Overview

Key features

You will benefit from a truly international and interdisciplinary environment. You will have access to a wide range of taught courses and research seminars across different departments and research centres within the School. You will work closely with faculty in the Department throughout the programme, and you will interact with leading scholars from other universities thanks to our active external workshop series. All students admitted to the programme are fully funded, and financial assistance is also available for you to present your work at conferences.

You will be expected to complete the programme within five years. In the first two years, you will take a set of core and elective courses in accounting and related fields and complete a research paper. After the second year, you will focus on your PhD thesis.

The Accounting (Economics of Accounting) programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science is structured in two tracks: The Accounting, Organisations and Institutions (AOI) track, which is devoted to the study of interrelationships between accounting, organisations and institutions, and the Economics of Accounting (EoA) track, which primarily examines accounting and financial reporting issues from an economics perspective. Below you find more information about the EoA track.

The emphasis of the Economics of Accounting (EoA) track is on building a good foundation in theory and research methods in economics, finance, and accounting. In the first two years, students take core courses in microeconomics, econometrics, finance, and accounting, as well as elective courses in related fields.

Research by faculty members in the EoA group covers a wide range of topics, including: the use of financial and non-financial information in internal and external decision making; the role of accounting information in financial and non-financial (e.g., labour) markets; corporate governance; budgeting, performance measurement, and incentive systems; disclosure regulation; the interaction between financial reporting and legal and economic institutions; corporate social responsibility; the role of information intermediaries; financial risk management; auditing.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Microeconomics

Mathematics and Statistics

Econometrics

Financial Economics

Topics in Accounting Research (EoA)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-22 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Economics Accounting Econometrics View 41 other PhDs in Accounting in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

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

Other requirements

General requirements

To be considered for admission, you should have a substantial academic background in accounting, finance, economics or another subject with a strong quantitative component.

Students are normally required to have prior training at master’s level. We may exceptionally accept students with outstanding performance in their undergraduate degree.
GRE or GMAT is required from all applicants. Test scores are valid for 5 years so students who have taken the GRE/GMAT for the MSc Accounting and Finance at LSE will not be required to take a new test.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

23500 GBP / year

≈ 23500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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

Funding

The School recognizes that the cost of living in London may be higher than in your home town or country, and we provide generous scholarships each year to home and overseas students.Find out more about financial support.

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