Dr. Towhidul Islam

Professor

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Biography

Towhid Islam is a Professor at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Canada. He received his PhD in Management Science from Imperial College Business School, University of London, UK. His research focuses on understanding consumer decision-making underlying the adoption of new and emerging products, employing choice experiments and innovation diffusion models. With a current methodological focus on statistical, econometric, and machine learning approaches, he aims to forecast consumer choices in real markets and infer causal relationships that improve strategic policy decisions. Professor Islam has authored over 100 scholarly articles, including 48 refereed journal articles, and has received citations exceeding 5105 with an h-index of 33. He has been awarded four consecutive grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada amounting to CAD 880,921 as Principal Investigator. Among various research collaborations, he is currently involved in a grant with the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Drug Administration worth USD 3.18 million, focusing on Knowledge Translation Transfer. He has taught numerous courses including Research Methods and Marketing Analytics and has actively contributed to student advising and committee memberships for graduate programs.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Guelph

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:21
Reading
Required:21
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:21
Total
Required:89
Prerequisites
Honours baccalaureate degree in a relevant field or DVM degree Identify a potential faculty advisor
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Two academic reference assessments
  • Statement of interest
  • English language proficiency test results (if applicable)
Specialization Notes

Department of Clinical Studies. Offers MSc by thesis (2 years) and MSc by coursework (1 year).