Accountancy

This course exploring accounting practice, education, theory, regulation, and profession; and their organisational, social, environmental, and political implications.

The Accountancy group is a very active research group that focuses in particular on the broadly defined areas of:

• International financial accounting
• Social and environmental accounting
• Corporate governance and regulation
• Accounting education
• Management accounting
• Public-sector accounting
• Healthcare accounting
• Critical perspectives on accounting.

Research Interests

• Accountancy Practice and Theory – The Study of theory and practice to enable regulatory change
• Accountability, Governance and Sustainability – Studying the systems of governance and accountability in achieving sustainable development
• Organisations and Accounting Change – Exploring technological, cultural and political economic underpinnings of organisational and accounting change
• Accountancy Education – Exploring contemporary global practices, disseminating knowledge, exploring themes and developments in the profession
• Accounting History – Exploring historical roots of accounting and accountability systems

Graduates go into Public and Private Sector Accounting and Management, Fund Management, Stockbroking, Investment Analysis, Banking and Financial Services. Many also continue to develop their career in Academia internationally. A number of Accounting PhDs from Aberdeen are now working in reputed universities across the world and continue to be active in their research endeavours.

Please note that part-time study is not available for resident international students. The PhD may be conducted, full-time or part-time, by distance learning, which carries no residency requirement.

The PhD at the University of Aberdeen is a research degree. Research degrees are defined by the student’s own research proposal, on which the student will write a thesis. Research students read on their own research topic and work closely with their supervisors to define their research and write a thesis. They also attend regular research seminars, are provided with opportunities to attend conferences and for some postgraduates, there are opportunities to gain undergraduate teaching experience.