By Francesca Di Meglio
Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business (Tuck Full-Time MBA School Profile) and the university’s graduate studies department have created a dual-degree program for students to earn a PhD and then an accelerated MBA. The PhD students will apply to the MBA program through the normal admissions process timed so that they would begin classes right after completing their PhD. The admissions committee will consider the PhD coursework as they would work experience in the applications of other traditional candidates, and it will also count the work toward some elective courses. The dual-degree program will be open to applicants in August 2009.
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