36 monthsProgramme duration
18,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
31 Jul, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Finance
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
PhD students within the Accounting & Finance Department address academically interesting and practical contemporary issues in Finance and Banking. Our Finance scholars’ interest include derivatives pricing and risk management, financial econometrics, international banking, financial regulation, corporate finance and asset pricing and real-estate modelling.
PhD students may join the Centre for Quantitative Finance, which researches contemporary issues in financial markets requiring a quantitative approach. The main role of the centre is to carry out research that fills the gap between academia and current problems faced by the industry, whether in conducting comparative studies on pricing and risk management methodologies, or designing improved financial products that can serve the wider community better, or simply being the first stop for policy makers, hedge funds or finance houses where they could commission quantitative studies on topics they do not have expertise on.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Finance
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
PhD students within the Accounting & Finance Department address academically interesting and practical contemporary issues in Finance and Banking. Our Finance scholars’ interest include derivatives pricing and risk management, financial econometrics, international banking, financial regulation, corporate finance and asset pricing and real-estate modelling.
PhD students may join the Centre for Quantitative Finance, which researches contemporary issues in financial markets requiring a quantitative approach. The main role of the centre is to carry out research that fills the gap between academia and current problems faced by the industry, whether in conducting comparative studies on pricing and risk management methodologies, or designing improved financial products that can serve the wider community better, or simply being the first stop for policy makers, hedge funds or finance houses where they could commission quantitative studies on topics they do not have expertise on.
Admission Requirements
Applicants should hold a 2.1 at undergraduate level and a Merit at Master’s level in a relevant discipline, from a UK or other approved university and/or equivalent. You must submit a research proposal of approximately 1,500 words on your intended topic.
Tuition fees
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