金融学博士

Top grades in your Masters degree (minimum requirement is Merit or equivalent, but we prefer Distinction)
Top grade in your Masters Dissertation (or equivalent research-based piece of work) because this may demonstrate your research attitude and skills
Very well developed research proposal. This is a document of at least six-seven pages where you:
identify the motivation of your study
place it within relevant literature highlighting the current gap and potential research questions
state your intended methodology show understanding of the data (if any) necessary to accomplish your study and relevant sources. This aspect will also reveal the feasibility of your study.
A reasonable intended timeline reflecting issues you may encounter in the study as presented above (for example, if you have to collect primary data, the time spent on data collection will be much longer than the one you would spend if you intend to use secondary data sources).

English requirements
If English is not your first language, you may be required to take one of the following:

TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language): Overall score of 100 with no less than 20 in Listening, Writing and Reading and 21 in Speaking
IELTS (British Council International English Language Test): Score of 6.5 overall with no component less than 6 when attending the six-week pre-sessional English course offered by the University of Reading. Entry to this pre-sessional course with a score of 6.5 fulfils your English language requirement.