Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or a master's degree in an appropriate subject, including accounting, business or a social science. Exceptionally, equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will be considered. All shortlisted applicants are subject to interview.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

Months of entry

February, April, October

Course content

This is a new course and we’re currently finalising the detailed information for this page. You can still see the entry requirements and apply.

While we get the course details finalised, you can find more information about our research programmes here: https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/phd-course-page

Support and facilities

When you join us, you'll be supported by our Graduate School, alongside your assigned supervisory team, who'll help you get the most from our facilities. The Graduate School will help you become part of our thriving, collaborative research community, and help grow your skills as a researcher through the Graduate School Development Programme, which offers training, workshops and events.

You'll have access to the Portsmouth Business School, where you can work with experts with extensive industry experience. You'll also use the latest resources and computing facilities – including our Bloomberg Suite, where you'll have access to data from Bloomberg, Datastream, and S&P Global, and use the latest statistical software, including Stata, Matlab, EViews and SPSS Statistics.

What can a postgraduate research degree do for my career

Once you complete your postgraduate research degree, you'll be a highly-skilled researcher with the knowledge and skills to make an impact in many different industries.

Your postgraduate research qualification demonstrates to potential employers that you're an intelligent, capable and motivated person, with provable abilities and experience in critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, communication, leadership and creativity.

After researching with us, our successful postgraduate research candidates have gone on to impressive positions in a variety of fields – with many of our PhD students going on to work as full-time academics at the University, and at other leading institutions around the world, including:

The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (Egypt)
Tianjin University of Commerce (China)
King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia)
The University of Durham (UK)
The University of Southampton (UK)

Please visit https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/pgr-accounting for the latest research project information.

Department specialisms

Please visit https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/pgr-accounting for the latest research project information.

Fees and funding

For further fee information please see https://www.port.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding-your-research-degree

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

MPhil
part time
48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
full time
24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
PhD
part time
72 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
full time
36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name: Faculty
Email: balresearchdegrees@port.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)23 9284 4032

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