PhD in Accounting & Finance
Accounting & Finance in the Adam Smith Business School has a thriving body of PhD students currently researching in the following areas:
- finance
- market reactions to accounting
- management accounting and control
- judgment and decision-making in accounting and audit
- corporate reporting and governance
Our staff research interests list the topics in which supervision can be offered. A supervisor will be allocated who has expertise in your proposed area of research and who will offer guidance and advice during your studies. You may wish to contact individual staff members by email to discuss and develop your research proposal before making an application.
You can also contact:
Dr Antonios Siganos, the Convenor of PhD Programmes offered by Accounting & Finance, who will be able to advise on academic issues.
Angela Foster is the administrative contact for Accounting & Finance PhD programme and can answer initial programme enquiries. Angela can be contacted by email to Angela.Foster@glasgow.ac.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)141 330 4985.
The PhD in Accounting & Finance is a full-time research-based programme. It normally takes a minimum of 3 years to complete, with a maximum time limit of 4 years. It can also be taken on a part-time basis, in which case there is a minimum time limit of 5 years and a maximum of 6 years.
Strong emphasis is placed on the development of valuable transferable and personal development skills, such as finance-oriented computer programming, presentation and professional writing skills.
As a PhD student in Accounting & Finance, you will have opportunities to:
- present and discuss your work in progress with colleagues and staff members
- attend the Wards research seminars
- benefit from the College of Social Sciences Graduate School Research Training programme, where appropriate
You will complete a PhD Research Class that looks at a variety of topics such as the use of Stata and Minitab, Case Studies and various approaches to accounting research.
As a research student you may have the opportunity to become a Graduate Teaching Assistant, delivering tutorials to first and second year undergraduate students.
Full-time students are allocated office space and are provided with their own PC and printing facilities.
Assessment
Supervisors and students are required to complete a Progress Report in June of each academic year. All Progress Reports are reviewed by the PhD Convenor and by the Associate Dean of the College's Graduate School. A satisfactory progress report is a prerequisite for student registration in the following academic session.
Final assessment involves the submission of a thesis of between 70,000 and 100,000 words and an oral examination (viva voce).
As an applicant for one of our research degrees, you should normally possess a good Master’s degree (or overseas equivalent), with a significant component in Accounting and Finance.
Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide proof of competence in English. IELTS is the preferred test for which an overall score of 7, with no sub-test less than 6.5, is required.
The proposed research topic should be in an area in which supervision can be offered. You may therefore find it helpful to consider the current research interests of our staff before submitting an application.