- Degree
- PhD
- Course location
- Frankfurt am Main
- In cooperation with
- The Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM) constitutes an alliance involving Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Technische Universität Darmstadt.
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held exclusively in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 8 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- Pre-semester courses start around mid-September.
- Application deadline
- Applications will be reviewed in three stages with the following deadlines:
31 January
31 March
31 May
Particularly strong candidates from the first two stages will receive a positive admissions decision within approximately six weeks of the deadline for the respective stage. Other applicants from these two stages will receive the admissions decision together with the applicants from stage three.
Applicants from the third stage will learn about a positive admissions decision by the middle of July. All applicants who could not be admitted will be duly informed once the admissions process has been completed.
GSEFM strongly encourages candidates to apply in stage one or stage two to have sufficient time for visa applications and other arrangements. Additionally, all financial aid for PhD programme students may be awarded during the first or second stage of the admissions process.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- Yes
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Compelling for its coverage of both theory and empirical analysis, the PhD programme at GSEFM offers a two-year cycle of doctoral-level courses developed specifically to transmit a rigorous methodological framework in the core areas of each track of the programme (economics, finance, marketing and accounting), followed by courses designed to expose students to the research frontier in a variety of fields of specialisation (accounting, development and international economics, econometrics, finance, macroeconomics, marketing, and microeconomics). The curriculum of the programme pays special attention to helping students with a smooth transition from the course phase to the dissertation writing phase. It thus contains various structural elements in the dissertation writing phase (including a third-year research paper requirement, a guided teaching requirement, transferable skills courses, and a job market course), intended to help students to complete their doctoral education and present themselves in the job market in the most effective way. The overarching objective of the GSEFM PhD programme is to thoroughly prepare graduates for taking on leading positions in academia or serving as experts in international institutions, government, and the private sector, in all cases bringing to bear insights based on independent and novel research.
Placements of GSEFM PhD graduates include Cambridge University, Columbia University, INSEAD, New York University, Oxford University, University of Amsterdam, Xiamen University, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, Federal Reserve System, Bank of Korea, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, ministries, and a variety of private financial sector institutions and economic consultancies.