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PhD in administration - Finance

Phd in administration — finance.

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You have your sights set on excellence and you’re planning on a career in academia or business, in the field of finance?

Do your PhD in a specialization that trains highly qualified and innovative researchers, in a stimulating environment with outstanding resources, at the cutting edge of knowledge in finance.

Your PhD in short

• Offered in English.
• 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.
• Tuition fees waived and competitive funding for the first four years of your studies.
• Option of spending one or two terms at one of the top business schools in North America, between your 3 rd and 5 th years.
• Option of taking part in the HEC – McGill Doctoral Finance Workshops, annual events held jointly by the Department of Finance and the McGill University Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre.

For a career in academia or business

Most of the 38 graduates from this doctoral program hold positions as professors at Canadian or foreign universities.

They are employed at such prestigious institutions as the University of British Columbia (Canada), St Mary’s University (Canada), the University of Wisconsin (USA), KAIST College of Business (Korea), VU University Amsterdam (Netherlands), NEOMA Business School (France), ESG UQAM (Canada), York University (Canada) and Rowe School of Business (Canada).

Graduates who have chosen to work in the private sector hold positions with Bloomberg, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Desjardins, Ernst & Young, and the National Bank of Canada, for example.

Among the best

PhD students in this specialization benefit from:

• Close supervision by professors in the Department of Finance, who hold degrees from such top-tier institutions as the London School of Economics, MIT, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, University of California San Diego and Wharton.
• A series of  seminars featuring presentations by internationally renowned scholars.
• Access to the leading suppliers of financial data, including WRDS, OptionMetrics, CRSP, Compustat, I/B/E/S and NYSE TAQ — as well as to the trading room, supplied with Bloomberg data.
• The Computing and Data Mining Laboratory (LACED).

Varied research interests

The main research interests of the professors in the Department of Finance cover the following themes:

• Asset pricing
• Banking and insurance
• Capital market theory
• Corporate finance
• Financial econometric
• Financial markets and institutions
• Household finance
• Market microstructure
• Portfolio and risk management

Current students in this specialization

World-class research in finance

HEC Montréal offers doctoral students in finance an exceptional scientific milieu, through its research chairs and professorships.

• Canada Research Chair in Risk Management , directed by Professor Georges Dionne
• Financial Big Data Analysis : Professor Vincent Grégoire
• Financial Risk Factors and Derivatives: Professor Christian Dorion
• Personal Finance : Professor Philippe d’Astous
• Quantitative Corporate Finance : Professor Pascal François
• Sustainable Finance: Professor Iwan Meier

The 21 researchers in this specialization are known for their excellence. Their work has recently been published in the world’s top finance journals:

• The Journal of Financial Economics
• The Review of Financial Studies
• The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
• The Review of Finance

Be part of innovative research

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

• Financial Education Lab
• Retirement and Savings Institute  

The Department of Finance houses the Canadian Derivatives Institute .

• The Canadian Derivatives Institute promotes the sound use of derivative instruments, reinforces the expertise of stakeholders and contributes to the development of the risk management and derivatives sectors across Canada.
• It also holds an annual conference on a wide range of issues associated with derivatives attended by the world’s top researchers.
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The PhD Program in Business Administration welcomes applications from individuals planning research-oriented academic careers.

As well as gaining access to a world of knowledge and opportunity, Sauder PhD students benefit from the individual attention they receive from faculty members - right from the outset of the program. Our faculty members devote extensive time, energy and effort to developing the research capabilities of all of our PhD students.

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

What makes the program unique?

Judging by the standards of research achievement, graduate placement, publications and research grants received, the PhD program in Finance at UBC stands at the top of Canadian business schools and among the first rank of North American programs. 

An active group of skilled junior and senior researchers is a distinguishing feature of the finance faculty at UBC. This translates into a rich and heterogeneous portfolio of research interests ranging from game-theoretic models of corporate finance, to applications of Bayesian analysis in empirical finance, to theoretical modeling of equilibrium asset pricing. The wide research interests of the Division allows substantial flexibility for the PhD student in selecting a thesis research topic. 

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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.

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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.

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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 Finance (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

• 7 students received Teaching Assistantships. Average TA funding based on 7 students was $3,810.
• 8 students received Research Assistantships. Average RA funding based on 8 students was $18,511.
• 7 students received Academic Assistantships. Average AA funding based on 7 students was $6,424.
• 9 students received internal awards. Average internal award funding based on 9 students was $19,421.

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 .

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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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Recent placements of students in the program have included schools such as Columbia Business School, University of Virginia, University of Utah, Arizona State University, University of Oregon, Carnegie Mellon University, University of California at Los Angeles, The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Toronto.

Enrolment, Duration & Other Stats

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

ENROLMENT DATA

Completion rates & times.

• 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.

• Agarwal, Isha (Banking; International Finance; Corporate Finance; macroeconomics)
• Baldauf, Markus (Financial Markets; Information Economics; Industrial Organization; Regulation; Market Microstructure )
• Bena, Jan (Financial economics; Finance, n.e.c.; Stock markets; International economics and international finance; Economics of innovation and technical change; Industry economics and industrial organization; Innovation; Corporate innovation; Asset pricing of technological progress; Private equity; Corporate ownership structure; Frictions in raising external finance; Entrepreneurship; Ownership of startup companies; Finance and industrial organization; Product market interactions)
• Bian, Bo (Empirical corporate finance; Productivity; Innovation; Bankruptcy)
• Carlson, Murray (Introduction to capital markets, corporate finance, principles of finance, asset pricing)
• Dias Saraiva-Patelli, Ella (Finance; Asset pricing and international finance)
• Donaldson, R Glen (Risk management, Volatility forecasting, Asset valuation, Financial econometrics, Financial markets and price behavior)
• Favilukis, Jack (Consumption and Production Based Asset Pricing; Heterogeneity and Inequality; Incomplete Markets; Real Estate)
• Fisher, Adlai (Asset pricing, financial econometrics, volatility modelling, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions)
• Garlappi, Lorenzo (Economics and business administration; Financial Economics; Asset pricing; Macro-Finance; Decision Theory)
• Giammarino, Ronald (Financial management; corporate theory; bank regulation; real options)
• Gornall, Will (Corporate finance ; Venture capital; Banking)
• Heinkel, Robert Lee (Stock markets; Corporate Finance)
• Lazrak, Ali (Finance and Accounting; Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level; Asset pricing, Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance, Household portfolio choice)
• Li, Kai (corporate governance, CEO compensation, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, gender in corporate decision making, board of directors, national culture, innovation, Finance)
• Ortiz Molina, Hernan (Corporate finance and governance, executive compensations, industrial organization, interactions between real and financial decisions )
• Pikulina, Elena (Institutional investors; Corporate finance; Experimental and behavioral finance)

Doctoral Citations

Sample thesis submissions.

• Essays in empirical corporate finance
• The value of intangibles : artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and corporate culture
• Essays on environmental and social issues
• Essays in asset pricing and labor economics
• Essays in empirical corporate finance : the impact of economic uncertainty on the financial markets
• New directions in empirical asset pricing : information, innovation, and stock returns

Related Programs

Same specialization.

• Master of Science in Business Administration in Finance (MSCB)

Same Academic Unit

• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Business Analytics (MBAN)
• Master of Management (MM)
• Master of Science in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (MSCB)
• Master of Science in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (MSCB)
• Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA)

Further Information

Specialization.

Finance at UBC covers research interests ranging from game-theoretic models of corporate finance, to applications of Bayesian analysis in empirical finance, to theoretical modeling of equilibrium asset pricing.

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Join top minds in finance.

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Your Future in Finance

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APPLICATION DEADLINE

The application deadline for the Finance Doctoral Program is December 15.

***Applications will be accepted until February 15, but cannot guarantee applications submitted/completed after the December 15 deadline will still be considered for admissions.***

Why should you get your Finance PhD at McCombs?

Our faculty are not only intellectual leaders, they are also highly devoted to our PhD students. Faculty frequently co-author with current and former students teaching them the skills to successfully publish and helping jump-start their publishing careers. We hold a weekly PhD research seminar for PhD students where students present their ongoing work to faculty and we discuss prominent avenues for research. We have a strong collaboration with the Economics Department and our program of work  has a strong economics foundation.

Gregory Weitzner, Ph.D. Alumnus

"UT Austin is a fantastic place to do a PhD in Finance. The faculty are extremely nurturing and genuinely care about the PhD program. They challenge you and yet are always approachable. With such a large department, you can find anyone working on something related to what you are interested in. Finally, you can't beat living in Austin."

Kevin Mei, Current Ph.D. Student

"The UT Finance PhD program has been a tremendous launchpad for my academic career. Among its many strengths, the department is especially oriented towards fostering genuine relationships between faculty and students. All faculty, from junior to senior, seem interested in my success. This tight-knit atmosphere makes it easy for PhD students to approach world-class researchers and has helped launch papers for almost all of my cohort. The steady stream of great seminars and conferences has also been an invaluable opportunity for me to connect with many giants of our profession in a warm environment. The combination of this exposure and strong foundational training has made UT an ideal place to start my academic career."  

Eric Vance, Current Ph.D. Student

"The faculty put so much time and effort into the students. They want to see us succeed and have fostered an environment where they are readily available and frequently provide feedback. Their advice made the transition to research easier, and my own work has improved greatly from insights I gathered discussing with them."

Preparation and Qualifications

PREPARATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Texas McCombs Finance doctoral program assumes that students have taken advanced courses to establish a reasonable mathematical, statistics, and economics background. Adequate computer programming skills are necessary for coursework.

Prospective applicants are required to hold a four-year bachelor's degree (does not need to be a degree in finance) or equivalent before starting the program.

Please also see our  FAQ page for more information.

Academic Leadership

We have some of the most influential faculty in the profession with important leadership and editorial positions:

Sheridan Titman

Dr. Sheridan Titman

Editor, Review of Financial Studies: 1996-1998 Editor, International Review of Finance: 1999 ± 2004 Editor, Foundations and Trends in Finance: 2013- present Associate Editor, Real Estate Economics: 1986-present Associate Editor, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics: 1987-present Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies: 1987-1990 Associate Editor, Journal of Finance: 1990-2000 Associate Editor, Journal of Housing Economics: 1991-present Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis: 1991-1995 Associate Editor, Pacific Basin Finance Journal: 1991-present Associate Editor, Review of Financial and Quantitative Analysis: 1994-present Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Research: 1996-2000

Officer Positions: Vice President: Western Finance Association: 2004-2005 Program Chair: Western Finance Association: 2005-2006 President: Western Finance Association: 2006-2007 Vice President: American Finance Association 2010 President Elect: American Finance Association 2011 President: American Finance Association 2012 Vice President and Program Chair: American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association 2016 President: American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association 2018

Laura Starks

Dr. Laura Starks

Editorial: Editor, Review of Financial Studies (2008-2014) Editor,FMA Survey and Synthesis Series (2016-present) Advisory Editor, Financial Analysts Journal (2016-present) Advisory Editor, Financial Management (2016-present)  

Officer Positions: President: AFA (American Finance Association), present President: Society of Financial Studies (2017-2020) Vice-President: Society of Financial Studies (2014-2017) President: Western Finance Association (2015-2016) President-elect and Program Chair: Western Finance Association (2014-2016) Vice-President: Western Finance Association (2013-2014) President: Financial Management Association (1999-2000)

John Griffin

Dr. John Griffin

Editorial: Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies, June 2012-May 2015

Officer Positions: President, Western Finance Association, 2022. Vice President, President-Elect, Western Finance Association, 2020, 2021. Chair, Society of Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade, 2013. Vice-Chair, Society of Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade, 2012

Clemens Sialm

Dr. Clemens Sialm

Editorial: Review of Financial Studies, Editor, 2023-present Journal of Finance, Associate Editor, 2022-2023 Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Editor, 2022-2023 Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Editor, 2016-2023 Financial Management, Associate Editor, 2016-2023 Journal of Financial Markets, Associate Editor, 2016-2023 International Review of Finance, Associate Editor, 2014-2023 Review of Financial Studies, Associate Editor, 2010-2013 Management Science, Associate Editor, 2009-2019 Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Associate Editor, 2017-2021

Officer Positions: Chief Executive Officer, Texas McCombs Investment Advisors, 2017-present Vice President, Midwest Finance Association, 2022-present

William Fuchs

Dr. William Fuchs

Editorial: Associate Editor for the American Economic Review 2012 -2014 Associate Editor for the Journal of Mathematical Economics 2019 Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Theory 2019-current

Officer Positions: President, Finance Theory Group

Robert Parrino

Dr. Robert Parrino

Editorial: Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2001-18 Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Research, 2006-11

Officer Positions: President Elect, Financial Management Association International, effective October 2020 Immediate Past Vice President-Program, Financial Management Association International, 2019-20 Vice President-Program, Financial Management Association International, 2018-19 Vice President-Program Elect, Financial Management Association International, 2017-18

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Olin’s PhD in Finance emphasizes rigorous analytical training and prepares you to pursue a career in research and teaching at leading academic institutions across the globe.

As a PhD student in Finance, you will train alongside some of the most respected and accomplished academics in the world. Students in this program have strong quantitative backgrounds and analytical abilities, typically with undergraduate training in economics, mathematics, engineering or another quantitative discipline as well as high GMAT/GRE scores.

Finance research is mostly based on economic models, which are used to address problems such as the allocation of capital, risk and rewards in the economy. Empirical work widely uses the tools of econometrics—the application of statistics to economics. Mathematical tools are extremely important in finance, helping to solve sophisticated models that reflect, as closely as possible, the important features of the market.

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• Review of Financial Studies
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Read about collaborative research by Finance faculty and PhD students.

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Prior to the first year, we require mandatory attendance at math camp (offered through the Economics department).

Required Courses

• MEC 610 Microeconomics I (3 credits)
• MEC 611 Microeconomics II (3 credits)
• L11 511 Quantitative Methods I (3 credits)
• L11 5161 Applied Econometrics (3 credits)
• B52 620 Empirical Methods in Finance (if available first year; if not, required in the second year)
• B52 652 Introduction to Asset Pricing
• B52 655 Introduction to Corporate Finance

Prerequisites for FIN 642

• B62 538 Stochastic Foundations for Finance
• B62 539 Mathematical Finance

Olin PhD Finance courses – you will take one of the following groups of courses:

• B52 FIN 643 Info Econ & Corp Finance Theory (3 credits) – Prof. Anjan Thakor
• B52 FIN 642 Advanced Continuous Finance (1.5 credits) – Prof. Phil Dybvig (Pre requisite: B62 539 Mathematical Finance and B62 538 Stochastic Foundations for Finance)
• B52 651 Topics in Finance (1.5 credits)
• B52 654 Empirical Methods in Asset Pricing (1.5 credits) – Prof. Asaf Manela
• Compulsory attendance in all finance brown bag lunches and Friday Seminars
• First-year summer paper; papers are due by end of September after the first year.
• In the summer of the first year, students must meet with the faculty coordinator to discuss progress and complete a progress report to be submitted to the PhD Office by September 1 after the first year.
• The Micro Prelim Exam is offered in August. Students must receive a “Distinction/Honors” or “PhD pass” to continue in the PhD program. One retake of the exam is permitted.
• In August after the first year, students must attend an RA/TA orientation offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning.
• B52 FIN 615A and B Research in Finance (both semesters)
• B52 620 Empirical Methods in Finance (if not taken during the first year)
• Directed readings and/or independent studies

Olin PhD Finance courses—you will take one of the following groups of courses:

Other Electives (see below for some choices)

• B50 665 Applied Empirical Research in Accounting
• B53 620 Empirical Methods in Business
• B50 664 Doctoral Seminar in Financial Accounting
• B55 675 Empirical Methods in Structural Modeling
• B62 500R Topics in Quantitative Finance
• E35 516 Optimization in Function Space
• L11 501 Macroeconomics I
• L11 518B Seminar in Applied Econometrics II: Time Series Analysis and Macroeconomics
• B54 661 Analysis of Time Series Data
• Compulsory attendance in all finance brown bag lunches and department seminars
• Second-year summer paper; papers are due by the end of September after the second year.
• Second-year paper—Students must have paper approved by faculty to continue in the PhD program. Papers will be presented to faculty in fall of the third year.
• Field exam, given in June after the second year. Students must pass the field exam to continue in the PhD program.
• In the summer, students must meet with the faculty coordinator to discuss progress and complete a progress report to be submitted to the PhD office by September 1.
• B25 615 A and B Research in Finance (both semesters)
• B53 660 Seminar in Presentation Skills (fall semester, required)
• Improvisation Course
• Compulsory attendance in all finance brown bag lunches and Friday seminars
• Second year paper (due in September of third year) must be presented during a brown bag seminar before October 30 and must be approved by the faculty to continue in the PhD program.
• Dissertation research
• Paper presentations (brown bag seminars and conferences)
• Dissertation Proposal—Students must be able to assemble a Research Advisory Committee for the proposal of their dissertation and must submit a Title, Scope and Procedure Form as the committee’s approval of the proposed dissertation by September 30 of the fifth year.
• Paper presentations (job market paper presentations with faculty and at conferences)
• Intent to Graduate (complete form online)
• Job market and placement
• Oral defense of dissertation
• Submission of Examination Approval form, which signifies committee’s approval
• Upload of final, approved dissertation to Graduate School of Arts &Sciences
• Submission of Documented Teaching Requirements to PhD office

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McGill moving forward with injunction request against pro-Palestinian encampment

Provisional injunction request rejected by judge earlier this week.

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McGill University announced Friday afternoon it is moving to the next stage of its injunction request against the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up on its downtown campus three weeks ago. 

The university released a statement at 4 p.m., two days after Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc St-Pierre rejected a provisional injunction request to have the camp dismantled. St-Pierre wrote in his decision that the school had failed to demonstrate an urgent need to dismantle the camp. 

Today, McGill said it was moving forward with a request for an interlocutory injunction, the next stage as it seeks to have the encampment permanently banned.

McGill is seeking an injunction to have the protesters barred from "camping or occupying in any manner whatsoever" as well as from protesting in any way that is in violation of university policy on its downtown campus.

The order would also authorize bailiffs tasked with serving the judgment to "call upon any peace officer to assist them."

Counter-protest Friday

Montreal police have so far taken a passive approach to the encampment, occasionally monitoring it from across the street. There have been exceptions, including earlier this month when a large pro-Israel counter-protest took place on Sherbrooke Street in front of campus and on Friday afternoon when a small group of Jewish activists approached the camp with signs that said, "We witnessed Oct. 7. Ask us anything."

Ysabella Hazan, a 24-year-old University of Ottawa law graduate, was among them. CBC News arrived shortly after she and another man were encouraged to leave the grounds by Montreal police officers, who by 1:30 p.m. were monitoring the entrance to campus via the Roddick Gates.

Campus encampments: Freedom of expression or trespassing?

Hazan, who appeared to be accompanied by private security guards, stood on the sidewalk outside the gates, carrying one of those signs. She said they had wanted to have a conversation with the encampment protesters, but that they were soon confronted with chanting and drumming.

"Why did we come here? Number one, to tell the Jewish story from a Jewish lens, from a lens of Jews who are connected to Israel, not from Jews who are tokenized," Hazan said, referring to pro-Palestinian Jews who have joined encampment protests.

"I see Palestinians as my cousins, as my family. And I don't want to see anybody, especially anybody who's innocent, die. It's terrible. But when we misclassify it and we add terms like 'genocide,' it's appropriating, first of all, the Holocaust," she said. 

Kieran Ricardo, a philosophy and history student at Concordia University, arrived to the encampment Friday shortly after Hazan was asked to leave. He had responded to an online call from protesters for backup in response to counter-protesters. 

"I believe that it's an obligation to be here and stand in solidarity with the students," Ricardo said.

Shortly after Hazan left, a separate group who identified themselves as Jewish students from McGill and Concordia also attempted to speak with encampment protesters. They were met with tense looks and people slowly gathering in front of them.

The group settled on a bench in front of the encampment, before being asked to leave by police. One of its members, Michael Ishayak, a finance student at Concordia, said he'd previously been told by protesters to "Go back to Europe." When he told them his family was from Iraq, they said, "Go back to Iraq!" 

"It's peaceful until as soon as someone who doesn't agree with them," Ishayak said.

To Ricardo, who is also Jewish and wore a red keffiyeh , the group appeared to have an agenda. 

"To me, this is an asymmetrical confrontation. What's happening to the Palestinian people and the arguments that are coming from the Zionist camp.… There's no equivocation between them," Ricardo said, citing the tens of thousands of Palestinians that the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry has reported killed. 

Still, he added that confrontations between counter-protesters and protesters at the camp, and the police response, have been mild compared to what has been reported at pro-Palestinian encampments in the United States .

Cst. Jean-Pierre Brabant, a media relations officer for Montreal police, said specialized intervention officers had simply asked Hazan and the man to leave and that they obliged. 

"There was some tension between the two parties and to avoid anything happening, the officers asked the [counter-protesters] to leave the site," Brabant said over the phone.

McGill has said the encampment has made a number of Jewish students feel unsafe, has caused confrontations between campers and counter-protesters and could be unsanitary and a fire hazard.

McGill moves convocation

In a statement Friday, McGill said it had been open to dialogue with the campers and had met with them six times between May 3 and May 10 in hopes of coming to an agreement that would end their presence on campus. 

• McGill asks judge to order 'occupants' off its campus, end encampment protest

"McGill's request for a provisional injunction did not seek to stop protests on its campus; it sought to stop an indefinite occupation of its property," the statement said.

It is unclear what the university offered the student activists in the meetings, but the talks do not appear to have been fruitful. Activists have said they would not be leaving until the university agrees to their demands.

The encampment has been in place since April 27, when roughly 20 tents sprung up on the field near McGill's Roddick Gates. There now appears to be several dozen tents inside a large area encircled by temporary fencing that is covered with handmade signs. The student protesters have been asking McGill to  divest from companies with ties to Israel  and cut ties with Israeli academic institutions.

McGill's lawyers argued the school could not enjoy the free use of its private property as a result of the protest, specifically for its annual convocation ceremonies. But they also acknowledged the university had already found an alternate venue for the event at a cost of $700,000.

Friday, McGill said it would be holding convocation from May 28 to June 5 at the Bell Centre, Montreal's downtown stadium where the Montreal Canadiens National Hockey League team plays.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Verity Stevenson is a reporter with CBC in Montreal. She has previously worked for the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star in Toronto, and the Telegraph-Journal in Saint John.

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• Quebec Superior Court judge rejects McGill injunction request to remove encampment
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Rutgers football offers standout class of 2026 running back Jaylen McGill

Jaylen McGill, one of the top running back prospects in the class of 2026, was offered by Rutgers football on Monday.

The offer from Rutgers now puts McGill at five offers from Power Five programs.

Twice named an All-American by MaxPreps, McGill will be a junior this fall at Broome (Spartanburg, South Carolina). Last year in 10 games played , he had 1,602 rushing yards and 24 rushing touchdowns.

In eight games, he topped 100 yards rushing. McGill averaged a staggering 9.1 yards per carry.

The 5-foot-9, 180-pound athlete also played linebacker where he had 16 total tackles and caused a fumble.

He is a four-star in the 247Sports Composite where he is the No. 303 recruit in the nation as well as the fifth-highest ranked recruit in South Carolina ’s class of 2026.

He holds offers that include North Carolina State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Tech among others.

Following his offer from Rutgers, McGill posted about it on social media where he tagged head coach Greg Schiano and running backs coach Damiere Shaw.

Blessed & Thankful To Say I Now Have An Offer From @RFootball ❤️‼️ @CoachShaw__ @GregSchiano pic.twitter.com/u6mVsL4Xnl — Jaylen McGill “2” (@mcgilljaylen2) May 20, 2024

Rutgers has been expanding its recruiting blue print over the last two years, including landing two players from North Carolina as part of the class of 2024.

In the 2025 recruiting class, ranked No. 30 in the nation , North Carolina athletes  Steven Murray  and  Isaiah DeLoatch both committed to Rutgers within the past month.

Story originally appeared on Rutgers Wire

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School of Planning and Public Affairs

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Congratulations to Haifeng Qian and Phuong Nguyen on their well-deserved promotions to full professor, effective July 1st. 

Dr. Qian joined the School of Planning and Public Affairs (SPPA) as assistant professor in 2014 and was promoted to associate professor in 2018. He has been School Director since 2023. Dr. Qian has published extensively in the areas of entrepreneurship; innovation; urban economic development; and science and technology policy. He is an editor of Regional Studies , an editor of Small Business Economics , and an associate editor of Economic Development Quarterly . He was the Chair of the North American Regional Science Council. He additionally has been a consultant for the World Bank, OECD, and other non-profit organizations. Dr. Qian has received several highly competitive research awards. He earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University and Master of Management Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Dr. Nguyen joined SPPA as assistant professor at the beginning of 2011. He moved up to the rank of Associate Professor in 2017. Dr. Nguyen is a prolific researcher; he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed academic articles and book chapters. Dr. Nguyen has also assumed several essential administrative roles with SPPA, including Associate Director, Director of Graduate Studies, and Chair of the Admissions Committee. Dr. Nguyen is an effective teacher with high student evaluations and has taught core and elective courses for both graduate degree programs, such as Analytic Methods as well as Public Finance and Budgeting. Dr. Nguyen obtained his Master of Public Policy from Duke University and his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Syracuse University.

Still unsure about college? It's not too late to apply for scholarships or even school.

Even with the May 1 deadline for college decisions come and gone , many students may still be undecided about which school to attend, or they may have given up after a botched FAFSA rollout and other problems securing financial aid .

But education experts want students and families to know, that it isn’t too late to get scholarships or even apply to a school to attend this fall.

Students have access to 1.7 million private scholarships and fellowships whose total value tops $7.4 billion, according to the independent nonprofit foundation Educationdata.org. Some applications for that funding require essays and academic or athletic achievement. But many don’t. Some take as few as two minutes to complete, with a chance to win as much as $25,000. Scholarships are also gifts and don’t have to be repaid.

“This is important both from an emotional standpoint and a practical, financial standpoint,” said James Lewis, president of the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), a private foundation that works as a nonprofit to honor high-achieving students. “With the FAFSA delays and confusion, millions of young people feel helpless ," he said, "But there is one area where they can take control and that’s applying for scholarships.”

FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

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Who can apply for scholarships?

“ Scholarships are available on a year-round basis and they’re not just for high school seniors – students of all grades and ages can apply,” Lewis said, noting college or graduate school students can also apply. “There’s literally a scholarship for everyone.”

Merit-based scholarships may require you to meet or exceed certain standards set by the scholarship giver. Others may be needs-based. Many are geared toward specific groups of people: women; graduate students; where you or your parent work; military families; athletes, minorities; community service; music; and religious organizations.

Where can I find scholarships?

Everywhere.

“We generally start by suggesting students begin at home in their local communities,” Lewis said. “There, many business organizations and corporations provide scholarships. At the local level, there are also scholarships for virtually any extracurricular activity, from sports and dance to theater and STEM clubs.”

The Department of Education and NSHSS also offer suggestions and resources. Specific sites like StudentScholarships.org , Going Merry , Niche , and Scholly by Sallie Mae list scholarships.

Can I get a scholarship in time for school this fall?

Scholarship notifications vary widely, but most take one to three months, Lewis said.

“This should not discourage applicants,” he said. “Those who apply for scholarships will most likely have their awards by the start of the new school year if they win, and they can keep applying for scholarships even when they're in college.”

Some students are even able to pay for all of college by leveraging scholarships. The most famous one? Scholly founder Christopher Gray landed $1.3 million in scholarships and got a deal on Shark Tank for his company.

What if I haven’t even applied or gotten into a school yet?

It’s also not too late!

◾ National Association for College Admission Counseling lists schools that are still accepting applications.

◾ Niche allows students to be considered for immediate acceptance at 91 schools across 30 states through its Direct Admissions program through Aug. 1 for the 2024-25 school year.

How does Direct Admissions work?

Students create a free Niche profile and select schools they’re interested in. If the student meets a school’s criteria, that school sends an immediate acceptance that includes a breakdown of the costs of attending and any scholarship money it can offer.

Students can compare offers and accept one without having to complete a separate, full school application or FAFSA to receive the offered scholarship.

Niche has 38 fields to complete, and the student never has to pay an application fee, said Luke Skurman, Niche’s chief executive.

Half of all U.S. college-bound high school seniors create an account on Niche each year, he said. This year, more than 900,000 students have at least one Niche Direct Admissions offer, but the average is more than five offers per student with an average scholarship of $18,500 per year, he said.

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Bottom line

Higher education may feel especially unattainable this year due to soaring school costs , high interest rates and difficulty getting federal aid , but don’t give up, experts say.

“The main things are to be organized and to stick with it,” Lewis said. “The rewards can be amazing!”

Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY. You can reach her at [email protected] and subscribe to our free Daily Money newsletter for personal finance tips and business news every Monday through Friday morning.