In 2014 and 2107, 4 PhD students in Economics and 4 PhD students in Business Administration were admitted to a sandwich doctoral program at JIBS in collaboration with the University of Rwanda (UR). They are well underway with completing their theses.

Pierre Sindambiwe "The Challenges of Continuity in Family Business in Rwanda"  External link, opens in new window. 

Pierre defended his dissertation in Business Administration on June 12, 2020 in an online seminar held at the University of Rwanda.

Pierre Sindambiwe

Yvonne Umulisa "The prospects for the East African Monetary Union: An empirical analysis".

Yvonne defended her dissertation in Economics on April 29, 2020 in the first dissertation seminar held online with participants from Rwanda, Great Britain, Spain and Sweden.

Yvonne Umulisa

Samuel Mutarindwa "Institutions, regulations, performance and stability of African banks"  External link, opens in new window.

Samuel defended his dissertation in Business Administration on March 22, 2019.

Samuel Mutrindwa

Johnson Bosco Rukundo "Employment, competition and Firm performance - A Sub Saharan African perspective" External link, opens in new window..

Johnson defended his dissertation in Economics on August 17, 2018.

Johnson Bosco-Rokundo

Olivier Habimana "Asymmetry and Multi-scale Dynamics in Macroeconomic Time Series Analysis".

Olivier defended his dissertation in Economics on June 13, 2018.

Olivier Habimana.