The Pre-Doctoral Programme at the ISB has associations with leading international B-schools such as the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and New York University which can be leveraged effectively for application to doctoral programmes. There is no guarantee that these schools will admit successful pre-doctoral students from the ISB, and admissions will be based on each school’s criteria and procedures. However, we are confident that the rigorous course work and hands-on research that students will be exposed to during the programme will make them attractive and competitive PhD applicants at these and other equivalent business schools.