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EDHEC Opens its PhD to Finance Executives

6 May 2008

EDHEC Business School and the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre have announced that they will open their new three-year doctoral programme to finance executives from September 2009.

The EDHEC PhD in Finance is designed for 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 is entirely delivered in English and offered in two tracks: a“residential track” for high-potential graduate students who will hold research positions at EDHEC Business School, 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 are 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 school’s Dean of Research, 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.

The next information sessions presenting the EDHEC PhD in Finance and its executive track will be held in Paris (May 13), London (May 21) and New York (July 10).

To reserve a place or request further information, please contact Ms. Maud Gauchon at +33 (0)4 93 18 32 67 or maud.gauchon@edhec.edu, or visit the programme’s website: http://phd.edhec.edu.