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Ph.D.

Are you ready to confront today’s most urgent policy challenges and develop the strategic thinking and analytical skills needed to shape effective and equitable public solutions?

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Overview

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Ph.D. Program

KDI School offers Ph.D. programs in Public Policy, Development Policy, and Public Management. The goal of the Ph.D. program is to prepare students for careers in academia, and the public and the private sector. The program is designed to help students produce cutting-edge research in their chosen field.

Curriculum Tailored to Your Research Topic

KDI School encourages Ph.D. students to take the initiative in shaping their own course of study once they complete the required courses during the first 1~2 years.

Faculty Involvement

KDI School also encourages Ph.D. students to collaborate with the faculty on research projects. Along with an emphasis on supervised research courses, KDI School provides an environment where students work closely with professors to gain hands-on research experience.

Student Qualifications

KDI School selects individuals with demonstrated potential for research. Applicants are also expected to have a research topic firmly in hand.

Curriculum

  • Full-time: Development Policy(DP), Public Policy(PP)
  • Part-time: Public Policy and Management(PPM)
Category Full-time Part-time
Program Development Policy Public Policy Public Policy and Management
Required Course Ph.D Colloquium
Foundations of Public Policy 정책설계와 평가
Econometrics Ⅰ 연구방법론 Ⅰ
Econometrics Ⅱ 공공관리 연구실습
Microeconomics 질적분석방법론
Mathematics for Economics 연구방법론Ⅱ
Development Economics: Field Experiments(*) (2 out of the 6 courses marked with an (*)) Advanced Policy Presentation and Communication
Development Economics : Labor and Development(*) Research Writing for Ph.D. Students
Optional Course Applied Microeconometrics(*), Time Series Econometrics(*), Macroeconomics(*), Experimental Economics and Research(*) 공공정책 세미나, 글로벌정책 세미나, 경영관리 세미나

Courses are subject to change.

Part-time program courses are held during the evenings on weekdays or in the daytime on Saturdays.

Course List & Schedule

Other Requirements

  • Qualifying Examination (QE)
  • Oral Examination (OE)
  • Final Oral Dissertation Defense (Preliminary Evaluation & Final Evaluation)

Minimum years of study required: 3 years

Tuition: 25,000,000 KRW (for 3 years)

  • First year: 15,000,000 KRW
  • Second and third year: 5,000,000 KRW respectively
  • From fourth year: 1,000,000 KRW per year

Scholarship

Full-time (DP, PP)

Full tuition scholarship and monthly stipend for most recipients

Part-time (PPM)

Partial tuition scholarship