Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law

Introduction:
The PhD program in accounting includes the research areas of financial accounting, auditing and management accounting.  The Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law aims to offer at least 3 PhD-courses annually in accounting. In addition to the required course in Scientific Methods, a wide range of other courses relevant to a PhD-student in accounting are offered by other departments at NHH.

The department focuses on cooperation with other institutions in regard of giving PhD-courses. This cooperation has come furthest within management accounting where the department is cooperating with Aarhus school of Business-University of Aarhus, School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University and Helsinki School of Economics.
This cooperation is called “Nordic PhD program in Management Accounting”.

Areas of research:

• PhD courses in financial accounting
   

• PhD courses in auditing
   

• PhD courses in management accounting
   

General information:

The first year

The first year of the programme consists of course work equivalent to a minimum of 45 credits, and this must include training in the philosophy of science/ethics (MET510)
When entering the program a mentor or supervisor will be appointed to the student. If a mentor is appointed this first year, a supervisor will be formally appointed later in the program when the student's research area has been decided.

Core courses
The students must pass a set of core courses within two years of beginning the programme. The composition of the core courses will be decided by the student's supervisor/ mentor  together with the student when the research direction has been decided.