CONGRATULATIONS!
Ph.D. students Tim Bell and Robin Knowles - were named National Winner in the 2008 xFAC competition sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. xTREME Faculty (xFAC) is a part of PwC's very successful xTREME games. It is a national competition for teams of students from selected accounting doctoral programs.
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ATTENTION ACCOUNTING APPLICANTS
UConn's Accounting Ph.D. Program has been selected to participate in the Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program.
This program has been set up by the largest accounting firms, state societies of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs to increase the number of qualified accounting faculty. The program provides select schools with financial support for doctoral students. More Information
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Accounting Department Ph.D. Coordinator:
John Phillips
The Ph.D. Program in Accounting prepares students to conduct state-of-the-art research and to take faculty positions in business schools at leading universities. The program emphasizes student/faculty interaction and timely completion of the degree.
Description:
The Accounting concentration curriculum emphasizes economics-based scholarly research in accounting.
Faculty in the Accounting area conduct research on a variety of topics, including but not limited to; accounting standards-setting; corporate financial reporting issues; accounting for financial derivatives; initial public offerings; securities regulation in international capital markets; taxes and business decisions; tax policies; cross-cultural transfer of accounting policies.
The Accounting Ph.D. Program is intended to prepare students to conduct original research; i.e., to explain phenomena previously not well understood and then to test proposed explanations empirically. The goal is to prepare students to be the best in the field and place them in top universities.
If you would like further information about the Accounting Department, please refer to Accounting Department Home.