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Marketing PhD programme

Conduct research to advance the frontiers of the marketing discipline.

Achieve academic excellence

Working closely with our international faculty experts throughout your degree, you’ll begin active research at an early stage.

  • Work closely with our outstanding marketing faculty

  • Explore a wide range of subjects, including:

    • explaining consumer behaviour

    • predicting firm behaviour

    • making data-driven decisions

    • improving marketing practice.

  • Apply a variety of approaches, including:

    • experimental tests of psychological theories

    • econometric models of firm behaviour.

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Behavioural Research Lab

The Research Lab at the London Business School is a full-staffed state of the art lab devoted to running behavioural research studies. The fully staffed lab is trained in running a wide variety of behavioural research studies ranging from simple survey to food tasting to social interaction studies. PhD students have full access to running studies in the lab and often work with the research assistants who will implement each study as intended.

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PhD students

We prepare the next generation of scholars to undertake cutting-edge research. Find out how they’re pushing the frontiers of their individual subject area.

Meet our current PhD students

A unique life experience

Benefit from our central London location. Enjoy our vibrant campus environment. Welcome to a dynamic student and alumni community that provides lifelong engagement and opportunity.

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Next steps

Ready to join the LBS PhD programme? We’d love to hear from you.

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Interested in applying? We recruit students through our annual PhD application process.

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