Accounting & Taxation

The Area “Accounting & Taxation“ at the University of Mannheim offers a competitive, English-language Ph.D. program in the fields of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Auditing and Business Taxation research.

The uniquely rich curriculum provides Ph.D. students with core competencies in all relevant areas of accounting and tax research (analytical, empirical, and normative research methods on the basis of profound knowledge of the institutional details in our field). It also offers links to other disciplines including economics and finance and integrates them into a coherent curriculum conforming to top international standards.

The program structure is illustrated below. More details about the core course and electives can be found in the submenus on the left.

Program Structure

Admission and allocation of mentor
1st
year
(fall) 		Core:
Contemporary
Research in
Accounting 		Core:
Mathe-
matics 		Core:
Adv. Micro-
economics
I 		Core:
Adv. Econo-
metrics
I 		Core:
Applied Methods &
Tools 		Skills:
English
writing 		Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
1st
year
(spring) 		Core:
Analytical
Accounting
Research 		Core:
Empirical
Accounting
Research 		Core:
Normative
Accounting
Research 		Core:
Business
Taxation 		Elective 1:
Finance or
Economics 		Elective 2
 Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
Dissertation proposal (to be accepted by admissions committee)
2nd
year
(fall)
Work on thesis 		Elective 3
 Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
2nd
year
(spring)
Work on thesis 		Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
Summer workshops
3rd
year
(fall)
Work on thesis 		Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
3rd
year
(spring)
Work on thesis 		Accounting &
Taxation
Area
Seminar
Submission of thesis and defense (to be accepted by dissertation committee)


 

Area "Accounting & Taxation"

As an integral part of the Business School at the University of Mannheim, the Area “Accounting & Taxation“ belongs to the top ranked faculty in business in Germany. The members of the Area conduct, on a high international level, scientific research as well as applied research contributing to industry, standard setting and politics.

The Area's faculty presents its work at conferences and through publications, both on a national and an international level. Exchange with internationally known researchers and highly successful companies and institutions help us maintain a leading position in theoretical as well as practical research.

The knowledge cluster emerging from the combination of 6 chairs (consisting of 6 Full Professors, roughly 6 Assistant Professors, and 50 Assistants in Accounting & Taxation) is unique in German-speaking countries, while the close cooperation in the Area allows for a stimulating research environment.


For more information on the Area “Accounting & Taxation”, see: http://area1.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/