PhD Dissertation Areas and Joint PhD Programs

As a PhD student in accounting at Booth, you’ll work with outstanding faculty and focus your doctoral research on your own areas of interest.

Explore the complex ways in which people make decisions and interact with one another in the business world and beyond.

Pursue your research interests at one of the only top-tier business schools that offers a PhD in econometrics and statistics.

Chicago Booth is renowned for economics faculty whose insights and analyses have changed the course of modern-day research in the field.

Explore your research interests in finance and work with faculty who set the agenda for research in the field.

In this program, you’ll combine concepts, models, and data to generate research that will help managers make better operations decisions.

This program provides a strong theoretical foundation, empirical skills, and flexibility.

Conduct research at the intersection of finance and economics in collaboration with faculty whose insights have shaped both fields.

Combine the resources of a world-class PhD business program with the flexibility to follow your research interests wherever they lead.

Leverage the strengths of two powerhouse schools and pursue independent research in business or law.