Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Finance Group

Doctoral Studies in Finance at Humboldt University

 

If you would like to write a doctoral dissertation in the area of corporate finance you must first apply to the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS) and the application deadline is each year in March. The program starts in the fall semester.

The Ph.D. program consists of intensive course work in microeconomics, econometrics, and management science during the first year, as well as advanced specialization courses in finance in the second year. Upon successful completion of the first-year courses, students are eligible to apply for a research assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) position in the Finance Group. We do not supervise completely external dissertation projects.

Several 3-year scholarships are available for applicants with outstanding academic achievements. In addition, there are several external funding opportunities:


You should budget approximately 4 years to complete your dissertation. The Finance Group focusses on empirical research in corporate finance and has, either through own subscriptions or through the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 649) Economic Risk, access to most major databases. These include

  • Compustat
  • CRSP
  • ExecuCorp
  • Datastream
  • Bloomberg
  • Trace
  • Bankscope
  • Thomson One
  • Capital IQ
  • Morningstar
  • DealScan
  • Edgar Pro
  • Mergent
  • S&P and Moodys Credit Ratings

In addition, Prof. emeritus Richard Stehle has calculated the Fama-French factors
for Germany since 1958. This data is available here.

Individual Ph.D. courses are offered by a number of external Programs.


Starting April 1st 2013, the Humboldt-University will offer "Humboldt Research Track" scholarships at € 800 for the first time, in order to pave the way to a doctors degree for exceptional Master students. The scholarship supports students during the transition phase between the completion of the master degree and the begin of doctoral studies. Deadline for applications is January 15th 2013. Additional information is available at: http://www.exzellenz.hu-berlin.de/foerderlinien/rt/research-tracks


Scholarships for post-doctoral studies are available from the DAAD:
https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/22346-postdoctoral-researchers-international-mobility-experience/

 

For more information on scholarships, please visit the website of the Humboldt-Graduate School:
https://humboldt-graduate-school.de/foerderlinien-der-exzellenzinitiative-en/foerderlinien-der-exzellenzinitiative?set_language=en&cl=en