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?

# 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

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

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