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EDHEC Launches New PhD in Finance

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Published on May 19, 2008

EDHEC Business School and the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre have combined forces to open a new three-year doctoral programme to Finance candidates from September 2008.

The EDHEC PhD in Finance is designed for Finance graduates and professionals whose aim is to gain and maintain an in-depth understanding of finance as well as the ability to initiate and carry through research projects that will yield original insights and lead to innovative approaches and offerings.

The programme, delivered entirely in English, draws upon the resources and industry reputation of the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, Europe's premier centre for applied research. It is offered in two different formats: a residential track for high-potential graduate students who will hold research positions in the research centre, and an executive track for high-level practitioners who will continue to pursue full-time jobs. The programme structure, residential requirements and research supervision arrangements have been tailored to allow professionals to complete the EDHEC PhD in Finance over three years.

The programme faculty is made up of world-class specialists in economics, asset management and financial modelling. They bring together senior EDHEC scholars and outstanding affiliate professors from top research institutions such as Chicago GSB, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Duke University.

Drawing its faculty from the world's best universities and enjoying the support of the research centre with the most impact on the European financial industry, the EDHEC PhD in Finance creates an extraordinary platform for professional development and industry innovation, comments the Director of the Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, Professor Noël Amenc.

Following a stimulating scientific curriculum and working individually with leading specialists on research issues of particular relevance to their organisations, practitioners engaged in the programme's executive track will learn to leverage their expertise and insights to deliver original contributions at the frontiers of financial knowledge and practices, explains the programme's Academic Director, Professor René Garcia.

Olivier Oger, Dean of EDHEC Business School stresses that the launch of the EDHEC PhD in finance is a significant step in the School's international development strategy: « As part of its mission to train the talent and develop the knowledge that move the industry and society forward', EDHEC has invested heavily in research; the creation of a world-class doctoral programme in finance attests to the vitality of the knowledge creation of our teams and to their ability to train the scholars and the leaders who will redefine finance.»


For further information, please contact Ms. Maud Gauchon on +33 (0)4 93 18 32 67 or at maud.gauchon@edhec.edu, or visit the programme's website: http://phd.edhec.edu.


Written by NIKKI HARLE
Date of update November 5, 2008

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