Overview

Teaching experience is an integral part of the PhD program in Finance, and doctoral students are strongly encouraged to do some teaching from the second year. Successful completion of teaching entitles to a fifth year in the program.

Most courses are offered within the Stockholm Doctoral Course Program in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (SDPE), which is organized by SSE jointly with Stockholm University. In addition, the Swedish House of Finance offers specialized courses in machine learning, digital currencies or continuous-time finance. To ensure the success of our students on the job market, our program offers customized presentation workshops by an external presentation coach and faculty mentors for all students from day 1.

A dissertation from our program typically consists of several essays in one or several fields of financial economics, which are expected to be suitable for publication in international scientific journals – the main channel for communicating research results.

Our research expertise

Sustainable Finance
Banking and Financial Intermediation
Household Finance
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Empirical Asset Pricing and Machine Learning
Financial Econometrics
International Finance
Contract Theory

Accreditation

EQUIS

Programme Structure

Coursework

SDPE mandatory courses (60 ECTS):

Microeconomics I
Microeconomics II
Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Econometrics I
Econometrics II
Macroeconomics I
Macroeconomics II

Mandatory Finance courses (45 ECTS):

Theoretical Corporate Finance
Theoretical Asset Pricing
Empirical Asset Pricing
Empirical Corporate Finance
Household Finance
Continuous-Time Finance

Thesis

Thesis work (135 ECTS)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Disciplines

Finance

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A university level degree and one year of Master level studies or the equivalent.

At least three semesters of economics or finance courses (90 ECTS) including a thesis worth at least 15 ECTS

GRE test

Proof of proficiency in English

Motivation & supporting attachments

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

Free
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

All admitted students receive a scholarship from the SSE, and are guaranteed funding throughout the PhD program.

Living costs

Stockholm

Sweden

9668 - 17248 SEK / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

All admitted PhD students receive a scholarship from the SSE, and are guaranteed funding throughout the PhD program, conditional upon satisfactory performance as determined by the faculty. The current scholarship amount is SEK 26 000 per month.

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