The Department of Accountancy offers a research programme leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Admission to the programme is highly competitive, and the number of the students accepted each year is limited.
The PhD programme in Accounting is an integrated programme of coursework, research and teaching activities that aims to prepare students for successful and productive careers as faculty members. Recent graduates have obtained challenging faculty positions at prestigious universities such as University of Alberta in Canada.
Programme Core Courses: (18 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title |
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Course(s) from home department of at least 4 credit units |
| AC8980 and | Research Methodology in Financial Accounting |
| AC8900 or | Seminar in Financial Accounting Issues |
| AC8920 or | Seminar on Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, and Financial Reporting |
| AC8940 | Seminar in Auditing Research |
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Course(s) outside home department |
| EF8075 | Topics in Econometrics |
| or | |
| Other course elected needs to be approved by supervisor | |
| FB8905 |
Project (Thesis Proposal Defence) |
| FB8914 | Doctoral Seminar |
Other Requirement (not counted towards the University's coursework requirement)
| Course Code | Course Title |
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| SG8001 | Teaching Students: First Steps |
The Department may prescribe additional course requirements for students as deemed appropriate.
Qualifying Examination
Students are required to take a departmental common written qualifying examination to make sure that they have solid foundation to pursue research. Students who fail in the qualifying examination are allowed to have at most one more attempt at the discretion of AC Department but all students must PASS the examination the latest by 31 August of their second year of study*. Those who cannot pass the examination by the corresponding deadline will be recommended for termination of study following the procedures stipulated by the University.
Thesis
Students must submit a thesis for examination by the end of their maximum study period. The thesis examination includes thesis assessment, an oral examination and any other assessment arrangements that may be required by the Panel of Examiners.
The research of our faculty covers a broad spectrum of interests in accounting issues and research methods. However, the major foci are in the following areas: corporate governance issues in China and the US, capital market-based accounting research, securities analyst forecasts, management forecasts, agency theory, management performance evaluation, earnings management, auditing and taxation. Our faculty has recently published in such major accounting journals as the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Their work has also appeared in major finance journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Financial support in the form of Postgraduate Studentships and Research Tuition Scholarships for government-funded students are available through the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies.
All applications should be sent to the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies of the City University of Hong Kong. For more information about applications, please visit https://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/RPg.
Prof. Yangxin Yu
Professor
Research Degree Coordinator
Email: yangxin.yu@cityu.edu.hk
Please refer to the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies homepage for information.
