PhD candidates at the International Business School develop the analytical and technical skills required for research, teaching, high-level policy making and consulting in international economics and finance.
They proceed to pursue PhD jobs in education as well as in the public and private sectors.
Students graduating in recent years have been placed at the following institutions:
Academic | Non-Academic |
The American University (Cairo) | Analysis Group |
University of Auckland Business School | Bank of America |
Bocconi University | Bank of Japan |
City College of New York | Bank of the Netherlands |
Copenhagen Business School | Bates White |
Lingnan University (Hong Kong) | Berkeley Research Group |
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | BlackRock |
National Chengchi University (Taiwan) | Brattle Group |
National University of Singapore | Cornerstone Research |
New Jersey Institute of Technology | DC Howe |
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration |
Federal Reserve, Board of Governors |
University of Manitoba | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
University of Western Ontario | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Seton Hall | The International Monetary Fund |
Williams College | MSCI/Barra |
York University | Standard and Poors |
State Street Global Advisors | |
The World Bank |
While completing their coursework and research, some PhD candidates have simultaneously maintained internships or summer jobs at organizations such as State Street, Harvard Business School, the Institute of International Economics, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Director International Market Regulation and Trade Policy, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PhD’99 | The Netherlands
Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
MA’12, PhD’16 | United States