The Accounting and Finance Division at Stirling offers a stimulating environment in which to study for PhD in the area. Students come onto this pathway from a variety of backgrounds, including disciplines allied with accounting and finance such as economics. There is a national shortage of researchers in this area and the need to increase the number of PhD students to address this shortage has been highlighted in independent national reports. As such, students who complete the PhD Accounting and Finance programme have excellent career prospects and will be highly in demand in both academia and industry. Students graduating from this programme have an outstanding track record of finding faculty positions in top universities across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as in leading financial institutions. The PhD Accounting and Finance programme is accredited by the ESRC and affiliated by the Accounting and Finance pathway of the Scottish Graduate School, which is supported by the British Accounting Association (BAA) and its regional Scottish Accounting Group (SAG) (active for over 20 years) as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).