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Graduate Catalog > 10. Graduate Program Admission > 10.6 Admission Eligibility

10.6 Admission Eligibility

To be eligible for admission into the PhD program, the candidate must satisfy the following conditions:

1. The applicant must hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in a business-related field from a UAE-recognized university.
2. The applicant must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 in the Master's degree.
3. It is desirable for the applicant to have at least three years of teaching and/or working experience.
4. The applicant must satisfy the English language requirement, holding a minimum score on one of the following tests: TOEFL PBT 550, TOEFL IBT 79, IELTS 6.0, Cambridge 52, IESOL/SESOL B2, PTE Academic 50-57, or a standardized equivalent test.
5. The program shall not offer any conditional admission due to either low CGPA or English scores.
6. An applicant who pursued his/her Master's degree in English language shall be exempted from submitting a new English language exam score if the Master’s program required a minimum score of 550 on the TOEFL, or its standardized equivalent. The English test score must be shown on the Master’s program transcript.
7. A minimum score of 70% on UD’s PhD Entrance Exam is needed. The exam is intended to assess the applicant’s analytical and academic writing skills.
8. Transfer Students – Credits & Criteria: An applicant enrolled in a doctoral program at other UAE-recognized universities who wishes to transfer to UD-PhD program should fulfill the above admission requirements. Up to 25% of equivalent credit hours may be transferred into UD’s program. An applicant dismissed from his/her program at the original institution for any reason, will not be accepted into UD. (See below C(iii), E(vi) and the UD Policy 5.3 on Transfer Policy).