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Research and collaboration are at the heart of the UBC Business Administration in Accounting PhD program. Here, you will be equipped with the in-depth knowledge, communication skills, and immersive research capabilities you’ll need to be at the forefront of your discipline.

Right from the outset of the program, you will receive individualized attention, guidance, and mentorship from our faculty. Not only will they enrich your knowledge and build your skillset, our faculty will be your support network as you as you integrate yourself into a vibrant academic community.

For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website

What makes the program unique?

The research faculty in Accounting publish in the top journals in the field, and engage in empirical research in financial accounting, auditing and taxation. Our program draws effectively on strong research faculty in other fields, including finance, economics, policy analysis, and management science. Of particular importance are the variety of research workshops held each week which expose students to current research by leading researchers from UBC and other universities in accounting and the related fields.

The program attracts some of the world’s sharpest, most curious minds who, over the course of the program, sharpen their skills and deepen their knowledge. Upon graduating, you will:

• Have in-depth knowledge of the process of scientific discovery and the Philosophy of Science (epistemology), which you will be able to apply to your research discipline.
• Be a skilled communicator with the ability to share your knowledge and expertise effectively with a variety of audiences. You will be able to present your findings at a research seminar or a conference, to teach a complete course effectively, and be able to publish in the academic genre of your discipline.
• Have the appropriate analytical research foundation for your chosen area of specialization, and you will be able to apply your analytical knowledge and skills to research problems in that area.
• Have an in-depth understanding of leading research within your chosen area of specialization, and you will be able to enrich and advance that body of knowledge through deep analysis and synthesis of research problems and findings.

Program Structure

Students are required to take a cross-divisional course in research methods, a course in teaching methods, and the following four courses in the accounting division.:

• COMM 651 Analysis of Accounting Information in Markets. An examination of theoretical research into the role of public accounting information in capital markets and its relation to market prices, and the impact and disclosure of private investor and private management information.
• COMM 657 Empirical Methods in Accounting Research. An introduction to empirical accounting research, emphasizing the use of theoretical arguments in developing testable hypotheses, econometric methodologies used to address accounting research problems and data issues that arise in testing hypotheses.
• COMM 658 Research Workshop in Accounting. Discussion of accounting research presented by faculty and PhD students from UBC and other universities.
• COMM 659 Advanced Topics in Empirical Accounting Research. A selection of special topics in accounting research.  The exact topics covered depend on the research expertise of the faculty members teaching the course in any given year.

You select your remaining coursework from other divisions and departments such as Finance, Economics and Mathematics, with the guidance of the PhD advisor.

You begin active research in the first year of your program by completing a summer research project. Most students write their comprehensive examination after their second year of course-work and spend the remainder of the program working on their dissertation research.

Quick Facts

Program enquiries, admission information & requirements, 1) check eligibility, minimum academic requirements.

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:

• Canada or the United States
• International countries other than the United States

Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.

English Language Test

Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.

Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - internet-based

Overall score requirement : 100

IELTS: International English Language Testing System

Overall score requirement : 7.0

Other Test Scores

Some programs require additional test scores such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Test (GMAT). The requirements for this program are:

The GRE or a comparable test is required. Please check the program website.

Prior degree, course and other requirements

Course requirements.

Most students have had prior studies in accounting, but some have entered into the program with backgrounds primarily in finance, economics, or mathematics and then developed their understanding of accounting by taking appropriate undergraduate or Masters' courses in accounting. 

2) Meet Deadlines

3) prepare application, transcripts.

All applicants have to submit transcripts from all past post-secondary study. Document submission requirements depend on whether your institution of study is within Canada or outside of Canada.

Letters of Reference

A minimum of three references are required for application to graduate programs at UBC. References should be requested from individuals who are prepared to provide a report on your academic ability and qualifications.

Statement of Interest

Many programs require a statement of interest , sometimes called a "statement of intent", "description of research interests" or something similar.

Supervision

Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.

Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)

Citizenship verification.

Permanent Residents of Canada must provide a clear photocopy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card.

4) Apply Online

All applicants must complete an online application form and pay the application fee to be considered for admission to UBC.

Tuition & Financial Support

Financial support.

Applicants to UBC have access to a variety of funding options, including merit-based (i.e. based on your academic performance) and need-based (i.e. based on your financial situation) opportunities.

Program Funding Packages

We provide a financial package that includes tuition plus $30,000 per year for the first five years of the PhD Program.

Average Funding

• 3 students received Research Assistantships. Average RA funding based on 3 students was $15,718.
• 1 student received Academic Assistantships valued at $2,400.
• 3 students received internal awards. Average internal award funding based on 3 students was $19,606.

Scholarships & awards (merit-based funding)

All applicants are encouraged to review the awards listing to identify potential opportunities to fund their graduate education. The database lists merit-based scholarships and awards and allows for filtering by various criteria, such as domestic vs. international or degree level.

Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)

Many professors are able to provide Research Assistantships (GRA) from their research grants to support full-time graduate students studying under their supervision. The duties constitute part of the student's graduate degree requirements. A Graduate Research Assistantship is considered a form of fellowship for a period of graduate study and is therefore not covered by a collective agreement. Stipends vary widely, and are dependent on the field of study and the type of research grant from which the assistantship is being funded.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

Graduate programs may have Teaching Assistantships available for registered full-time graduate students. Full teaching assistantships involve 12 hours work per week in preparation, lecturing, or laboratory instruction although many graduate programs offer partial TA appointments at less than 12 hours per week. Teaching assistantship rates are set by collective bargaining between the University and the Teaching Assistants' Union .

Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAA)

Academic Assistantships are employment opportunities to perform work that is relevant to the university or to an individual faculty member, but not to support the student’s graduate research and thesis. Wages are considered regular earnings and when paid monthly, include vacation pay.

Financial aid (need-based funding)

Canadian and US applicants may qualify for governmental loans to finance their studies. Please review eligibility and types of loans .

All students may be able to access private sector or bank loans.

Foreign government scholarships

Many foreign governments provide support to their citizens in pursuing education abroad. International applicants should check the various governmental resources in their home country, such as the Department of Education, for available scholarships.

Working while studying

The possibility to pursue work to supplement income may depend on the demands the program has on students. It should be carefully weighed if work leads to prolonged program durations or whether work placements can be meaningfully embedded into a program.

International students enrolled as full-time students with a valid study permit can work on campus for unlimited hours and work off-campus for no more than 20 hours a week.

A good starting point to explore student jobs is the UBC Work Learn program or a Co-Op placement .

Tax credits and RRSP withdrawals

Students with taxable income in Canada may be able to claim federal or provincial tax credits.

Canadian residents with RRSP accounts may be able to use the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) which allows students to withdraw amounts from their registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance full-time training or education for themselves or their partner.

Please review Filing taxes in Canada on the student services website for more information.

Cost Estimator

Applicants have access to the cost estimator to develop a financial plan that takes into account various income sources and expenses.

Career Outcomes

102 students graduated between 2005 and 2013. Of these, career information was obtained for 100 alumni (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016):

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UBC's PhD program in Accounting has a reputation for producing strong researchers. Recent graduates from the program have been placed in schools including Boston College, Purdue University, University of Hong Kong, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Brock University and Queen's University.

Enrolment, Duration & Other Stats

These statistics show data for the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD). Data are separated for each degree program combination. You may view data for other degree options in the respective program profile.

ENROLMENT DATA

• Research Supervisors

This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.

• Cavusoglu, Hasan (IT investment, information security, value of information technology, online product differentiation, information system security, Economics & sustainability, Management Information Systems)
• Cenfetelli, Ronald Timothy (Human computer interaction, E-Business, IT-mediated customer service, Negative aspects of technology, Structural equation modeling, Survey research techniques, Multi-level modeling)
• Chamberlain, Sandra (Accounting and the economics of, Valuation of publicly traded firms using accounting information, Accounting and contracting, Earnings quality, Accounting for Financial Institutions)
• D Adduzio, Jenna (Voluntary and mandatory disclosures; Regulatory and standard setting issues; Disclosure materiality)
• Lee, Gene (Economics and business administration; Management information systems; Applied Machine Learning; Business Analytics; Computer Science and Statistics; Cybersecurity; Information Systems; Mobile Ecosystem; Social Media Analysis; Text Mining)
• Lo, Kin (financial reports; financial disclosures; financial statements; accounting; stock options; executive compensation; auditing; stock valuation; securities regulation; tax planning; tax policy, Empirical research in financial accounting and reporting, Investigating the motives and effects of voluntary disclosures, The effects of alternative regulated reporting regimes, Refinement of accounting research methodology, Examining the role of accounting in equity valuation)
• Lundholm, Russell (Financial statement analysis )
• Nan, Ning (Economics and business administration; Management information systems; blockchain governance; complex adaptive systems; digital business; evolvable information systems; Information Systems; Management; online community)
• Swanson, David (Finance; Economics of Regulation; Political Economics; SEC; Securities Litigation)
• Vijayaraghavan, Rajesh (Accounting and risk management in financial institutions, Disclosure, Corporate governance and performance measurement, Corporate Finance, Applications of machine learning)
• Woo, Carson C (Management information systems; Applications of block chain and artificial intelligence technology to business; Conceptual modeling; Information Systems; Information systems analysis and design; Philosophy of Design Science; Requirements engineering)
• Yan, Han (Accounting; Financial economics; Banking; Climate Finance; Voluntary Disclosure; Earnings Quality; Reduced Form and Structural Estimation)
• Yeung, Ira (Voluntary Disclosure; Information Quality; Financial Institutions)
• Zhang, Jenny Li (Accounting; Economics and business administration; Management information systems; Finance and Accounting; Financial reporting, corporate disclosure, restatements, pension)
• Zheng, Xin (SEC Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Auditing, Fraud, Regulation, Financial Reporting)

Doctoral Citations

Sample thesis submissions.

• Essays on auditing : the matching of partners with clients, and the effects of mandatory auditing on the strategic decisions of banks
• Essays on disclosure of intangible assets

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Specialization.

Within accounting faculty engage in empirical research in financial accounting, auditing, and taxation.

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Addressing issues related to the use of accounting information and the effect of regulations and changes.

The PhD specialization in Accounting focuses on issues related to the use of accounting information by various users (i.e., investors, financial analysts), the effect of regulations and of changes in accounting practices and theory. These include financial reporting and disclosure, management accounting and control systems, and auditing.

The program emphasizes a firm theoretical base of economics designed to complement the student's practical training. Knowledge of mathematics, probability, statistics, economics, and finance are essential for success and are acquired through formal coursework during the first and second years of the program. The research orientation lends itself to a variety of research methods, which include empirical, and theoretical approaches as well as to field studies. Students may adopt specific approaches depending on their research interests. Integration of accounting with related disciplines such as finance, economics, and others is highly encouraged.

Current Area Research Topics

• Financial disclosure strategies of firms and their effects
• Internal controls over financial reporting
• Principle-based versus rule-based accounting
• International financial reporting standards
• Market reactions to financial analyst forecasts
• Value relevance of accounting information
• Financial reporting fraud
• Environmental accounting
• Real estate accounting
• Debt contracting and accounting information
• Audit quality

Specialization Requirements

Expertise in research methodology is acquired through seminars and in direct collaboration with faculty members on current research endeavours. Twelve graduate level courses usually constitute the set of requirements.

• Research Design in Accounting
• Accounting Research: An Overview
• Accounting Research: Financial Reporting and Capital Markets
• Governance and Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting Theory and Managerial Tax
• Introduction to Financial Economics (Finance)
• Corporate Finance (Finance)

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• Behavioral Science
• Decision Theory

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Schulich’s PhD Program in Accounting is all about groundbreaking research. It offers you the opportunity to work with leading researchers on issues that concern the business community, the accounting profession and broader society. Through a combination of mentoring, coursework, seminars and a wide variety of research and teaching opportunities, you will learn the craft of academic accounting research.

To be successful, you will have to go far beyond the basic program requirements. You will be expected to participate in research with faculty members, to develop your own research ideas into conference presentations and academic articles, and to submit those articles to leading journals for publication.

Specialization Details by Category

Study options.

Student admission is restricted to full-time study exclusively for the first four years. It is not recommended to be working outside of the PhD program during your studies. Students must be able to participate in the PhD program in Toronto.

Choose a study option to view its details and requirements

Available delivery options

• Full-time 48 to 72 months

Location(s)

• Keele Campus Toronto

The requirements to successfully complete the program are outlined below in “Curriculum Overview.”

The minimal requirements of the PhD Program in Accounting include: the successful completion of two years of course work, a comprehensive examination, a research proposal, and a dissertation documenting independent and original research. If you don’t have the academic background of our usual PhD students, you may be required to take additional courses. Your dissertation will take between one and three years to complete, depending on your eventual topic and research methods.

As noted above, complete training in research requires you to exceed these minimal requirements. In particular, you must engage actively in research during your program. Throughout the program you will also be expected to participate in seminars, workshops, and conferences at the local, national, and international levels. It will be your responsibility to push as far as your skills and aptitude can take you. Frequent interaction with faculty members and fellow students is necessary in order that you develop intellectually and professionally.

Coursework:

Your coursework plan will be developed in consultation with the Accounting Area’s PhD Program Coordinator. The courses are typically one semester long (3.0 credits), and fall into six categories:

Required DCAD Courses:

You will be required to take the following DCAD core courses:

This course focuses on the use of univariate and multivariate statistics as applied to social and behavioural research within the fields of organizational, management, and consumer studies. It covers descriptive statistics, mean difference testing, analysis of variance and covariance, linear and logistic regression, and a priori sample size calculations, as well as power and effect size calculations.

• DCAD 7100 3.00 LOGICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH This examines the major philosophical debates in the social sciences and explores the rationale of different approaches to social research. Students learn how to select and develop appropriate research strategies and how to critically examine the use of various research strategies.
• DCAD 7250 3.00 RESEARCH DESIGN This course introduces students to research design, strengthens their reasoning and theoretical development skills, helps them effectively apply a range of empirical methodologies to their own research and critically review empirical studies done by others. Topics include types of variables, relationships, sampling and measurement, survey and field research designs, experimental designs, and alternative designs, and research design biases and artifacts.
• DCAD 7400 3.00 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS This course provides students with detailed exposure to the qualitative research methodologies that have begun to exert a major influence on management research over the last 10 years.

These DCAD courses are designed to ensure that all PhD students at Schulich acquire a basic competence in research methods, including quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and the philosophy and methods used in the social sciences.

Accounting Core and Elective Courses

You will also be required to take four of the following doctoral accounting courses:

• ACTG 7010 3.00 OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH This course offers Ph.D. students an introduction to the core knowledge about various research paradigms in accounting research.
• ACTG 7020 3.00 EMPIRICAL METHODS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH No course description found.
• ACTG 7030 3.00 JUDGEMENT & DECISION RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING An in-depth study of research methods useful for investigating how and how well judgments and decisions are made in accounting, auditing and financial reporting contexts.
• ACTG 7040 3.00 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH No course description found.

Explores advanced topics in financial accounting research. It provides an overview of selected topics in financial accounting and related areas, and enhances students' applied skills in analyzing financial accounting data. The course covers classic papers, methodology papers, and papers that represent some of the most recent developments in the field.

• ACTG 7950 3.00 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH No course description found.

Two Elective Courses

These two courses are selected with the assistance of the Accounting PhD program director and will be from disciplines that are foundational to Accounting such as Economics, Finance and Organizational studies.

Additional course requirements for students with limited relevant backgrounds

Students who have no master’s degree are normally required to take two additional graduate level courses to improve their methodological training; these courses could be, for example, in statistics, econometrics, and psychometrics.

A typical student entering the PhD program with a Masters degree will take at least 10 courses (or 30 credit hours) comprised of four DCAD courses, four accounting core courses, two foundational courses, plus possible electives. At the rate of three courses per semester, a typical student will complete his/her coursework in four semesters (Fall / Winter / Fall / Winter).

A typical student entering the PhD program without a Masters degree will take at least 12 courses (or 36 credit hours) comprised of the above courses plus the two required quantitative methods courses. At the rate of three courses per semester, such a student will complete his/her coursework in four semesters (Fall / Winter / Fall / Winter).

Comprehensive Examination:

Students undergo a comprehensive examination after successfully completing all coursework. This examination is designed to demonstrate knowledge of the accounting field, the chosen foundation field, and research methodologies. The comprehensive examination is set and administered by Accounting Area faculty members. It is normally administered within 24 months of entry into the PhD program. A second and final attempt at this examination is allowed (within six months of the first examination) if the student is unsuccessful in the first attempt.

The program regards the comprehensive examination as a pivotal point for deciding whether students should be allowed to proceed with their studies or be

Dissertation Proposal and Oral Defence:

Candidates must prepare a written proposal to conduct original dissertation research carried out under the supervision of a supervisory committee, and must defend this to the satisfaction of the thesis supervisor and members of the supervisory committee.

Dissertation Proposal and Oral Examination:

Candidates must prepare a dissertation based on original research carried out under the supervision of a supervisory committee and submit the results in appropriate dissertation form. After the formal submission of the dissertation, an oral examination is held. It is expected that all or part of the dissertation will be published following professional or scientific review.

Our faculty members do research that matters. We have substantial experience in a broad range of research paradigms and methodologies. We publish in pinnacle accounting journals on a variety of topics, including topics broadly related to the public policy and public interest consequences of accounting practice. Recent publications have examined topics such as corruption, ethics, executive compensation, international standard setting, and pensions to name but a few. A significant number of accounting area faculty members participate in the Schulich Public Interest Accounting Group, which is part of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business.

Selected faculty members

Professor of Accounting

Associate Professor of Accounting

Professor of Accounting; Associate Dean, Students; Ron Binns Chair in Financial Reporting, Banking and Governance

FCA, FCPA (Ontario); Professor of Accounting; Area Coordinator, Accounting

Career Opportunities

The demand for PhD graduates in accounting is very strong in Canada, the U.S., and across the globe. The Schulich PhD Program in Accounting will prepare you for a career in research and teaching at top business schools around the world. The program will give you a strong academic foundation in accounting, as well as an understanding of the relationship between accounting and other fields of management.

Placement of Recent Graduates

Student research.

Scholarly development is an integral part of student life at Schulich School of Business. Working on research topics with award-winning faculty, you will present your findings at industry conferences and publish them in key publications. Highlighted below are some recent accomplishments of PhD students in the Accounting area.

Selected Publications

Changqiu Yu (Forthcoming), “Valuation Uncertainty and Analysts’ Use of DCF Models,” Review of Accounting Studies (with Shengzhong H. and H. Tan, X. Wang)

Lei Zhang (Forthcoming), “Climate Change Social Norms and  Corporate Cash Holdings,” Journal of Business Ethics (with K. Kanagaretnam and J. Gao)

Christine Gilbert (2023), “Resistance, hegemony, and critical accounting interventions: Lessons from debates over government debt,” Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Katherine Ruff (2023), “Impact valuations in social finance: emic and polyvocal stakeholder accounts,” Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal , 36(1), pp.295-322 (with Graham, C. and Nappert, P.)

Pier-Luc Nappert (2023), “Impact valuations in social finance: emic and polyvocal stakeholder accounts,” Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal , 36(1), pp.295-322 (with Graham, C. and Ruff, K.)

Pier-Luc Nappert (2023), “The assetization of baseball players: Instrumentalizing promise with signing bonuses and human capital contracts,” Accounting, Organizations and Society , 105, p.101402 (with Plante, M.)

Pier-Luc Nappert (2023),  “The dissipation of corporate accountability: Deaths of the elderly in for-profit care homes during the coronavirus pandemic,” Critical Perspectives on Accounting , p.102595 (with Graham, C., Himick, D.)

Pier-Luc Nappert (2023), “The professional responsibility of accountants as re-defined by the inclusion of the NOCLAR standard in the Code of Ethics,” Research Handbook on Accounting and Ethics (pp. 19-34). Edward Elgar Publishing (with Fiolleau, K. and Thorne, L.)

Ziyao San (2023), “Executive extraversion and voluntary disclosure: evidence from management earnings forecasts,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics ,30:1,56-71 (with Liao, C., A. Tsang and Y. Miao Yu)

Akhila Chawla (2022), “The oil price crisis and contagion effects on the Canadian economy,” Applied Economics , 54(13), pp.1527-1543 (with Gajurel, D.)

Akhila Chawla (2022), “International Information Spillovers and Asymmetric Volatility in South Asian Stock Markets,” Journal of Risk and Financial Management , 15(10), p.471 (with Gajurel, D.)

Christine Gilbert (2022), “The COVID-19 crisis and massive public debts: What should we expect?” Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Christine Gilbert (2022), “The audit of public debt: Auditing as a device for political resistance in a neoliberal era,” Critical Perspectives on Accounting (Vol 85, 102263)

Gajindranath Maharaj (2022), “Sanders Foods: Planning for Success—An Instructional Case,” Accounting Perspectives (with  Spraakman, and Nguyen, E.H.)

June Woo Park (2022), “Firstborn CEOs and credit ratings,” The British Accounting Review (Vol 54 Issue 4)

Lei Zhang (2022), “Relationship between Climate Risk and Physical and Organizational Capital,” Management International Review Volume 62, 245–283 (with Kanagaretnam, K. and G.J. Lobo)

Akhila Chawla (2021), “Social audit, accountability and accounting–an Indian perspective,) Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies , 11(1), pp.10-26

Christine Gilbert (2021), “Debt,  accounting, and the transformation of individuals into financially responsible neoliberal subjects,” Critical Perspectives on Accounting (Vol 77 102186)

Ziyao San (2021), “Board reforms around the world: The effect on corporate social responsibility,” Corporate Governance: An International Review Volume 29, 496-523 (with Liao, C., A. Tsang and Y. Miao Yu)

Claire (Qiuju)Deng   (2020), “Do locally based independent directors reduce corporate misconduct? Evidence from Chinese listed firms,” Journal of International Accounting Research , 19(3), pp.61-90 (with Kanagaretnam, K. and Zhou, Z.)

Katherine Ruff (2020), “Counter accounts of profit: outrage to action through “just” calculation,” Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal , 33(4), pp.699-726 (with Himick, D.)

Preetika Joshi (2020), “Does Private Country‐by‐Country Reporting Deter Tax Avoidance and Income Shifting? Evidence from BEPS Action Item 13,” Journal of Accounting Research , 58: 333-381. doi:10.1111/1475-679X.12304

Preetika Joshi (2020), “Does Public Country-by-Country Reporting Deter Tax Avoidance and Income Shifting?” Contemporary Accounting Research , 37 (4), 2357-2397 (with Vuong Persson, A. and Outslay, E.)

Gregory Saxton (2019), “Do CSR messages resonate? Examining public reactions to firms’ CSR efforts on social media,” Journal of Business Ethics ,†δ 155, 359-377. (2021 Impact Factor: 6.331) (with D., Gomez, L., Ngoh,* Z., Lin,* Y, & Dietrich,* S.)

Recent Dissertation Topics

2023: Errol Osecki – The Influence of Affect Regulation on Professional Skepticism

2023: John Kurpierz – Citizen Use and Comprehension of Government Accounting Information: Applications of Design Science Research Methodology

2023: Xiaoran (Jason) Jia – Three Essays on the Economic Impact of FinTech Lending

2022: Lei Zhang – Three Essays on the Influence of Climate Change on Corporate Behaviors

2021: Changqiu Yu – Analysts’ Risk Discussions and the Use of Valuation Models: A Content Analysis of Sell-Side Equity Analyst Reports

2021: Pier-Luc Nappert – Accounting and Performance Metrics in the Sport Business

2021: Ziyao San – Voluntary Disclosure and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Management Earnings Forecasts

2021: Claire (Qiuju) Deng – A Post-ANT Study of the Translation of a Performance Management System

2020: Preetika Joshi – Global Tax Transparency and Tax Behaviour: Empirical Evidence for the Effects of Country-By-Country Reporting on Tax Avoidance and Income Shifting

2020: Christine Gilbert – Debt, Neoliberalism, and Accounting

2020: Gajindranath Maharaj – Accounting and Money Laundering

2019: June Woo Park – The Incremental Information Content of Analysts’ Research Reports and Firms’ Annual Reports: Evidence from Textual Analysis

2017: Katherine Ruff – Materializing Performance: The Interactions that Enact Inclusions, Exclusions and Arrangements in Charity Social Performance Reports

2017: Akhila Chawla – Accounting and Accountability in the Field of Social Services – A Multi-level Investigation

2016: Gregory Saxton – CSR, Big Data, and Accounting: Firms’ Use of Social Media for CSR-Focused Reporting, Accountability, and Reputation Gain

Current PhD students in the Accounting Area:

as of Fall 2023

• Tahmina Ahmed
• Nicolas Epelbaum
• Mohammad Maruf Hasan
• Sameera Hassan
• Paulo Homero Junior
• Patricia Jackson Farrell
• Makini McGuire-Brown
• Leigh Ellen Walsh
• Golazin Zarghami Parast
• Haoyu Zhang
• Shujie Zhang

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Haskayne PhD

Generous Funding Package

Our funding package is one the most generous among the Canadian business schools. We pay full tuition to all students admitted. We provide in excess of $120,000 over four years plus partial funding in year 5 to all incoming PhD students. We also support each student’s participation and attendance at academic conferences (subject to approval) to encourage presenting research and building networks.

The main mission of the PhD program in Accounting at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, is to prepare prospective faculty members for positions at reputable business schools in Canada and around the world. Our graduates teach and research in schools such as American University of Cairo, Concordia University, Mount Royal University, University of Ottawa, Royal Roads University. University of Texas-Pan American and York University.

Some of the factors that make our graduates successful include a rigorous admission process, training in core business, accounting, and statistics. In addition to five core seminars in business and research methodology, our students are required to complete four seminars in accounting research, one seminar in a minor area (Corporate Sustainability and Finance are popular choices) and two statistics courses. For their seminar courses students are required to take Managerial Accounting Seminar, Financial Accounting Seminar, and Paradigms, Issues, and Methods.  They may choose from other optional courses including Evaluating Environmental Performance, Tax, Advanced Financial, and Advanced Managerial or other Special Topics (as a directed study). Additionally, the Accounting Area holds a regular series of research presentations by our faculty members and well-known researchers from other universities, as part of or independently of these courses. With help from their professors, PhD students undertake their own research project through a summer research program at the end of their first year, which may be further developed for conference presentation and/or expanded into dissertation research. PhD students are frequently provided with opportunities to work with professors on accounting research projects.  

Financial aid is available to some of our students through the Chartered Accountants Education Foundation, and the Certified Management Accountants.  Please view their websites for specific requirements for applying.  PhD students, along with professors, can apply for small amounts of funding to support research projects through the Certified Management Accountants and Certified General Accountants internal research competitions.  Other competitive awards that may be of interest to support research are the Peter Valentine Corporate Governance Award and the Enbridge Corporate Sustainability Award Doctoral Scholarship, if doing research on these topics.

When ready, students are encouraged to attend and present papers at the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), the American Accounting Association (AAA), the European Accounting Association (EAA), and the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC).  Students can also attend the Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR) conference as a PhD participant.  Other conferences of regional or special interest, depending on the student’s area of research, may also be encouraged.  There are also a number of PhD doctoral consortiums that can be attended.

PhD students are free to select their own topic of interest for their dissertation research; however, most students choose a topic of interest they may share with one of the accounting professors. Some topics that have been investigated in the past include international accounting, capital markets, intellectual capital, public sector accounting, managerial performance systems, and corporate sustainability.  Methods include experimental, events studies using archival data, case studies, empirical analysis, and others.  Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used as well. Our graduates publish in such quality journals as Journal of Accounting Research (JAR), Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), Accounting, Organization and Society (AOS), and Journal of Business Ethics. Many of our graduates serve as associate editors or in the editorial boards of reputable journals.

Area chair: Dr. Mark Anderson , Associate Professor

The Ph.D. Program in Management Information Systems (MIS), which also goes under the name Business Technology Management (BTM), at the Haskayne School of Business (HSB) is a research-based program designed to prepare candidates to become strong scholars at universities and other research-based institutions.

The focus of the Ph.D. program in MIS/BTM at HSB is on the economics of information systems, otherwise known as the “econ of IS”, and related areas. The course work, which covers about two years, is designed to prepare the candidates in economics, econometrics, research methods, quantitative methods, and state-of-the-art research in the econ of IS.

Active participation in research with one or more faculty members begins no later than the first summer. All research faculty in MIS/BTM have one or more publications in the field’s top journals, and this provides a strong basis for guidance and future prospects.

Recent research areas include:

• Productivity impacts of Information technology (IT)
• E-commerce and channels of distribution
• Electronic retailing
• Platform-mediated networks
• Online data and reputations
• Economics of user-generated content
• Business process reengineering
• IT outsourcing
• Adaptive control in scheduling
• Price quotation in supply chains
• IT and organizational design
• IT applications in healthcare

Area chair: Dr. Raymond A. Patterson , Professor

Researchers:

• Dr. Barrie R. Nault
• Dr. Ray Patterson
• Dr. Hooman Hidaji
• Dr. Duy Dao
• Dr. Jian (Ray) Zhang

The Haskayne PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers students an opportunity to work with faculty who are committed to excellence in theoretical foundations and a variety of research methodologies, preparing them for academic careers.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) is an interdisciplinary domain that focuses on the activities, people and context involved in initiating, developing, and maintaining an enterprise or innovation. Among topics of interest are new venture opportunities, strategies, and resources; entrepreneurship ecosystems; the owner-manager; the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development; family business; crowdfunding; start-up governance; social entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; and international entrepreneurship and policy.

In addition, because entrepreneurship often involves technological innovations, the specialization includes scholarship and dialogue on the management of innovation and technological change, technology strategy, technology-based entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of scientific research.

We encourage students to examine the questions of the field from multiple perspectives and draw upon a wide range of foundational disciplines, including economics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Area chair: Dr. Olga Petricevic , Associate Professor

The PhD program in Finance at the Haskayne School of Business is a technical, rigorous, academic program designed to prepare you for a career as a researcher and scholar. You will get a solid education in the mainstreams of finance research and be trained in the professional skills that are necessary to pursue a successful career in academia. The program is intense and requires a lot of dedication and a positive work attitude. Our faculty will work with students in all major areas of finance research including: corporate finance, asset pricing, banking, corporate governance, mathematical finance, and entrepreneurship.   You will work with your advisor to select finance courses that will optimally prepare you for your chosen field of study. To augment the finance courses, students are often encouraged to take classes from mathematics and/or economics. Please visit our University of Calgary Calendar for a description of available courses and prerequisites.

Area chair: Dr. Kyoung Jin Choi , Associate Professor

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources | Strategy & Global Management

The doctoral programs in SGMA and OBHR are closely aligned, and encourage students to adopt multi-disciplinary and multi-methodology approaches in their research.

The key question to be answered in any SGMA or OBHR thesis is always: how to increase the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a managerial practice with a view to contribute to the firm’s competitive advantage?  

There is considerable flexibility in choosing the thesis subject, i.e., the selected managerial practice’s nature and scope. Such practice may be observable at the level of the individual decision-maker, a team, a sub-unit within the firm, the firm, a strategic alliance or even an industry. 

Answering the key question in a SGMA or OBHR dissertation must build on solid conceptual foundations and take advantage of state-of-the-art empirical methodologies, both in the quantitative and qualitative sphere.

Students are encouraged to adopt an integrative approach, drawing conceptual insight from foundational disciplines such as applied psychology, micro-economics (especially the law, economics and organization branch of micro-economics) and other complementary disciplines with proven potential to answer in a rigorous fashion the key question considered.

The focus should be on gaining an in-depth understanding of the practice at hand in terms of its strengths (or benefits) and weaknesses (or costs), and on developing or evaluating a set of actionable paths towards improving the practice.

For example, work on non-market strategies of firms may require delving into political science, the institutional-theory strand of sociology, and law. As another example, work on designing effective human resources management practices in multinational enterprises may require a serious grounding in conceptual frameworks related to societal culture and organizational behaviour, and deep knowledge of the modern economics-based theory of the multinational enterprise.

All SGMA and OBHR students will be expected to master advanced statistics as used in the leading management journals (such as the Academy of Management Journal), and have an equivalent command of qualitative research methods .

The SGMA and OBHR doctoral programs will provide the PhD students with the multi-disciplinary and multi-methodology training required to examine issues of managerial effectiveness and efficiency in a large variety of organizational settings. 

Students will be supervised by a select group of Haskayne faculty members, who have published in leading academic journals and whose expectation is that each thesis will consist of a set of high quality essays publishable in refereed journals. These faculty members have a history of co-publishing with their students on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the determinants of job satisfaction, to meta-analyses on a wide variety of organizational phenomena, and the strategy and structure of the world’s largest companies.  Take a look at the SGMA and  OBHR faculty members’ research records to see if there is an overlap in interests.

OBHR Area chair:  Dr. Nick Turner , Professor, Distinguished Research Chair, ABL

SGMA Area chair: Dr. Pengfei Li , Associate Professor

The Haskayne School of Business (HSB) doctoral degree in Marketing is a rigorous, research-based academic program designed to prepare you for a career as a marketing scholar.  This program is intensive and the expectations are high.  At graduation, you will have developed a solid theoretical foundation and strong analytical skills to prepare you for a career in university teaching and research. 

All HSB doctoral students are paired with a supervisor from the first day, and you will have opportunities very early in your program to develop close working relationships with faculty members as you become involved in faculty-led research projects (generally toward the end of your first year). These research projects reflect our faculty’s research interests, which are varied and include:

• Consumer Behaviour
• Decision Making
• Product Management/New Product Development
• Relationship Marketing
• Ethics/Social Responsibility
• Sustainability
• International & Global Marketing
• Services Marketing
• Cross-Cultural Marketing Research
• Methodological Issues

Marketing is an interdisciplinary field that draws theories and methodologies from a number of founding disciplines, including economics, psychology, sociology, strategy, and statistics. Depending on your research interests, you will be encouraged to take courses in the foundational disciplines to complement your marketing training. You will also be encouraged to take several courses in statistics and quantitative methods.  Please visit our University of Calgary Calendar for a description of available courses and prerequisites.

Area chair: Dr. Scott Radford , Associate Professor

As a doctoral student in the Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) area, you will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty members who are dedicated to excellence in both research and teaching.  Two particular research strengths of our faculty are:

• Health care operations management, specifically health care delivery optimization through addressing problems of access to care and quality/safety, employing quantitative tools as well as qualitative and empirical studies of health services, and
• Supply chain management, encompassing all aspects, from operations strategy – maximizing responsiveness through flexibility, collaboration and logistics – through supply chain network design, including facility layout and location.

Coursework will be tailored to individual interests but will include a series of seminars to provide in-depth knowledge of research in operations management and exposure to a variety of management science techniques.

Area chair:  Dr. Osman Alp , Professor

The Haskayne School of Business (HSB) doctoral degree in Risk Management and Insurance is a rigorous, research-based academic program.  This program is intensive and the expectations are high.  At graduation, you will have developed a solid theoretical foundation and strong analytical skills to prepare you for a career in university teaching and research. 

• Enterprise risk management
• Corporate governance
• Disaster resilience
• Distribution systems in insurance
• Merger and acquisition activity in the insurance industry
• Competitiveness and efficiency of the insurance industry
• Tort versus no-fault liability systems
• Public policy issues surrounding social insurance systems and pensions
• Risk communication

Risk management and insurance are interdisciplinary fields that draw theory and methodologies from a number of founding disciplines, including economics, law, psychology, and statistics. Depending on your research interests, you will be encouraged to take courses in the foundational disciplines to complement your marketing training. You will also be encouraged to take courses in both qualitative and quantitative methods.  Please visit our University of Calgary Calendar for a description of available courses and prerequisites.

Please note:  Applicants interested in financial risk management should visit the page for FINANCE.

Area chair: Dr. Anne Kleffner , Professor

Cross-Disciplinary Programs

The business school supports the efforts of students wishing to combine a doctoral program in management with doctoral studies in another discipline. These joint programs are individually tailored to meet student interests and needs. Students in cross-disciplinary programs must be highly qualified because it is difficult to meet the standards of two specializations.

Interested in learning more?

If you are interested in learning more about the Haskayne PhD program, application requirements and deadlines, please contact us.

Become a student

Why waterloo.

For motivated individuals with a high degree of intellectual curiosity, an academic career in accounting can be very challenging and rewarding. Accounting research examines how accounting information, broadly defined, is produced, reported and used. Accounting research is interdisciplinary in nature drawing on a variety of fields such as economics, finance, and psychology.

Introduction

The school's PhD program in accounting enrolled its first students in 1988. This program is the largest in Canada and has earned the respect of accounting professionals and academics everywhere. As shown in our alumni page , our graduates hold academic positions at universities in Canada and abroad, and have published in well-known accounting journals such as Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Journal of the American Taxation Association.

Despite adverse publicity about a tight academic job market, most graduates of our programs can expect to find an job in academe. Over 91% of our graduates sought and obtained tenure-track university positions immediately on leaving Waterloo.   Many are now tenured and have been promoted to associate or full professor. Current starting salaries in Canada exceed $100,000.

Fees and funding

Tuition and associated fees for all students, other than those on student visas, is approximately $8,500 annually. The School of Accounting and Finance normally provides domestic students with funding of $26,000 per year for four years. Funding is contingent upon working as a research assistant or a teaching assistant for up to 10 hours per week, during each of the four years. Students have the opportunity to take an additional research assistant position allowing them to earn appoximately $7,300 above our minimum funding package bringing their funding to $33,300.

A research assistantship provides the student with a valuable apprenticeship for carrying out his or her own research. The school works hard to ensure that students are matched with appropriate faculty members so that the research assistantship is productive for both parties.

Students are encouraged to apply for funding from outside sources .  The Chartered Professional Accountants association also often provides support of $10,000-$15,000 per year for students with that designation. Scholarships from the federal and provincial governments can be as much as $35,000 per year.

Applications and admissions

Start early in thinking about our PhD program.  University courses in calculus and linear algebra for science or math students provide useful background for the program. In addition, the PhD program requires a GMAT score or GRE score. These tests are offered several times per year, and require advance registration.

Students may be admitted to the PhD program with either a master's degree or an honours bachelor's degree. Admission is not confined to those with a background in accounting, commerce or business administration. We encourage applications from those whose backgrounds include economics, mathematics, statistics or the behavioural sciences.

Approximately 3 or 4 students start the program each year. The program requires full-time study. It lasts approximately four to five years, with the first two years being devoted to course work while the last two years are spent in writing a thesis.

Degree requirements

The comprehensive exams mark the end of course work and the beginning of the thesis. When a thesis topic has been chosen, a thesis proposal is presented to faculty. When the thesis is finished, the student has a thesis defence before the thesis committee. More details of the program requirements are provided in the web page on program structure.

Doctoral studies in accounting combine a substantive knowledge of an area of accounting (auditing and assurance, financial accounting, management accounting, and taxation) with in-depth knowledge of a base discipline and associated research methods. The University of Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance can provide doctoral training in research that is based on economic theory, empirical economics, behavioural science, and other methodologies. In North America, most researchers who publish in academic accounting journals have a base discipline in empirical economics (60%), behavioural science (20%), or economic theory (15%), with the remainder in sociology and other related fields.

Students' research interests and past education vary significantly. Thus, each Waterloo accounting PhD student’s program of course work is customized and differs significantly across students, particularly after the first term. Many of the accounting courses will be similar, however, as each student takes all 5 of the core PhD seminar courses, which will cover all of the different methodologies and their applications in the areas of auditing and assurance, financial accounting, management accounting, and taxation. A virtue of Waterloo’s program is that we have the depth of faculty talent to offer PhD courses in each of these areas.

Brad Pomeroy , Director, PhD Program 519-888-4567, ext. 38849

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Admission to the Accounting PhD Program

What are we looking for.

Accomplished graduate students with an undergraduate, Masters or MBA in Accounting, Economics, Finance, quantitative methods, or related fields represent our ideal recruits. Find out what makes a successful applicant to the PhD program, Accounting.

APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 ARE NOW CLOSED. Applications for Fall 2025 will be open in September 2024.

The Rotman PhD program in Accounting is looking for accomplished graduate students with an MBA or masters in Accounting, Economics, Finance, quantitative methods, or related fields. Professional accounting designations are not mandatory but are an asset. Similarly, strong professional experience would also be an asset.

Outstanding undergraduates

We admit a select few outstanding undergraduates with a strong background in Accounting, Economics, Finance, quantitative methods or related fields directly into the PhD Program.

Transfers from PhD programs in Economics and Related Fields

We will also consider students who have done extremely well in their first or second year of their PhD program and are interested in transferring to Accounting.

Admission is highly competitive

We only admit two-to-four students each year from a pool of 80-100 applicants. Successful applicants in the past have demonstrated their excellence through outstanding undergraduate grades, top scores on GMAT/GRE , strong reference letters, excellent quantitative skills and other indications of an interest and ability to achieve excellence in research on accounting-related topics. Accounting PhD students join a broader graduate-student community that includes a current cohort of 80 Rotman PhD students in seven academic areas.

Before being offered admission selected students will be interviewed via video conference/telephone and may be invited to visit the campus. The program can be completed in four to five years,depending upon prior training and student progress.

Find out more about Admission to the PhD Program

PhD in administration - Accounting

Phd in administration – accounting.

• Tuition fees and Funding

Are you planning on an academic career in the field of accounting? Are you interested in financial accounting, audit, management control or governance?

Do your PhD in a milieu devoted to research, in a community of professors and researchers renowned for excellence.

Your PhD in short

• Offered by HEC Montréal jointly with Concordia and McGill universities and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). This partnership gives you access to resources (faculty and courses) rarely available elsewhere in the world.
• Full-time program allowing you to complete your studies in 4 or 5 years.
• Program offered in French, English or both.
• Tuition fees waived and competitive funding for the first four years of your studies.

For a career in academia

Placement rate

of the 27 graduates from this doctoral program hold positions as professors at Canadian or foreign universities.

For information on PhD placement

Among the best

The professors and researchers in the Accounting Department publish in top-tier journals, including:

• Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Comptabilité, contrôle, audit
• Corporate Governance: An International Review
• Journal of Accounting Research
• Journal of Business Ethics
• Management Accounting Research
• Organization Studies
• Review of Accounting Studies
• Strategic Management Journal
• The Accounting Review

Varied research interests

Professors’ research interests cover financial accounting, management accounting, auditing and taxation. This includes the following themes:

• Accounting manipulation and fraud
• Audit market
• Careers and jobs for accountants and controllers
• Corporate governance
• Corporate taxation
• Cost accounting
• Diversity on boards of directors
• Executive compensation
• Financial information and reporting
• International accounting standards
• Management control systems
• Performance measurement
• Performance measurement in non-profit organizations
• Quality of financial and non-financial information
• Social responsibility

Our PhD students and candidates

See the list of students in this specialization

World-class research in accounting

HEC Montréal offers doctoral students in accounting an exceptional scientific milieu.

A series of seminars featuring presentations by internationally renowned scholars .

Research chairs and professorships

• CPA International Research Chair in Management Control , directed by Professor Samuel Sponem
• Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Governance , directed by Professor Claude Francoeur
• Professorship Roland-Chagnon in Acounting and Tax: Professor Suzanne Landry
• Research Professorship in Comparative Governance: Professor Eduardo Schiehll
• Research Professorship in Sociology of the Accounting Profession: Professor Anna Samsonova-Taddei
• Research Professorship Roland-Chagnon in Audit: Professor Zvi Singer
• Research professorship in development of accounting expertise: Professor Mouna Hazgui

Researchers in this specialization work closely with several research groups and knowledge transfer hubs, including:

• Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives
• e3 Hub – Expertise in Energy and Environment
• IDEOS – Social Enterprises Management Hub
• Retirement and Savings Institute
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Phd in accounting.

There are two streams from which to choose within this specialty – Finance/Economics and Social/Behavioural. Each stream has its own course requirements. In addition to course work, students work collaboratively with a faculty advisor to design and conduct research studies that enhance knowledge about Accounting and fulfill program requirements.

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Management (PhD)

Located in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics , our PhD in Management program will turn you into an advanced researcher with both theoretical and practical understanding of the complex problems of business management. We offer five distinct fields, including:

• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management

Develop unparalleled research abilities.

Work alongside leading academics.

Apprentice-style approach to learning.

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We understand that pursuing a doctoral degree is a big decision. We’re here to help you work through your options to choose the program that is right for you.

We offer information sessions and one-on-one consultations to help you make the best decision. The sooner we connect with each other, the closer you are to realizing: it’s what’s inside that sets us apart.

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Program structure.

The program is structured to be completed in four years.

In the first two years, you will complete 11 half-credit courses and write the comprehensive exams. Comprehensive exams are typically completed at the end of your second year.

In the third and fourth years of the program, you will focus on completing your dissertation proposal and dissertation. In order to develop and refine your research skills, you are expected to engage in research throughout the program.

You will also complete a non-credit course on university teaching.

Faculty with Supervisory Status

While we do not require you to have an approved faculty supervisor selected when you apply, we encourage prospective applicants to learn about the interests and ongoing research of our faculty members. If you'd like to connect with a professor about their research work, email [email protected] and we can connect you with them.

Available Fields

Challenge yourself and work with experts in your field as you write and defend your doctoral dissertation. You can pursue research in any of our five fields: 

• Accounting  

The Accounting field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program prepares you for an academic career. You will be encouraged to focus your learning and research in empirical financial accounting or behavioural accounting.

Our program provides students with a breadth of knowledge of accounting theory and research methodologies. Through teaching and research assistantships, coursework, seminars, and independent research, students develop analytical and interpretive skills as well as intellectual independence. We welcome applications from students in accounting or related fields, such as finance or economics.

We have one of the largest Accounting programs in Canada with 34 faculty and lecturers. Over the past 21 years, we have had 10 gold medallists on the Uniform Final Evaluation (now the Common Final Examination, administered by CPA Canada); this is more than any other university in Canada.

PhD in Management, Accounting Field Coordinator:

Jonathan Farrar, PhD

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Research Environment: Accounting

You will work independently and ethically in an advanced research program and will receive training in conducting original research, preparing scholarly publications, and communicating knowledge.

As a student in the Accounting field you will have access to:

• A small student-to-faculty ratio.
• Excellent research facilities through the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and the CPA/Laurier Centre for the Advancement of Accounting Research and Education.
• Research funding and external grants.
• Cutting-edge research.

Course Offerings: Accounting

Accounting students can focus their learning and research in empirical financial accounting or behavioural management accounting. Below are the course offerings for each respective focus.

Empirical Financial Accounting courses:

• BU801: Management Foundations
• BU802: Research Methodology
• BU817: Survey of Accounting Research
• BU827: Seminar in Financial Accounting
• BU837: Seminar in Management Accounting
• BU843: Seminar in Advanced Financial Econometrics
• BU847: Seminar in Archival Research in Accounting
• EC620: Microeconomics I
• EC640: Macroeconomics I
• EC655: Econometrics
• MF703: Seminar in Corporate Finance

Behavioural Management Accounting courses:

• BU800: Fundamentals of Behavioural Research
• BU804: Organizational Behaviour
• BU842: Consumer Behaviour
• BU857: Seminar in Behavioural Research in Accounting
• MS700: Univariate and Multivariate Statistics
• PS800: Advanced Multivariate Methods

Candidate Profiles: Accounting

• Huzaifa Faizan
• Nicholle Kovach
• Harjot Mehmi
• Oluwasegun Popoola
• Kainan (Paul) Xiong

Graduate Placements: Accounting

Academic Placements

The Finance field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program is designed for the brightest and hardest-working individuals who are seeking academic and research positions. We welcome applications from students in business and related fields, such as economics, accounting, statistics and mathematics.

Our invigorating research environment is supported by highly productive and internationally recognized scholars who publish in top journals. As well, many of our graduate students have won best paper awards at conferences and have published their work in high-ranked journals.

Building on finance theory, our PhD students undertake research in four key areas of financial management: financial markets, corporate finance and governance, options and futures, and market microstructure.

PhD in Management, Finance Field Coordinator:

Diego Amaya, PhD

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Research Environment: Finance

We create a nurturing environment where you have access to:

• Funding and help to apply for external grants to attend and present at premier conferences.
• Widely used databases, such as WRDS, Bloomberg, Datastream, Markit, OptionMetrics.
• A weekly finance seminar series.
• A personalized approach and a small student-to-supervisor ratio.
• Excellent research facilities through the Financial Services Research Centre.

Course Offerings: Finance

• BU753: Empirical Studies in Fixed Income
• BU803: Theory of Asset Pricing
• BU823: Seminar in Financial Economics
• BU833: Empirical Asset Pricing
• BU853: Market Microstructure, Trading and Investment Strategies
• BU863: Empirical Corporate Finance

Candidate Profiles: Finance

• Olaleye Morohunfolu
• Thi Minh Hien Nguyen
• Seyed-Erfan Sadeghi
• Manisha Thapa

Graduate Placements: Finance

Non-Academic Placements

The Marketing field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program offers you the opportunity to conduct research on contemporary topics of theoretical and managerial significance. Our areas of specialization include consumer behaviour, innovation, marketing strategy, brand management, and services marketing. We welcome applications from those with education and/or experience in business and marketing or a relevant field such as psychology and economics.

Our program centres on theory development, empirical analysis, and developing managerially relevant knowledge. It builds on core theories from marketing and other disciplines (including psychology, economics, and decision sciences). You will have the opportunity to acquire a broad range of methodological skills including experimental design, surveys, qualitative research, and quantitative modelling. Our focus is to hone your research skills both through course work and by actively collaborating with you in new or ongoing research projects.

PhD in Management, Marketing Field Coordinator:

Fang Wang, PhD

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Course Offerings: Marketing

• BU812: Marketing Philosophy and Theory
• BU818: Qualitative Research Process
• BU822: Marketing Strategy
• BU852: Service and Relationship Marketing
• BU862: Research in Brand and Product
• BU872: Special Topics in Marketing

Candidate Profiles: Marketing

• Sara Harcourt
• Sakshi Korde
• Jeeshan Mirza
• Andrea Reaume
• Mohammad Simjour
• Jee Hyuk Wi
• Fatemeh Vafaee Sefat

Graduate Placements: Marketing

Consumer research lab.

The state-of-the-art Consumer Research Lab is equipped with 20 computer terminals, a projector, and software for controlled experimental studies and survey-based, online data collection. The lab also includes a small break-out room with a one-way mirror for focus groups, interviews, and other tasks relevant to research studies.

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OB/HRM)

Our PhD in Management degree program with a concentration in Organizational Behaviour (OB) and Human Resource Management (HRM) is a four-year program. In the first two years, you will complete courses and your comprehensive exams. In years three and four, you will focus on research with your supervisor and other faculty members. Opportunities for teaching are also available. If you complete your MSc in Management with us, you will receive credit for those courses you have already completed, which can decrease the length of the time it takes to complete this degree. This program is designed for students who wish to become academics and researchers.

PhD in Management, OB/HRM Field Coordinator:

Lindie Liang, PhD

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Research Environment: OB/HRM

Why choose OB/HRM at Laurier?

You will have the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars in the field of OB/HRM and be involved with cutting-edge research throughout your studies. Building a strong research foundation (including exposure to different theories and methodologies) is important for success in your future career.

We only admit a small number of students each year to ensure that our students can receive the mentoring that they need to succeed in an academic career. You will receive personalized guidance and individualized attention as you develop your own research and prepare for your career.

Our faculty members devote an extensive amount of time and energy into developing our students’ research capabilities and skillsets. You will be encouraged to join projects that can build this foundation and provide you with opportunities to start building your résumé with conference presentations and publications.

Learning Outcomes: OB/HRM

You can expect coursework that is designed to provide a solid theoretical foundation in OB/HRM combined with exceptional statistical and methodological training, including research methods, research design, and quantitative analyses. You will also have the opportunity to delve deeper into topics with special topic courses, electives, and directed studies.

You will conduct your own research under the guidance of our faculty supervisors. You are expected to engage in research throughout the program, culminating in the completion of your dissertation.

You will have exposure to cutting-edge research from our faculty supervisors and guest speakers, as well as networking opportunities within the academic community.

Course Offerings: OBHRM

• BU814: Human Resource Management
• BU899: Doctoral Dissertation
• Five electives chosen in consultation with the OB/HRM field coordinator

Note:  Students admitted into the PhD program from the Laurier MSc in Management will be exempt from some courses already completed at the master’s level.

Candidate Profiles: OB/HRM

• Samantha Hancock
• Sabah Rasheed

Graduate Placements: OB/HRM

The disciplines of Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management seek answers to fundamental questions about the design, production, and delivery of goods and services. We welcome applications from students with backgrounds in business, mathematics, engineering, economics and related fields. Graduates of our PhD are prepared for a career in academia or research.

PhD in Management, Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management Field Coordinator:

Mojitaba Araghi, PhD

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Research Environment

• A personalized approach with a small student-to-faculty ratio.
• Cutting-edge research training by active leading researchers.
• Our Centre for Supply Chain Management whose mission is to create close ties between industry and academia.
• Our "Distinguished Speaker Series," which brings in world class presenters from around the globe.

Over the past five years, faculty in Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management have received more than $1 million in research grants from funding agencies, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), as well as grants from industry, including $500,000 from CN Rail. Our faculty members have published their research in top-tiered academic journals, including Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing & Services Operations Management, JOM, JORS, Annals of OR, EJOR, Financial Management and IIE Transactions, to name just a few.

Selected Research Topics

• Customer acquisition, retention, and service quality for a call center: Optimal promotions, priorities, and staffing.
• Socially optimal location of facilities with fixed servers, stochastic demand and congestion.
• Flow control in capacity-constrained queueing systems with non-stationary arrivals.
• The effect of demand-supply mismatches on firm risk.
• Cost Analysis of an (S-1,S) Inventory system with two demand classes and rationing.
• Towards more innovative, eco-efficient sustainable product designs: Proposing a new DEA-based methodology.
• Corporate payout policy, cash savings, and the cost of consistency: Evidence from a structural estimation.
• An analysis of a widely used version of the CUSUM tracking signal.
• Inventory competition for news vendors with profit targets.
• Transshipment between competitive retailers.
• Three essays in product development: Competition, sustainability and channel structure.
• Modeling and analysis of value-based healthcare delivery.
• Exploring hopes and fears from supply chain innovations: An analysis of antecedents and consequences of supply chain knowledge exchanges.
• The transient collaboration model: Theory building, structural formation, and network operationalization.

Course Offerings

• BU805: Deterministic Quantitative Analysis
• BU815: Stochastic Analysis and Simulation
• BU825: Foundations of Supply Chain Management
• BU845: Seminar in Supply Chain Management I
• BU855: Seminar in Supply Chain Management II
• BU859: Foundations of Operations Management

Candidate Profiles

• Amirhossein Adhami
• Atousa Akhlaghy
• Tina Arabian
• Shervin Esbahbod
• Mohammad Mehdi Jourabchi
• Negin Karimani
• Parang Zadtootaghaj

Graduate Placements

The AACSB accreditation is based on a portfolio of performance metrics and that includes high quality teaching, high quality research and a high quality environment that we provide for our students.

"We provide a supportive and personalized approach that enables our students to get involved in state-of-the-art research. Our candidates graduate with skills, knowledge and experience in demand by academia, industry and government organizations."

Madhu Kalimipalli, Professor

Take the first step in your graduate education and apply to one of our graduate programs. Follow our three-step admission process — we’ll walk you through how to apply and prepare for your first day as a graduate student.

• Start: Fall (September) only
• Format: Full-time
• Jan. 15: First consideration deadline
• March 15: Final application deadline for international applicants
• Aug. 15: Final application deadline for domestic applicants

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis within deadlines until we reach enrolment capacity.

Admission Requirements

• A master’s degree in business or related field with a minimum B+ standing.
• Evidence of strong quantitative skills, normally by successful completion of the GMAT Focus exam with a score of 595 or higher (formerly GMAT score of 650 or higher). You can find a link   here   to the GMAT conversion table. We will also accept a GRE score. A GRE score must convert to the minimum 595 GMAT Focus score required. Please note that the GMAT/GRE requirement is mandatory for the application and cannot be waived.
• Proficiency in English.
• Applications are reviewed by the graduate program committee, which considers all prior university grades, a statement of research interests, an academic writing sample, and letters of reference.

Application Checklist

Applications will be considered until the program is full.

After you have submitted your OUAC application , paid the non-refundable application fee, and Laurier has received your application, you'll receive an email from [email protected] advising you to upload the additional required documentation to Laurier’s Online Registration and Information System (LORIS) .

Please note, the application process and the uploading of supplemental documentation, which includes references, typically takes two weeks. To avoid disappointment, apply early.

An application for admission to our PhD program in Management must include:

• The OUAC Application Summary, which is generated after you complete your OUAC application (log back in to OUAC to retrieve it).
• Transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work. Documents must be dated within the past six months.
• A completed statement of intent.
• A resume of your academic and work experience. Include a history of your publication and scholarly paper activity and any other information you feel will interest the admissions committee.
• A sample of your scholarly writing (10-20 pages in length). This may be a chapter of your master's thesis or a paper written for a graduate course.
• Completed reference forms . Two academic references are required. Note: Reference forms are electronically submitted to Laurier by the referee and do not need to be uploaded.
• Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) test scores. GMAT test scores of at least 85 percentile are standard. Where appropriate, corresponding Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) scores will be accepted.

Visit our Graduate Admissions Toolkit for more information about applying.

English Proficiency

Proficiency in written and spoken English is essential to graduate studies at Laurier. Applicants whose language of instruction during their previous postsecondary education was not in English must submit evidence of proficiency in English. If applicable, results from accepted testing services must be uploaded to  LORIS .

Your Next Steps

Tuition and funding.

Regardless of the type of graduate degree program you intend to pursue, financial planning is important. At Laurier, we want to provide you with as much information as possible about a variety of scholarship and funding opportunities and equip you with the skills to manage your finances effectively in the years to come.

Graduate Tuition and Funding

Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises

With the announcement of the   Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises , special funding will be available to students concentrating on the application of innovation and technology management as it relates to their respective fields of interest.

Waterloo Campus

This program is available on Laurier's Waterloo campus.

Laurier's Waterloo campus is home to more than 19,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Tucked into several city blocks, this campus is walking distance to your classrooms, food, and various campus amenities.

Laurier is a leading force in research among Canadian universities, and many of our research centres and institutes are housed in Waterloo.

Learn more about Laurier's campuses .

"With contributions from several university-based partners, ASPIRE provides graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with informative, hands-on professional skills training essential for degree and post-degree success."

Brent Wolfe , Associate Vice-President and Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

The Lazaridis School is committed to providing PhD candidates with a solid foundation from which to build successful academic careers. Many of our graduates receive offers for assistant professor and tenure-track positions from universities around the world, including:

• York University
• McMaster University
• University of British Columbia
• University of Waterloo
• SUNY Fredonia
• University of Memphis
• Kean University
• Zayed University, UAE

Not all of our graduates go on to pursue academic careers; some find success working for organizations in which they can apply their expertise in other ways. Graduates with non-academic positions include:

• Hosein Nooriaan, Senior Analyst, Risk Management, RBC Group
• Yunhua (Julie) Zhu, Senior Associate, PwC
• Gregory Tanguay, Marketing Director, Laborie
• David Whiteside, Happiness Research Fellow, Plasticity Labs
• Sara Babaee, Software Developer in Optimization, NAVBLUE an Airbus Company
• Tannaz Mahootchi, Senior Methodologist, Operations Research, Cancer Care Ontario

Program Recruiters

Brenda Burns Graduate Program Recruiter

Victoria MacKenzie Graduate Program Recruiter

Looking for more info? Contact the Lazaridis School .

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51 Best universities for Accounting in Canada

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Canada ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 1.01M citations received by 37.8K academic papers made by 51 universities in Canada was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Toronto

For Accounting

2. University of British Columbia

3. University of Alberta

4. University of Waterloo

5. McGill University

6. McMaster University

7. Western University

8. York University

9. Queen's University

10. University of Calgary

11. University of Ottawa

12. Laval University

13. University of Montreal

14. Simon Fraser University

15. Concordia University

16. University of Manitoba

17. HEC Montreal

18. University of Quebec in Montreal

19. University of Saskatchewan

20. Carleton University

21. Wilfrid Laurier University

22. Dalhousie University

23. University of Victoria

24. University of Windsor

25. University of Guelph

26. Ryerson University

27. Brock University

28. Memorial University of Newfoundland

29. University of New Brunswick

30. Saint Mary's University

31. Quest University Canada

32. Polytechnic School of Montreal

33. University of Sherbrooke

34. University of Lethbridge

35. University of Regina

36. Lakehead University

37. University of Northern British Columbia

38. University of Winnipeg

39. Trent University

40. Ontario Tech University

41. Laurentian University

42. School of Higher Technology - University of Quebec

43. University of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres

44. University of Quebec in Outaouais

45. University of Moncton

46. University of Prince Edward Island

47. St. Francis Xavier University

48. Mount Royal University

49. Acadia University

50. Thompson Rivers University

51. MacEwan University

The best cities to study Accounting in Canada based on the number of universities and their ranks are Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton , and Waterloo .

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