Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Graduate students in the PhD programme of the School of Finance and Management study towards the University of London PhD.
To be considered for the PhD programme in finance or management students must already have completed a good Masters degree in a relevant discipline and been awarded high grades. They must also submit an initial research proposal that demonstrates an aptitude for academic research.
The full-time PhD programme normally requires three years of study in London.
Research Topics
The School of Finance and Management PhD programme provides supervision in a number of fields within finance and management. We concentrate on topics in fields which are actively being researched by faculty members. Currently, the five principal areas are corporate governance, finance, law, public policy and management, and regulation (in developed and developing countries) and sustainable development and agribusiness.
Corporate governance: finance, law, and regulation (in developed and developing countries)
Corporate finance: determinants of firms' capital structure
Finance and economic growth
Financial regulation, central banking and bank supervision
Public policy and management; public financial management
Management in China; Management in Japan; and Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Referees and references
If you have been in education in the past three years, we will require references from your most recent post-graduate place of study. We normally require two academic references from senior or established faculty members who are in a position to comment on your research potential.
If you have been out of education for three years or more we will normally require at least one academic reference. We can also consider references from an earlier time or from your current place of work but only where these provide relevant recommendations to the course of study you are applying for. References from family members or friends are not acceptable.
