标题: Melbourne Finance Doctoral Information Session in Hong Kong [打印本页] 作者: zhangyra 时间: 2023-10-4 11:51 标题: Melbourne Finance Doctoral Information Session in Hong Kong Melbourne Finance Doctoral Information Session in Hong Kong -Still accepting applications
On Tuesday 31 October 2023, the Department of Finance at the University of Melbourne will hold an information session in Hong Kong describing the Department’s Doctoral Program in Finance.
Our world‐class program begins with two years of advanced coursework in finance, economics, econometrics, mathematics, and statistics. Dissertation supervision is provided by the Department’s faculty. The faculty regularly publishes in the leading Finance and Economics journals. Generous scholarships, fee waivers, conference attendance reimbursement, and a research allowance are available throughout the program.
The Department of Finance at the University of Melbourne wants to attract the very best doctoral candidates to study with us. The Department has an experienced group of senior faculty (Professors Carole Comerton‐Forde, John Handley, Carsten Murawski, Federico Nardari and Garry Twite) and a wonderful group of young graduates from Alabama, Arizona State, Tel Aviv, Bocconi, Warwick, Georgia State, UC Santa Barbara, University of Texas at Austin, Kellogg, ESSEC, Cambridge Judge Business School, Tilburg, Columbia, Konstanz, Melbourne, Wharton, Zurich, University of Washington, University of Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Monash, Newcastle, Tsukuba, UNSW, NYU, Cornell and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
The information session in the afternoon of 31st October will begin with a lunch for participants. The information session will be presented by three Faculty members of the Department of Finance and will cover:
The structure of the Finance PhD program
The research and publications of the Department’s faculty members
The Department’s weekly seminar series and annual Finance Down Under Conference
The Department’s large set of databases
The application procedure
The funding, support, and placement of our doctoral students.
Up to 10 applicants from around the world will be selected to attend the session. Successful applicants who are neither residing or studying in Hong Kong will be provided with accommodation at the venue hotel on the evenings of October 30th and 31st including internet access and breakfast on the following mornings plus reimbursement (with receipts) of the cost of direct return economy airfares to and from Hong Kong.
Those wishing to attend should send an email to Jiani Chen jiani.chen@unimelb.edu.au with Hong Kong Melbourne Finance Doctoral Day in the subject line. The brief application email should have a pdf attachment that contains:
(1) the applicant’s CV which must include the applicant’s contact details,
(2) a maximum one‐page description of a research project undertaken by the applicant as part of their current or past studies or employment, and
(3) a maximum one‐page statement of interest in future doctoral studies in Finance.