Finance PhD
Master
In Evanston (USA)
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Master
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Location
Evanston (USA)
The goal of the PhD program is to prepare students for a research and teaching career in finance. The program provides students with a rigorous background in theoretical and empirical finance, economics, mathematics, and statistics. These tools, plus opportunities for supervised independent research, enable students to make their own contributions to the understanding of financial markets and institutions.
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Course programme
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School's Policy Guide.
PhDCourses Units Major Field FINC 485-1,2,3 Asset Pricing 3 FINC 486-1,2,3 Corporate Finance 3 ECON 411-1,2,3 Macroeconomics 3 ECON 410-1,2,3 Microeconomics 3 ECON 480-1,2,3 Introduction to Econometrics 3 Total required units: 15
Other PhD Degree Requirements- Examinations: preliminary written exam on microeconomics and econometrics in summer before start of second year; preliminary written exam on finance in summer before start of third year; oral qualifying examination, at which time formal dissertation proposal presented
- Research/Projects: presentation of current research during PhD student seminars; research paper completed during summer following second year
- PhD Dissertation: original and significant research; topic should be selected in second year or beginning of third year, in collaboration with the advisor or advisors; presentation of preliminary results at department seminar during third year
- Final Evaluations: final examination on dissertation
Finance PhD