Overview
Bring your interest in an academic career in finance to Gies, and you’ll leave prepared to teach and publish research at the top business schools. Our students complete a career path toward academia by entering this intellectually-stimulating environment and learning from the best in the field.
Features
- The research emphasis for our Finance PhD program at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is built on a close collaboration between faculty and students, stemming from the fact that we keep total enrollment around 15 students.
- During a typical week, the Finance Department hosts three seminars: two when faculty from other universities present research and the other when the Department’s PhD students and faculty present their work in progress.
Accreditation
Illinois has tremendous breadth and depth in academics, with more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate and professional programs. A preeminent faculty propels many academic programs to be ranked among the best in the world. This emphasis on campuswide academic excellence has built Illinois' reputation as one of the nation's premier public universities.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:- The coursework typically requires up to two years, consisting of economics, econometrics, and finance. Students interested in insurance or real estate also take courses in these areas.
- Depending upon their interests, some students take courses in other fields (e.g., mathematics). Students with excellent preparation may be able to complete the course requirements in less than two years.
Key information
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English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Completion of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a university in another country.
- The minimum acceptable grade point average for admission is a 3.0 average (A = 4.0) in the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework and in all graduate coursework.
- Acceptable scores on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). While there is no required minimum score, the average score of students admitted in recent years is over 700.
- International applicants from countries whose first language is not English are required to submit results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Tuition Fee
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International
30356 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 30356 USD per year -
National
30356 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 30356 USD per year -
In-State
14052 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14052 USD per year
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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