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Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics

PHBS launched its Ph.D. program in quantitative economics in fall 2018. The core philosophy of the program is to empower Ph.D. candidates by teaching them modern research tools in economics in a patient and solid manner. Initiated by Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance (SIQEF), this program focuses on fundamental training as well as applications of modern research tools.


The international Economics Ph.D. program in Peking University HSBC Business School is a four-year full-time program for Master-Degree holders. It is designed to give students the skills necessary to succeed in a career as a researcher working for universities, research institutions, or financial/high-tech industries. It has been developed to provide students with a solid theoretical foundation and in-depth quantitative training in economics. Our graduates are expected to be both innovative and insightful in analyzing economy-wide phenomena, and are able to research and analyze independently.

Program Area

Quantitative Economics (full-time study)


Program Length

The program lasts four years for Master-Degree holders.


Program Teaching Language

English

Admissions
Admissions for the 2025 cohort open on October 14, 2024 and close on February 28, 2025.
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Fee & Finances
Tuition fee for the doctoral program is 32,000 RMB per academic year
Students can apply for Chinese Government Scholarship through the China Embassy in home countries and PHBS sponsored school scholarship.
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Interview with Thomas Sargent on the PhD and Elite MA Programs at PHBS
Thomas Sargent, the 2011 Nobel laureate in economics, joined PHBS in June 2017 as the director of the Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance (SIQEF). In a recent interview, Professor Sargent elaborated on the blueprint of this doctoral program, including its candidate admission, curriculum design and training model.
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Nobel Laureate
Of the Nobel laureates who have set up research institutes in Shenzhen, Sargent is the only one with an outstanding reputation in the social science of macroeconomics
High-Level Conferences and Seminars
SIQEF holds seminars and international conferences, which invite scholars across the globe to share their research findings and discuss various economics and finance topics.
Abundant Opportunities
As SIQEF has a set of ongoing research projects, students who are interested in the related fields can opt to work on one of these projects
Comprehensive Curriculum
Courses were designed by Sargent in which he selected chapters from various textbooks and condensed them into a coherent and comprehensive curriculum
Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance (SIQEF)
Our institute strives to put mathematics and statistics at the service of quantitative analysis of questions about economics, finance, and government policy. Our purpose is to learn, teach, and apply an array of methods made possible by the availability today of powerful and inexpensive computational methods and large data sets.
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