Overview

The group's research strengths cover finance and financial history, financial markets and institutions and not-for-profit financial institutions.

Research Finance students at Queen's University Belfast benefit from attending courses and tailor-made reading groups to complete their background preparation in finance.

Features

Queen's Business School prides itself on research-led teaching and offers its research students experience as teaching assistants in a variety of undergraduate courses.

Students regularly attend the School's various seminar series, which attract leading academics from around the world. Students also present their work at these events, gaining invaluable advice and preparation for the academic job market.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Asset Pricing and Financial markets

Financial History

Computational finance

Household finance

Finance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-16 00:00:00

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More details

If you want to apply for postgraduate funding, you should check the School/Institute webpage for information on the deadlines.

Language

English

IELTS

7

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TOEFL^® IBT

95

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Finance View 46 other PhDs in Finance in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7

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95

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Student insurance

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Other requirements

General requirements

Normally a UK 2.1 Honours degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) and a UK Master's degree in a relevant discipline with a final result of 60% (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University).

In cases where applicants have not completed a Master's degree, applications may be considered where applicants hold a 1st class Honours undergraduate degree from a high-ranking, research focus university and have demonstrated an ability to conduct academic research.

Tuition Fee

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International

20500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 20500 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Belfast

561 - 887 GBP /month

Living costs

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

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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