Overview

About the program

At Stanford University, finance faculty and doctoral students study a wide spectrum of financial topics, including the pricing and valuation of assets, the behavior of financial markets, and the structure and financial decision-making of firms and financial intermediaries.

Investigation of issues arising in these areas is pursued both through the development of theoretical models and through the empirical testing of those models. The PhD Finance Program is designed to give students a good understanding of the methods used in theoretical modeling and empirical testing.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Financial Markets
Corporate Finance Theory
Empirical Asset Pricing
Empirical Corporate Finance
Macroeconomics and Financial Markets
Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory
International Asset Pricing
Advanced Corporate Finance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

135 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stanford, United States

Disciplines

Finance View 57 other PhDs in Finance in United States

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Statement of Purpose
Resume or CV
Three letters of reference
GMAT or GRE score
TOEFL score (if applicable)
Uploaded official transcripts
Submitted online application
$125 application fee

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Tuition Fee

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International

25440 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 48 months.
National

25440 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 48 months.
In-State

25440 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 48 months.

quarterly tuition

Living costs for Stanford

1100 - 1600 USD /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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