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PhD Ethics and Legal Studies at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Ethics & Legal Studies Doctoral Program at Wharton focuses on the study of ethics and law in business. It is designed to prepare graduates for careers in university teaching and research at leading business schools, law schools, and other programs. Faculty and student interests range over topics including international business ethics and human rights, corporate governance, ethical conduct in business, social impact, environmental law and policy, securities, equality in law and ethics, normative political theory, negotiations, corporate constitutional rights, and corporate criminal law.

Faculty: Wharton School  |  Duration: 19 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 19 course units in total. Listed required courses include LGST 9200 Ethics in Business and Economics; LGST 9210 Foundations of Business Law; STAT 5000 Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance; STAT 5010 Introduction to Nonparametric Methods and Log-linear Models; LGST 9950 Dissertation; LGST 9200 Ethics in Business and Economics.

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Application information

USD 46,540 a year (2026-27). Full tuition rate for PhD programs for 2026-2027 (Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, Design, Education, Social Policy & Practice, Engineering, Nursing, Wharton and Biomedical Sciences share this rate). Most PhD programs fully fund students for at least 4 years, Source

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