The Graduate School of Business and Economics selects and promotes highly talented graduate students in the area of Business and/or Economics. We invite applications from students with an excellent Masters degree in Business, Economics or other related social sciences with formal training in both theory and empirical methods.
The PhD program includes advanced courses that provide the necessary theoretical knowledge and research methods to conduct independent research and successfully write a doctoral thesis. Participants of our PhD program can also attend the Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics at the Study Center Gerzensee or the PhD program of the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI).
The PhD program includes a competitive funding package covering the costs of living in Basel over four years.
The application is for a start date in spring 2027.
Deadline: August 14, 2026
