1. PhD Studies at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Application once a year
Criteria/Weight
Previous success in studies (GPA at least 3/5)/0,3
Possible previous experience conducting research/0,1
Appropriateness of the research topic/0,2
Research proposal/0,2
Feasibility of the study plan/0,2
Does the potential supervisor support the application or not?

2. # of Applicants and Graduates
The recommended policy of the department is to accept 2 new students per professor annually (the practice though has been till this year about 5 per professor!
#/Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Applications 40 61 63 81 58 64 55 35 29
Accepted
(non-TKK masters) 30
(6) 50
(24) 47
(31)
(29) 46
(19) 44
(21) 45
(23) 25
(12) 22
(11)
Graduated nr 13 14 9 7 12

3. Graduates mostly of a very high quality
Many dissertation awards
International refereed journal articles
BUT too many unfinished candidates
Many part-time students
Has led to restrictions in admissions
Desire to move from rather unstructured study plan to a program type study structure
New post: a program director

4. Studies for DIEM PhD Students
Methodology studies + Major + Minor + Dissertation
1. Research Methods in Industrial Management I
(Same for all DIEM students)
2. Research Methods in Industrial Management II
(Field dependent)
3. Several highly recommended elective courses
4. Tailored studies for the candidate
Mandatory