Accounting and Finance

Entry requirements

For full entry requirement details, please see the course page on the University website.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Our Accounting and Finance PhD aims to develop world-class researchers, specialised in building theory and producing valuable insight into current issues in accounting and finance.

The University of Liverpool Management School’s (ULMS) Accounting and Finance PhD programme covers a wide range of areas for investigation, with special emphasis on the role accounting and finance play on organisational success, risk management and dealing with uncertainties.

The training offered is tailored, with specific modules aimed at facilitating the development of your individual research project:

• Corporate Finance and Accounting
• Theory Asset Pricing Theory
• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Accounting Empirical Asset Pricing.

To ensure you receive the most relevant support during the thesis development stage, you will work with a primary supervisor, who is a leading expert in their field.

Additionally, you will be supported by a secondary supervisor, who is typically promising early career researcher, specialising in your specific area of study.

Research interests

We welcome research proposals including, but not limited to:

• Asset pricing and investment
• Corporate finance and accounting
• International financial markets and the macroeconomy
• Financial technology (Fintech).