PhD Programme
Why do your Accounting PhD at London Business School?
London Business School's PhD in Accounting offers varied research topics and outstanding teaching at an international centre for excellence in business education.
Teaching and research topics
Our contemporary topics include:
- valuation of tangible assets
- corporate disclosure policies
- corporate governance
- security analysis
- implications of financial reporting for capital markets
- mergers and acquisitions
- regulation of accounting standards
- international accounting
- performance measurement.
Students' views
Read what some of our recent students have to say about the programme.
"The close relationships with faculty help to generate lots of research ideas."
Yun Lou, year of entry 2007
"The close connection with researchers from top business schools all over the world stimulates the creation of research ideas."
Susanna Li, year of entry 2005
How to apply
For entry in October 2012, the deadline for receipt of applications is 8 January 2012. For a full explanation of the applications process, including details of how to apply online, see the PhD programme admissions pages
