Hotel Administration (PhD)
Graduate School
Graduate Field
Program Description
A Ph.D. in the SC Johnson College of Business is a research-focused degree in one of our main faculty areas of specialization as listed below. These are disciplines that are key to any business and are taught at different course levels by expert faculty in each of our three schools. The choice of which of our three school-oriented fields of study to apply into depends on your interests and long-term plans. A Ph.D. in the Dyson School’s Applied Economics and Management field has a strong economics focus in its coursework, a Ph.D. in the Nolan School’s Hotel Administration field applies core business disciplines to hospitality contexts, and a Ph.D. in the Johnson School’s Management field appeals to students pursuing traditional business topics. Students in all three fields regularly work with faculty from across the entire college.
The Nolan School of Hotel Administration’s highly competitive PhD program is a research-focused degree grounded in the core business disciplines as applied to hospitality contexts. The program is designed for students interested in pursuing a career teaching hospitality management, service management, or real estate in a university setting and conducting groundbreaking research in hospitality and related fields.
As part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, PhD students in the field of Hotel Administration have many opportunities to collaborate across schools, where our faculty work and innovate together in targeted disciplines through faculty areas in:
- Applied Economics and Policy (Real Estate)
- Accounting
- Finance
- Management and Organizations
- Marketing and Management Communication
- Operations, Technology, and Information Management
- Services Management
- Strategy and Business Economics
To learn more about the PhD programs in the SC Johnson College of Business and our targeted discipline areas and research faculty, please visit the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Website.
Concentrations
- Financial management
- Food and beverage management
- Hospitality management
- Hotel accounting
- Human resource management
- Marketing
- Properties asset management (minor)
- Real estate management (minor)