PhD in Finance Izmir University of Economics

Finance as an area of expertise has extended its scope with help of developments in recent years. Besides, risk management, derivative markets, banking, insurance, behavioral finance, investment analysis and management, financial modeling, international financial markets have become academic specialization fields as sub-disciplines of finance. The aim of the Ph.D. program in Finance is to develop academicians and professionals who are capable of conducting high-quality scientific research and are eligible to meet the increasing demand for a qualified manager in the field. Graduates of the program are leading researchers in the field of finance who are qualified in quantitative research methods in finance and financial econometrics, can follow theoretical literature in micro and macroeconomics, contribute to current issues in national and international financial system and create scholarly solutions to increase the financial efficiency of real sector firms.