Accounting, Ph.D.

Accounting, Ph.D. is a PhD program taught at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (four-year program) options.

The Accounting, Ph.D. is a research-intensive Ph.D. program designed to prepare students for a career in academics. Students develop research, teaching, and service skills for long-term success as an accounting scholar. Faculty support research interests in archival/empirical and behavioral/experimental work in auditing, financial accounting, and tax.

The program includes two years of rigorous coursework with accounting seminars and courses in Statistics and Economics. Students complete Research Practicum I and Research Practicum II, and the Second Year Project (Research Practicum II) is conducted in lieu of a comprehensive field exam. Dissertation work is supported through a Dissertation Committee and a three-paper dissertation format that includes three working papers.

Modules

• AC 610 Intro Accounting Res I
• AC 620 Acctg Research Sem I
• AC 630 Archival Acctg Research
• AC 640 Experimental Acctg Research
• AC 650 Directed Research
• AC 691 Research Practicum I
• AC 692 Research Practicum II
• EC 600 or Advanced Mathematical Economic (Preferred over EC 570)
• ST 554 Math Statistics I
• AC 699 Dissertation Research (with advisor approval, distributed appropriately throughout the program)

The minimum requirements for admission in Accounting, Ph.D. at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as pre-requiste for admission in Accounting, Ph.D..

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Admission recommendations are made by the PhD program committee after considering the applicant background, admission test scores, grade point averages (GPAs), statement of purpose, letters of reference, fulfillment of prerequisites, and an on-campus interview. The GMAT is preferred, but students may choose to take either the GMAT or the GRE.

• Application Fee
• Resume
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
• GRE score with a quantitative score >= 162, a verbal score >= 160, and an analytical writing score >= 4.5
• GMAT score >= 660 (old version), or GMAT (new version) score >= 615
• An applicant who is accepted for admission to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy PhD Program will be admitted as a regular full-time in-residence PhD student. The Culverhouse School of Accountancy PhD Program has no other category of admissions.

If required for an international applicant, an English language proficiency test score (TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE score) that meets the Graduate School minimum (please note that this program does not accept the DET).

Please check detail of study units at https://catalog.ua.edu/graduate/business/accountancy/phd/

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.