The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a program of supervised research and study leading to the submission of a thesis which makes a significant original contribution to knowledge.

The Faculty of Business and Informatics supports research at Honours, Masters and Doctoral level and all research activities are coordinated by the Associate Dean (Research) in conjunction with the Faculty Research Committee. Research activity in the form of scholarly publications, postgraduate research supervision and Research Grants is reported through the Associate Dean (Research) and the Dean to the University Research Board and the Postgraduate Research Advisory Panel.

Thematic priorities have been established for research endeavours.  Potential research candidates may be able to secure research opportunities within existing projects in these thematic areas or may alternatively negotiate a topic of their choice where appropriate research supervision can be found.