On October 16, FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) will host the event titled DocNet Recruitment Forum to recruit PhD students. The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at FGV’s main office in Rio de Janeiro.

Promoted by DocNet, the initiative encompasses an expo with booths for 12 universities to showcase their PhD programs: one from Brazil (EBAPE), one from France (INSEAD), and ten from the United States.

In addition to the expo, there will also be the ‘Applying to a PhD Program’ forum, which will detail the main prerequisites for anyone seeking a PhD program anywhere in the world. 

The participating schools are: Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, INSEAD, Rutgers University, Temple University, University of California in Berkeley, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of South Carolina, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, and EBAPE.

The event will be held at the Eng. M. F. Thompson Motta Auditorium (Praia de Botafogo, 190, 12^th floor, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro). Go to the website to register.

About DocNet

DocNet is an organization of universities granting PhD degrees in Administration and Economics. Its goal is to promote PhD education in both of these fields around the world. Associated with AACSB International, the organization advises potential students about careers and has several recruitment strategies aimed at increasing the number of qualified candidates for PhD institutions.

DocNet members share information on best practices, curricula, and all issues related to recruitment, student support, and professional placement.