PhD Program

Our department offers two PhD concentrations:

Accounting and auditing concentration

The ESSEC PhD program in Accounting and Auditing (A&A) is devoted to training doctoral candidates to conduct research at the highest level on questions dealing with the role of accounting information in an ever-changing economic environment. It is aimed at providing the necessary intellectual equipment to conduct scholarly research on a variety of accounting and auditing issues. 

Management Control concentration

The ESSEC PhD program in Management Control (MC) is devoted to training doctoral candidates to conduct research at the highest level on questions dealing with the role of performance  and management control in an ever-changing economic environment. It is aimed at providing the necessary intellectual equipment to conduct scholarly research on a variety of accounting and auditing issues.