The Master of Advanced Business Studies The doctoral program Applied Economics

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The Master of Advanced Business StudiesThe
doctoral programApplied Economics

• Program Coordinator Marleen Willekens
• Administrative Coordinator Annie Vercruysse

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Master of Advanced Business Studies

• MABS
• The programme focuses on the use of business
  research methodology. The programme stresses the
  combination of theory and applications where
  these applications are drawn from real business
  problems in various disciplines of management.
• Core Courses students choose three core courses,
  or 18 sp
• Electives students choose three elective
  courses, or 18 sp
• Research Component 24 sp

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Master of Advanced Business Studies

• Research Component (24 sp)
• Master Project (18 sp)
• The master project consists of writing a research
  paper, in the field of interest of student, using
  advanced research methodologies, under the
  guidance of a supervisor. The work should show
  that the student masters the recent
  methodological tools of Business Economics and
  can apply them independently.
• The topic of the master project is within one of
  the following fields Marketing, Organization
  studies, Operations Management, Operations
  Research and Business Statistics, Management
  Informatics, Finance, Accountancy, Actuarial
  Science or Managerial Economics, Strategy
  Innovation
• Selected Research Topics (6 sp)
• The student reads a selection of scientific
  papers, and attends the seminars related to the
  topic of the master project.

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Doctoral program Applied Economics

• Delving into a research domain in business /
  management
• Learning how to conduct scientific research of a
  high international level
• Degree Doctor in de Toegepaste economische
  wetenschappen (Ph.D.) (Doctor in applied
  economics)
• http//www.econ.kuleuven.be/phd/

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Thorough Research Orientation

• Research is the first priority
• Dynamic group of faculty
• International research profile
• Internationally reviewed publications
• Active participation in international
  organisations and editorial boards
• Research funds (leads to good infrastructure)
• Elaborated international networks

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Thorough Research Orientation

• Placement
• Universities in Belgium, Netherlands (Tilburg,
  Erasmus Univ.),
• U.K. (London Bus. School, London Sch. of Econ),
• U.S. (Northwestern Univ.),
• Asia (Univ of Sc Tech Hong Kong)
• Private sector (financial institutes, consulting)
• Almost 100 doctoral students at the moment in
  DTEW
• Reduced teaching and administrative assistance by
  PhD students

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Thorough Research Orientation

• Standard pre-tracks
• Master of Advanced Business Studies
• Engineering  Research Major
• Without standard pre-track
• Doctum colloquium
• Doctoral courses (selection of the MABS) during
  first year
• No official degree
• Requirements Distinction in former studies
• Advice high grades for quantitatively oriented
  courses required

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Doctum Colloquium / Course work

• NEW RULES!!!
• Choose courses amounting to 21 sp
• A minimum of 12 sp from MABS
• If you choose courses outside MABS, they should
  have research focus and ManaMa level

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Core courses (MABS)

• MABS Students take 3 courses from this group, for
  a total of 18 credits.
• PhD students take minimum of 21 sp from this
  group, the group on the next page, and possible
  alternatives
• Combinatorial optimization and local search
  techniques 6 pt.39,0 h. coordination E. Demeulem
  eesterE. Demeulemeester, N.
• Advanced econometrics 6 pt.39,0 h.
  coordination G. DhaeneC. Croux, G. Dhaene
• Multivariate Statistics 6 pt.39,0 h.
  M. Vandebroek, N.
• Applied Game Theory 3 pt. 15h. C. Crombez, R.
  Veugelers
• Economics of Information 3 pt. 15h. C. Crombez,
  R. Veugelers
• Advanced time series analysis 6 pt.39,0 h.
  coordination C. CrouxC. Croux, G. Dhaene
• Optimization special topics 6 pt.39,0 h.
  F. Spieksma
• Statistical modelling 3 pt. 26h. G. Claeskens

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Elective courses (MABS)

• Asset Prices Basic Models and Tests 6 pt.39,0
  h. P. Sercu
• Simulation theory and applications 6 pt.39,0 h.
  F. Put
• The Empirics of Financial Markets 6 pt.39,0 h.
  H. Dewachter
• Economics and strategy of innovation 6 pt.39,0
  h. coordination R. BelderbosR. Belderbos, R. Veu
  gelers, N.
• Bibliometrics as a research field 3 pt. 18h. W.
  Glänzel
• Advanced applied econometrics 6 pt.39,0 h.
  D. Czarnitzki
• Survey Methodology 4 pt.15,0 h. G. Loosveldt
• Experimental Design 4 pt.15,0 h. P. Darius
• Multi-Agent Systems 4 pt.28,0 h. T. Holvoet

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Elective courses (MABS)

• MABS students take electives for a total of 18
  credits from this group or
• one or more additional core courses
• one or more courses at PhD level, from other
  universities (official courses with ECTS credits
  and exam)
• one or more courses at PhD level, from other
  programs at K.U. Leuven, especially from the
  Master of Advanced Studies in Economics (MASE)
  program

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Electives from other Faculties/Universities
PhD students

• Check with advisor and older phd student in your
  research group
• Principle doctoral courses OK
• Master courses always check thoroughly
• Courses to be approved by promotor head of
  department, and then by Phd coordinator

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Electives from other Faculties/Universities

• Exemptions?
• PHD Same or very similar course
• Pre-requirement 14/20
• MABS usual KUL rules (core courses)

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Examples of electives from other Faculties

• Master in statistics courses
• Qualitative Research Methods
• MSI, Personnel and Organization

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Doctoral studies

• Duration 4 years
• 1st and 2nd year
• doctoral courses (68 one re-sit admitted)
• Comprehensive exam
• Participation in seminars of the group
• Research proposal
• First research report

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Doctoral studies

• 3rd and 4th year
• Two doctoral seminars progress of the research
• International publication and conference
  participation
• Preliminary defense
• Public defense

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Doctoral studies website

• Form progress report (PDF)
• Form modules (PDF)
• Form comprehensive exam (PDF)
• Form submission of PhD proposal and commission
  (PDF)
• Form final commission (PDF)
• Form doctoral seminar (PDF)
• Form research report 1 (PDF)
• Form research report 2 (PDF)
• Form conferences (PDF)
• Form publications (PDF)
• Form pre-defence (PDF)
• Form approval for printing the manuscript (PDF)

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A PhD in DTEW future perspectives

• Academic career in a university (as a professor)
  or in another scientific institute
• Career in a college (hoge school)
• Career in the private sector
• Link between theory and practice
• Career in a government research institute