Our Accounting PhD program requires you to complete:
- Area-specific requirements
- Course requirements as outlined in the Accounting curriculum page
- A first-year summer research paper and a second-year research paper
- Qualifying exams in empirical and analytical accounting research
- Teaching and research assistantship
- Preliminary exam
- Dissertation thesis proposal
- Final dissertation defense exam
The same Team Fuqua culture that permeates all of Duke’s professional business programs is prominent in the Accounting PhD program. Innovation through collaboration is our defining characteristic. Our accounting faculty possesses unmatched topical and methodological span, which we leverage through co-authorships with one another and co-teaching of our PhD seminars. In addition to involving PhD students in our collaborative research process, students also have access to cutting edge classes in Fuqua’s Finance area, Duke’s Economics department, and the course catalog of our neighboring university, UNC Chapel Hill.