What is the profile of the entering PhD in Finance class of 2008?
The five doctoral students on the residential track have are recent university graduates and come from Africa (Cameroon), Latin America (Colombia), Asia (Thailand), and Europe (Germany, United Kingdom). Recent graduates in engineering, economics, and finance and holders of masters degrees (Ecole Polytechnique (France), EDHEC Business School (France), Northwestern University (USA), Universidad de los Andes (Columbia), Thammasat University (Thailand)), they have acquired initial experience either in industry or in academic research centres. They work three days a week as research assistants at the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre and, as such, enjoy significant financial aid. The twelve doctoral students on the executive track have an average of fifteen years of working experience. They represent ten nationalities (USA, India, France, China, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Tunisia, and Ukraine) and pursue international careers in Europe (50%), Asia (17%), the Middle E
