PhD Program in Economics Finance and Management
ThePhD Program in Economics, Finance and Management attracts international students of exceptional talent, provides world-class academic training, and placement in top universities, research centers, public policy instititions, and the private sector.
Graduate students work closely with ourinternational faculty, covering a wide variety ofresearch areas, and include recipients of ERC grants, fellows of the Econometric Society and the NBER, and authors of publications in top journals, among other prestigious achievements.
The PhD Program is a full-time, residential program, entirely taught in English, with a total duration of 6 to 7 years.
Program Details
- Inyear 1 students should complete themandatory core coursework, including brush-up courses in Math and Probability & Statistics (in early September), the three course sequences in Econometrics, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, and a short final project. Upon successful completion of the first year, students are awarded theMaster in Economics and Finance(PhD Track) by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics (60 ECTS).
- Inyear 2students must take a Research Tools seminars, pass a number of elective courses, and present amaster thesis. Upon successful completion of these requirements, students are awarded aMaster of Research in Economics, Finance and Management (MRes) by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (60 ECTS).
- Thesubsequent years are dedicated tothe dissertation phase. During these years students are expected to work under the guidance of at least one faculty member, to regularly present in internal seminars, and more generally to actively participate in the academic life of the Department. A formal thesis proposal must be presented before the end of year 3. ThePhD Degree in Economics Finance and Management is awarded upon successful defense of the thesis in front of tribunal with internal and external faculty members. Students typically obtain the PhD degree within a total of 5 or 6 years, including the coursework and the dissertation phase (longer or shorter intervals are possible, but uncommon).
