOWEIT]
NORTHERN MIDDLE EAST SALES & COMMERCIAL MANAGER, SCHLUMBERGER
