School of Accountancy

Admissions, Fees and Scholarship

Admission Requirements

  • A good undergraduate bachelor's degree with a high GPA.
  • Work experience is preferred but not required.
  • Good GMAT or GRE results

TOEFL / IELTS

TOEFL or IELTS test score is required if the medium of instruction in your university education was not English. SMU’s institution code for TOEFL is 9014.

GMAT / GRE

If you have not yet taken the GMAT or GRE test, you may submit your application first without your test score, and then submit your test score separately to us after you have completed the test. More information about GMAT and GRE is available at the GMAT and GRE website respectively.

► SMU’s GMAT institution code: F8D-3B-62
► SMU’s GRE institution code: 2861

Submission of the following documents:

  • Latest Curriculum Vitae
  • Degree Certificates and Transcripts
  • GMAT and TOEFL (or IELTS) scores
  • Personal Statement
  • Two Reference Letters

PhD Programme Fees

For more information on PhD Programme Fees, please click here

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Full Scholarships are available for full-time PhD students on a competitive basis. Subject to satisfactory progress, a scholarship holder will receive waiver of registration fees and tuition fees in addition to a monthly living stipend. Students may also receive additional funding through research assistantship (RA), teaching assistantship (TA) or industry grants. For more information, please click here

Research and Teaching Assistantships

The research Assistantships are structured to give students exposure to and experience in all facets of research including research design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation, conference presentation, and manuscript publication. All Research Assistantships are project based.