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Academics
Finance Doctoral students are trained in major areas in finance and economics, including, asset pricing, corporate finance, continuous-time models in finance, information economics, international finance, market micro-structure, and banking. The program prepares students for careers in scholarly research, and graduates take jobs primarily in academic or research institutions, while some students opt to work in industry. Details about the coursework and research students conduct on their way to earning their doctorate can be found on the Academics page.
Placement
The Finance Division at Columbia Business school has a track record of training scholars who go on to become academics at Universities, including many of the world’s most prestigious institutions. Our placement success is due in part to the close working relationship that students develop with the faculty in the division. The School intentionally keeps the PhD program small making it easier for students to find faculty collaborators and thrive.
Student Life
The Columbia Business School doctoral community consists of 125 students across six programs. The program attracts exceptional students from all over the world who are looking to develop research skills under the tutelage of faculty experts. Students come to the School for the exceptional training but also because they value the diversity, creativity, entrepreneurship and social tolerance that NYC offers.
current students
Current PhD Students in Finance
PhD in Finance Placement
The Finance Division at Columbia Business School has a track record of training scholars who go on to become academics at many of the world’s most prestigious institutions.
Here is a list of placements, by year of graduation, over the past few years:
Year | Name | Initial Placement |
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2024 | Brian Lee | Goizueta Business School, Emory University |
2024 | Naz Koont | Stanford Graduate School of Business |
2024 | Xiaobo Yu | Leeds School of Business, CU Boulder |
2024 | Lukas Fischer | Citadel |
2023 | Sharada Sridhar | Scheller School of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology |
2023 | Vrinda Mittal | UNC, Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School. |
2023 | Rittavee Keeratiwutthikul | The Federal Reserve |
2023 | Seyed Mansouri | Rohatyn Group |
2022 | Oliver Giesecke | Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
2022 | Kerry Siani | Sloan School of Management, MIT |
2022 | Shayan Dashmiz | Goldman Sachs |
2022 | Kim Cramer | London School of Economics |
2022 | Adrien Alvero | TRG Capital Management |
2021 | Aref Bolandnazar | Texas A&M University |
2021 | Christina Tessari | Goldman Sachs |
2021 | Lira Mota | Sloan School of Management, MIT |
2021 | Renxuan Wang | China Europe International Business School |
2020 | Rebecca De Simone | London Business School |
2020 | Xiao Cen | Texas A&M University |
2020 | Tuomas Tomunen | Boston College, Carroll School of Management |
2020 | Danqing Mei | Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business |
2020 | Poorya Kabir | NUS Business School |
2020 | Yifeng Guo | AQR Capital |
2020 | Yahui Wang | Dimensional Fund Advisors |
2019 | Minchen Zheng | Man Group Hedge Fund |
2019 | Ruoke Yang | Imperial College, London (postdoc) |
2018 | Ran Xu | Boston College, Carroll School of Management |
2018 | Joshua Mitts | Columbia Law School |
2018 | Zoi Melina Papoutsi | European Central Bank |
2017 | Pablo Slutsky | Robert Smith, University of Maryland |
2017 | Ye Li | Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business |
2015 | Jaehyun Cho | QMS Capital Management |
2015 | Bingxu Chen | Soros Fund Management |
2014 | Mattia Landoni | Cox, Southern Methodist University |
2014 | Bronson Argyle | Marriott, BYU |
2014 | Jun Kyung Auh | McDonough, Georgetown |
2014 | Zhongjin Lu | Terry, University of Georgia |