Overview

The Adam Smith Business School places a strong emphasis 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 and Finance at the University of Glasgow, you will have opportunities to:

present and discuss your work in progress with colleagues and staff members
present and discuss your work in progress with staff members in other Scottish Universities through the Scottish Doctoral Colloquium
present your work in national or international conferences (usually at later stages of the PhD process)
attend the Wards research seminars
benefit from the College of Social Sciences Graduate School Research Training programme
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
attend research training on key literature (either solely on accounting or finance or a combination of accounting and finance empirical literature)
attend research training on necessary software programmes assisting you in your research (e.g., Nvivo, Stata)
attend research training on qualitative and/or quantitative techniques, with a focus on accounting and finance (econometrics in particular)

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

In the first year, students will normally study a number of chosen courses in Accounting and Finance, which will develop their quantitative and qualitative research skills as well as their knowledge of accounting and finance research literature and methodologies.

An appropriate programme of study is devised for each student in consultation with the director of the programme and the candidate’s supervisor.

Students will also work with their supervisors to develop their PhD research proposal into a fully operational research plan.

At the end of this period, the candidate presents a fully developed thesis proposal to the Thesis Committee.

This committee is responsible for approving the student’s research proposal, over-seeing and guiding the student’s research progress.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

More details

Students may want to identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss their research proposal before they apply.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Accounting View 41 other PhDs in Accounting in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Transcripts/degree certificate

Two references

A research proposal (3000 words maximum)

CV

Name of potential Supervisor

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

27720 GBP / year

≈ 27720 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Additional Details

Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.

Living costs

Glasgow

United Kingdom

620 - 1012 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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