The College of Business at the University of Louisville (UofL) invites applications for its Entrepreneurship Ph.D. Program, distinguished as the nation's longest-running entrepreneurship doctoral program and consistently ranked among the top graduate entrepreneurship programs by the Princeton Review.
The Entrepreneurship PhD is a full-time residential program that aims to train the next generation of entrepreneurship scholars. Recent student placements include tenure-track faculty positions at Florida State University, Loyola University Chicago, and University of New South Wales. Our students have also received internationally competitive funding to support their dissertation research, including scholarships from the RRBM Dare to Care Scholar and IHS Fellowship programs.
In recent years, the Management & Entrepreneurship (M&E) Department has strategically hired several new entrepreneurship scholars, positioning UofL as a hotspot for entrepreneurship research and education. The M&E Department currently consists of eight research active faculty members: Sergey Anokhin, Daniel L. Bennett, Isabel C. Botero, Fabian Diaz, James Fiet, Kristen Lucas, Carl Maertz, and Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy. Their research regulalry appears in top journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Family Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, Research Policy, Small Business Economics, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, among others. Several also serve as Associate Editors and on the editorial review boards at leading entrepreneurship and management journals.
During their time as doctoral students, Entrepreneurship Ph.D. students receive:
- A highly competitive annual stipend, health insurance subsidy, and waiver of tuition fees.
- Annual financial support to attend leading academic conferences.
- Mentorship and opportunity to collaborate on research with our renowned faculty.
- Pedagogical training and university teaching experience.
- Extensive training in research design and methods.
· Collaboration opportunities with the Center for Free Enterprise, Center for Positive Leadership, Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship, and Family Business Center
The application deadline for next entering cohort in Fall 2026 cohort will be December 31 2025.
A PhD fellowship with the Yum! Center for Global Franchising Excellence may be available for students with an interest in franchising research and education. Please indicate interest in your purpose statement.
More information and online application: https://business.louisville.edu/academics-programs/graduate-programs/phd-entrepreneurship
For further inquiries, contact Dr. Daniel Bennett at DLBenn09@Louisville.edu.
The attached flyer contains more information.
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Daniel L. Bennett
Cobb Family Chair in Entrepreneurship
College of Business
University of Louisville
Daniel.Bennett.2@Louisville.edu------------------------------