Finance PhD

The Department of Finance is an energetic and enterprising research cluster that continuously strives for excellence in both its teaching and scholarship. The group's expertise spans equities, derivatives, banking, corporate finance, and financial history, with particular strengths in financial markets and institutions, financial history, empirical asset pricing, household finance, sustainable finance, and machine learning and AI in finance. Research students benefit from: • Tailored finance courses and reading groups for rigorous preparation • Access to FinTrU Trading Room facilities, including Bloomberg terminals, real-money student-managed funds, and high-frequency trading simulations • Engagement with the Finance & Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (FAIR)-an innovative hub exploring fintech, AI safety, risk analytics, and regulation Queen's Business School prides itself on research-led teaching and offers its research students experience as teaching assistants in a variety of undergraduate courses.

Students regularly attend the School's various seminar series, which attract leading academics from around the world. Students also present their work at these events, gaining invaluable advice and preparation for the academic job market. Mode of study/duration Registration is on a full-time or part-time basis, under the direction of a supervisory team appointed by the University.

You will be expected to submit your thesis at the end of three years of full-time registration for PhD, or two years for MPhil (or part-time equivalent).