Doctoral Programs in Accounting, Finance and Taxation – 12 Scholarships available

Qualified graduates are encouraged to apply for the full-time PhD Programs at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Business (CDSB) starting in September 2022.

Profit from an internationally recognized teaching and unique interdisciplinary training across the boundaries of the economic and social sciences according to your interests. Engage with the outstanding faculties of our triple accredited Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA).

Doctoral Degree in Accounting

Our program in Accounting provides students with core competencies in methods of analytical, empirical, and data-analytics research as well as a profound knowledge of the relevant institutional details in the fields of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, and Auditing. The program offers links to other academic disciplines and integrates them into a coherent curriculum conforming to top international standards.

Doctoral Degree in Finance

Our program in Finance covers research fields such as Asset Pricing and Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, Behavioral Finance, Market Microstructure and others. It provides students with core competencies in analytical and empirical research methods as well as a profound knowledge of the relevant institutional details in their field while offering links to other academic disciplines. The focus of the program is on empirical research.

Doctoral Degree in Taxation

Our program in Taxation is integrated with the newly established Leibniz Science Campus Mannheim Taxation bundling the expertise in tax research across the disciplines of economics, business administration, law, and political science. The program covers the fields of Business Taxation and Public Economics while allowing to incorporate neighboring subjects from Accounting, Finance, or Economics into the curriculum. After the initial course phase, PhD students have the choice to integrate with research teams at the University or at the ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

DISCOVER GESS

• All PhD Programs in English
• Benefit from generous monthly scholarships
• Work on your research in collaboration with internationally recognized professors
• Enjoy access to major data bases and excellent libraries
• Gain new insights from research stays with partner universities worldwide
• Work in a modern office space
• Receive your personal laptop and software
• Profit from our structured course program and skills courses in teaching, academic writing and presenting
• Boost your career options with a professional job market training
• No tuition fees – government funded first-class education

The research findings of our students and graduates are regularly published in leading journals of the fields. Our graduates pursue careers both in academia and the private sector, taking up professorships, assistant professorships and postdoctoral research positions at internationally renowned academic institutions.

APPLICATION PERIOD

Application Deadline: March 31, 2022.

For early offers, we provide an early application deadline: January 15, 2022. Candidates that are not accepted in the early round will be reconsidered with all other applications after the final deadline of March 31, 2022.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree in the respective field or equivalent
• Letter of motivation describing why you want to join one of our programs
• Two letters of recommendation from university professors
• GMAT or GRE test scores
• Writing sample (e.g. a paper you have written during your studies)

Do not miss this unique opportunity to become part of a leading doctoral program and APPLY NOW.

We are looking forward to your application!