PhD in Accounting in Glasgow United Kingdom | University of Glasgow

Our vibrant community of PhD candidates is actively engaged in research across diverse areas including finance, market responses to accounting practices, management accounting systems, decision-making processes in auditing, corporate reporting standards, and governance frameworks.
The Adam Smith Business School prioritizes cultivating essential transferable skills and professional competencies, encompassing financial programming expertise, effective presentation techniques, and advanced business writing abilities. As an Accounting & Finance doctoral candidate, you'll gain access to:
regular work-in-progress sessions with peers and faculty, participation in the Scottish Doctoral Colloquium for cross-institutional feedback, opportunities to present at domestic and international academic conferences (typically during advanced PhD stages), attendance at Wards research seminars, comprehensive training through the College of Social Sciences Graduate School program, specialized PhD coursework covering statistical tools like Stata and Minitab, case study methodologies, and diverse accounting research approaches, literature-focused training sessions (spanning accounting, finance, or interdisciplinary perspectives), technical workshops on research software (including Nvivo and Stata), methodological training in both qualitative and quantitative approaches (with emphasis on financial econometrics).
Doctoral students may qualify for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions, conducting undergraduate tutorials and assisting with coursework evaluation. These teaching roles follow standardized university compensation, with engaged GTAs potentially earning approximately £1,500 annually pending qualifications and scheduling. Mandatory GTA training precedes teaching responsibilities, with positions typically becoming available from the second year of study. Vacancies are announced during the latter half of the academic year.