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PhD Programme

The Centre runs a highly successful PhD programme recruiting high calibre students from all over the world.

Key features:

• Scholarships of up to £15,000
• 3 studentships which are funded by market participants including the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Entry October 2010

• Commodity Markets and Derivatives

• Corporate Finance and Governance

• Credit Risk and Credit Derivatives

• Equity and Futures Markets

• Financial Engineering

• Financial Regulation

• Football Finance

• Hedge Funds

• Hedging Strategies

• High Frequency Econometrics

• Historical Finance

• Market Microstructure (joint project with Capital Markets CRC)

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Option Pricing

• Pension Schemes

• Portfolio Management and Performance Assessment

• Quantitative Finance

• Real Estate Finance and Options

• Volatility and Correlation Modelling

We seek highly motivated individuals with an appropriate academic background (generally a Distinction at MSc level in a finance-related subject) from a good university. We encourage applied and relevant research and our strong connections with many financial firms allow students to gain industry experience during their doctoral research, if they wish. Biographies of and some papers written by, our current PhD students can be viewed at www.icmacentre.ac.uk/about_us/doctoral_research_staff.

Every year we offer funding for up to 20 PhD studentships, of full fees plus up to £15,000 living allowance. Scholarships are normally for three years, subject to progress. Successful candidates will be required to provide approximately 60-70 hours of teaching assistance on our MSc and/or BSc degrees annually, always working closely with appropriate faculty. Visit the Scholarships page for more information on how to apply.