Ph.D. Program
Program Overview
The PhD program in Finance is a specialization in the Ph.D. Program in Business Administration (PhDBA) in the Fox school. The primary goal of the PhD program in Finance is to produce scholars who will be able to compete successfully for academic appointments at both aspirant and peer institutions. Students are trained rigorously in a broad range of sub-fields in finance with an emphasis on Corporate Finance. Our outstanding faculty mentors PhD students individually, and provides them with the research foundations and tools to maximize their research potential.
Program Requirements
The program involves course work for two or two and a half years, a preliminary exam in statistics and econometrics, a second year research paper, a comprehensive exam in finance, and a dissertation. In addition, the student must meet teaching and residence requirements. The average expected time to completion is five years.
The PhD curriculum consists of a total of 16 PhD-level courses (48 credit hours), which include:
- 1 Concentration pro-seminar (FIN 9090 Special Topics in Finance)
- 3 Concentration seminars
- FIN 9001 - Corporate Finance Theory
- FIN 9002 - Empirical Research in Corporate Finance
- FIN 9005 - Empirical Asset Pricing
- 9 Theory and Research Methods courses
- BA 9101b – Statistical Methods for Business Research I (Theoretical)
- BA 9103 – Economic Theory of Choice
- BA 9104 – Game Theory
- BA 9205 – Information Economics
- BA 9203 – Financial Economics
- BA 9108 – Capital Markets Research
- BA 9105 – Business Econometrics I
- BA 9106 – Business Econometrics II
- BA 9209 – Business Econometrics III
- 3 Additional courses with the approval of the Finance Ph.D. advisor
Admission Requirements and Funding
Admission to the Ph.D. specialization in finance requires a year of college-level calculus. In addition, a masters' degree in business, economics or a related area (or an equivalent research and teaching background) is required.
Funding and scholarship options for new PhD in Finance students are available in the form of Fox School Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships (link to http://sbm.temple.edu/phd/financialaid.html). You are highly encouraged to submit your application before December 15, which is the deadline for fellowship consideration. Please make sure you send all official material and your completed application to the Fox School Admissions Department (link to http://www.fox.temple.edu/phd/admissions.html).
If you have any questions about the program, please contact
Dr. Connie X. Mao
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Finance
Department of Finance
Fox School of Business and Management
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083
Voice: 215.204.4895
e-mail: cmao@temple.edu