Find solutions to the practical problems that market practitioners and policy-makers face. Develop innovative risk and pricing models and investigate various corporate finance issues facing both public and private companies. We also examine the roles of banks, venture capital and other financial intermediaries in global financial markets. You’ll work with expert faculty who frequently act as consultants for banks, asset managers, international financial organisations, stock exchanges and governments.

Apart from an academic career, a research degree in finance prepares you for working in a variety of financial institutions at associate level, by-passing the usual graduate training given to BSc and Masters students. Apart from academia, the career destinations of our PhD graduates include senior portfolio manager at Cambridge Strategy, proprietary trader for Millenium Capital, VP commodities quant research at JP Morgan, head of quant research for a Central Bank, EMEA head of risk for Citibank, algorithmic trader for Goldman Sachs, and quant analyst at HSBC.