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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">Dear Colleagues, </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">Our doctoral program of Logistics in Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University has openings
for new Ph.D. students to begin in the Fall of 2023. We are writing to invite your current students and previous students with working experience to apply for our program. We would appreciate it if you pass the message to your students. Thank you very much! </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">You may find our Ph.D. program brochure attached, which is also available at<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><a href="https://fisher.osu.edu/academic-departments/marketing-logistics/current-prospective-students/ph.d.-logistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">https://fisher.osu.edu/academic-departments/marketing-logistics/current-prospective-students/ph.d.-logistics</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span> </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">All students admitted into our program are funded with an appointment of Graduate Associate, including
an annual stipend. Students also receive tuition waivers, subsidized health insurance, and a waiver for many program fees. Funding is available for four or five years when the faculty determines that the student is making adequate progress in the Ph.D. program. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">Our program requires that all applicants take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate
Record Examinations (GRE). The university requires the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for international applicants. All non-native English speakers who are admitted to the program are required to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) during
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background:white">Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year will be available between August 2022 and January 15, 2023.
The application requirements and the online application form can be found at </span><a href="https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/phd-programs/application-requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;padding:0in">https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/phd-programs/application-requirements</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:rgb(253, 253, 253)">Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions. </span></p>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman";margin:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" class="ContentPasted0">Associate Professor of </span><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman";margin:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" class="ContentPasted0">Logistics
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