PhD in Innovation Management

The PhD in Innovation Management is Arabian Gulf University's advanced research doctorate for candidates aiming to generate new knowledge on innovation and feed it into policy and strategy across the GCC and beyond. Research work examines innovation strategies and business models, how artificial intelligence, data analytics, digital transformation and other emerging technologies push innovation forward, and the broader economic and organisational conditions that make innovation ecosystems succeed. The credit structure comprises nine foundation credit hours, twelve credit hours of core courses, twelve elective credit hours and an eighteen-credit dissertation, typically completed over three to four years. Candidates choose a specialisation track — including business administration and information systems — that lets them concentrate their dissertation research on the strategic, managerial or technology-driven dimensions of innovation most relevant to their field, while building the scholarly output expected of a research doctorate.