PhD in Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 - 4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
HKD 42,100 / per year **
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Introduction
Innovation, Policy, and Entrepreneurship is an emerging interdisciplinary area that has become increasingly important in recent years in addressing global challenges in governance and the provision of private and public goods and services. It focuses on linkages among innovation, entrepreneurship, and public policy in the development of human society. The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Program in Innovation, Policy, and Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary program that prepares the next generation of leaders in solving problems at the interface of technology and society through innovation in technology, institution, policy, entrepreneurship, and business model.
The Ph.D. The program seeks to train students in original research with a cross-disciplinary approach to innovation, policy, and entrepreneurship, and to cultivate independent and innovative thinking for knowledge creation in policy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. A Ph.D. graduate is expected to demonstrate mastery of knowledge in the chosen area of research and to synthesize and create new knowledge, making an original and substantial contribution to the cross-disciplinary area.
Admissions
Program Outcome
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the Ph.D. program, graduates will be able to:
- Identify issues concerning the technology of the future and create an environment conducive to its creation, dissemination, and management;
- Identify and synthesize current research and conduct high-quality IPE research in academia and/or industry;
- Compare and contrast state-of-the-art knowledge in innovation studies, public policy, and entrepreneurship, and apply such knowledge on IPE practice;
- Analyze issues, design, and execute IPE research by utilizing sound research methodologies; and
- Present developed IPE knowledge and research to academic and practitioners’ communities.