Accounting and Auditing

Program Summary

PhD students can choose to follow either a quantitative or qualitative research track.

Students following the quantitative track are required to undertake training in accounting, finance, microeconomics, statistics, econometrics, and quantitative research methods, etc. Students following the qualitative track are required to undertake training in accounting, microeconomics, statistics, management, and qualitative research methods, etc.

In addition, all students can take elective courses they find useful for their research.

Students can specialize in one of the following subfields:

•Auditing and regulation
•Corporate finance and governance
•Empirical financial accounting and reporting
•Financial statement analysis
•International financial reporting
•Organizational and social aspects of accounting
•Social and environmental accounting