Business Administration
The Business Administration Doctoral Program features seven areas of concentration: management science, information systems, international business, marketing, process management, organizational behavior and strategic management.
   Management science combines mathematical modeling and microeconomic reasoning in the pursuit of solutions to a variety of business problems.
   In the information systems concentration, students develop the ability to solve business and industrial information problems through rigorous research.
   Marketing students are introduced to the entire spectrum of marketing thought, enabling them to conduct research in any area of choice.
   Students in process management investigate how organizations can design, improve and execute numerous business processes. Research may focus on tactical concerns or strategic issues.
   Organizational behavior students examine topics related to worker motivation and morale, reward systems, leadership and organizational relationships.
   The concentration in strategic management explores the fundamentals of organizational intent, competitive and technological strategy, entrepreneurship and performance, and focuses on integration across the various business disciplines.
   International Business is offered as a minor that focuses on global issues involving business subjects.

Finance
The Finance Doctoral Program allows students to concentrate in asset pricing and investments, corporate finance, financial risk management, banking and financial institutions, insurance or real estate. It is intended to prepare students for careers at highly ranked universities in the US or elsewhere. Some graduating students also pursue careers in the financial services industry or consulting.
   The first two years of the program consist of coursework and seminars on probability and statistics, economics, econometrics, finance theory and empirical research in finance. This background provides students with the tools needed to conduct research in financial economics. Students ordinarily complete coursework and take a comprehensive exam by the end of the second year.
   Students are encouraged to begin research as early as possible in the program and all begin no later than the second year. The third and fourth years are primarily devoted to dissertation research. Students also typically gain teaching experience by teaching during the third or fourth year.

Accountancy
The Accountancy Doctoral Program prepares students for entry into the accountancy professoriate. The Department of Accountancy has a long tradition of excellence in graduate education, awarding its first PhD degree in 1939. Illinois doctoral accountancy graduates are on the faculty of leading academic institutions throughout the US and world. The Accountancy Doctoral Program promotes close working relationships between its professors and doctoral students.
   An interdisciplinary approach allows accountancy doctoral students to develop research skills through courses in disciplines such as economics, finance, business administration, psychology and statistics. Accountancy doctoral students can focus their dissertation research on any major accounting area: auditing, financial, managerial or taxation. Depending upon the research issue of interest, interdisciplinary training allows students to apply different research approaches such as analytic modeling, analysis of archival data, field studies and behavioral experimentation.
   At appropriate stages throughout each doctoral student's tenure in the program, the department provides a variety of appointments, including teaching and research assistantships, and research grants. These appointments and grants provide stipends to meet students' living expenses, as well as tuition waivers. For more information visit: www.business.uiuc.edu/accountancy.