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Finance PhD with Integrated Study

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Finance / Accounting (General) Integrated Education (General)

Course Summary

As part of a world-renowned University, triple accredited (AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS) and ranked 5th in the UK for research power within Business and Management, our Business School provides a dynamic and supportive research environment for our large and diverse graduate community.The Business School's research mission is to produce theory-led, practically relevant research that addresses contemporary organisational and management challenges faced by businesses, public organisations, regulatory bodies, and policy-makers.The Business School offers training events and support for all our postgraduate research students in both academic and professional skills – we support a diversity of career pathways.There are opportunities for doctoral researchers to be employed as our Research Assistants and Teaching Assistants.Graduates from our postgraduate research degrees often pursue further careers at internationally renowned universities or become senior consultants for private and public bodies.

Modules

Applications of Econometrics will teach the best practices in empirical quantitative research in Finance. The focus will be on research design for achieving identification in the subarea of corporate finance and on competent error correction and estimation techniques in asset pricing. Following from the theoretical basis covered in Foundations of Econometrics, this course will teach the best practices in quantitative research at the PhD level and of top publication quality.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£4,786

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£26,300

Entry requirements

A postgraduate masters degree from an accredited institution in the UK or overseas, showing evidence of above-average academic achievement. This includes: a degree classification with a mark of 65% or more overall (University of Edinburgh level, or overseas equivalent). normally a masters dissertation at the distinction level (University of Edinburgh level, or overseas equivalent) in finance, economics, informatics, mathematics, engineering or other relevant programmes with significant quantitative elements.