Economics at Glasgow continues a distinguished record that dates back to Adam Smith, who was a Professor at the University in the 18th century and is widely renowned as the father of modern economics.
Today we have international expertise in:
- microeconomics
- macroeconomics
- financial economics
- development economics
- international finance
- econometrics
Entry Requirements
Applicants for the PhD in Economics should normally have a good Masters in the area of Economics or Finance. Applicants who are currently studying for their Masters would be expected to complete this before embarking on a PhD.
Applicants for the PhD in Quantitative Finance should normally have overall merit or above in our MSc Quantitative Finance or in a comparable Masters degree.
Funding Available
Please see our Postgraduate Research funding Opportunities
Further Information & Application Procedure
You may want to identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss your research proposal before you apply. Please see our research clusters (Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Finance) to help you find researchers that share your interests.
More information on how to apply can be found here
For general enquiries relating to the PhD programme, please contact business-pgr-applications@glasgow.ac.uk