PhD Program
in Finance

The PhD program in Finance at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon is a rigorous program designed to train students to produce high quality research.

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Overview

The PhD program in Finance at Iscte is a rigorous program designed to train students to produce high quality research. The program is suited to students who want to become faculty members at research universities, lead research departments at financial institutions or be at the forefront of the application of state-of-the-art models and techniques in the financial industry activities.

The program, fully taught in English, is highly quantitative in nature and therefore new PhD students often have a background in finance, economics, engineering, math, or statistics. Although some students have completed graduate work prior to entry into the PhD program, it is not necessary to have any graduate training.

Duration

4 Years

Language

All courses are taught in English

Vacancies

Only up to 10 candidates will be accepted

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for this program are 2,750€ per year

Program Manager

If you have any question please contact our Program Manager  by email to phd.bru-unide@iscte.pt

Reasons to choose this PhD Program

What you will find:

  • Comprehensive and flexible program designed to equip the student with all the tools necessary for high quality research;

  • Flexible program with evening classes accommodating the needs of part time students;

  • Large faculty, holding doctoral degrees from several major European and North-American universities, with broad expertise in most areas of finance, including asset pricing, corporate finance, derivatives, and banking;

  • Access to the very best international databases: WRDS, CRSP, Compustat, Datastream, Worldscope, Reuters, Bloomberg;

  • Exposure to state-of-the-art research through a seminar series with speakers from the top European and North-American universities.

Main Goals

  • The Finance PhD Program at Iscte is a rigorous program designed to train students to produce high quality research.

  • The program is suited to students who want to become faculty members at research universities or who want to lead research departments at financial institutions.

  • During the first year, students take a broad sequence of courses in finance, economics and econometrics. After the first year, students work solely on their research.

Learning Goals

The students in this study cycle must be capable of:

  • Master the tools (Economic and Finance theory, econometric methods and others) necessary to conduct high quality research in Finance;

  • Know and comprehend in-depth several topics of research in Finance;

  • Contribute in an independent and innovative way to the research in a Finance topic. In all curricular units, these objectives are defined operationally and evaluated with the instruments deemed as the most adequate for each type of objective.

Program Curriculum

The Finance Ph.D. program is primarily designed as a full time program. Nevertheless, for students with strong commitment and work ethics , it is possible to work on the program part time. All classes are held in the evening.

Scientific Committee

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João Ruas
Integrated Researcher
Maria Fátima Salgueiro
Director of BRU-Iscte
José Carlos Dias
José Carlos Dias
Integrated Researcher
João Pedro Nunes
Integrated Researcher
Program Manager

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Aleksandra Marques
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Accreditation A3ES

This course is accredited for 6 years.
Date of Publication: 31-07-2019

Registration DGES
Initial Registry

R/A-Ef 1014/2011 de 18-03-2011

Update Registry

R/A-Ef 1014/2011/AL01 de 19-10-2015
R/A-Ef 1014/2011/AL02 de 08-03-2016

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