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A PhD in Leadership from Taylor is a powerful credential that will shape the next stage of your life’s journey and career.
With two tracks to choose from—organizational leadership or educational leadership—it is designed with the working professional in mind, covering 12 weeks of coursework in 15 weeks (to provide margin for other commitments). All courses are asynchronous to maximize flexibility.
Taylor’s PhD program allows you to merge scholarship with discipleship, a hallmark of the University’s educational experience. Relationships begin at the in-person orientation, which you are able to build on through weekly optional online sessions.
Through your cohort, regular engagement with faculty and world class leaders, theory becomes rooted in practice, grounded in principle, and shared experientially with others as you explore core leadership principles that consider ethics and innovation through a distinctly Christian lens.
Unlike many other PhD programs, you'll begin the dissertation process on day one. Your degree plan is personalized, guided by your unique background and career goals. Along the way, you'll learn from your colleagues as they learn from you, with faculty personally invested in your success, and through exposure to the leading edge of leadership research and thinking.
From knowledge and mastery of ideas comes the ability to set a vision, the confidence to communicate it, and the ability to influence and inspire others. That is the essence of compassionate leadership and true leaders.
You'll begin your PhD experience by attending New Student Institute and Orientation on the campus of Taylor University. Over the course of a long weekend, you will meet with Taylor University senior administrators, as well as the Cornwall School of Business and Leadership Dean, Executive Director of Graduate Programs in Leadership, faculty, and support staff.
Through New Student Institute and Orientation, you will be oriented to the program, acclimated to your cohort, and exposed to leadership theories and learning objectives foundational to the Taylor University PhD in Leadership. By the end of New Student Institute and Orientation, you will have had a true “Taylor experience” and be prepared to launch into the first semester.
The next New Student Institute and Orientation is scheduled for September 4–7, 2025 in Indianapolis. Meetings will take place both in Indianapolis and on the campus of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.
Each summer, PhD students will attend a week-long Summer Institute hosted in various locations across the United States. The Summer Institute is designed to engage in high-level discussion around a topic of interest and build networks of opportunity among world-class leaders.
The next Summer Institute will be held July 7-11, 2025, in Boston, MA. Students will stay at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston, and meetings will take place in the Granary Room at the historic Park Street Church, located directly on the Boston Commons. This iconic evangelical church was once pastored by notable Taylor alumnus Harold Ockenga.
Leadership is about creating an aspirational vision—one that will serve as the ultimate purpose and mission for the individuals and groups who bring it to fruition. Beyond the vision itself, leadership is also the art of understanding and motivating individuals and teams to work effectively and intentionally.
As an accredited Christian college in Upland, Indiana, Taylor provides a rigorous leadership education founded in a biblical perspective and designed to help you make teams and companies prosper and thrive. All Taylor courses are rooted in a Christian worldview. Our faculty is fully committed to your mentorship.