Both the Department of Accounting and the Department of Finance enjoy a pre-eminent reputation for the excellence of their teaching and research and for their leading role in public-policy issues. They rank alongside the most highly-rated departments in accounting and finance worldwide, with accounting having been taught at the LSE since 1896.

The study of accounting and finance at the LSE emphasises the important ways in which these subjects contribute to the functioning of modern managerial and economic systems. Accounting is more than a computational skill; courses focus on how both accounting and finance are deeply involved in the process by which management perceives, understands and seeks to change and control the nature of organisations. Students are encouraged to adopt a critical and flexible viewpoint. Similarly finance is more than a quantitative subject. It offers real insight into business and economic behaviour, in ways which go beyond simple model building. Our courses show the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives and reflect the international and changing dimensions of the subject.

Our diverse faculty comes from across the globe, providing a rich environment in which to research and study accounting and finance. Among our staff are internationally acknowledged leaders in academic research, professional accountancy, and financial markets.

Programme Director

Michela Verardo
MSc, PhD (Rochester)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE, whose research interests include market efficiency, delegated portfolio management, and behavioural finance.

Teaching faculty

Vasiliki Athanasakou
MSc (Manchester Business School, ACCA), PhD (Manchester Business School)
Lecturer in Accounting, LSE

Al Bhimani
BSc, MBA (Cornell), CMA (Canada), PhD (LSE)
Professor of Management Accounting, Head of Department of Accounting, LSE

Maria Cecilia Bustamante
BSc, MSc (Universidad Torcuato di Tella), MEcon (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PhD (Lausanne)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Georgy Chabakauri
MSc, PhD (Moscow State University), MA (New Economic School), MRes, PhD (LBS)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Vicente Cuñat
BSc (Valencia), MSc (CEMFI), PhD (LSE)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Jack Favilukis
BSc (MIT), MPhil, PhD (NYU Stern)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Pascal Frantz
MSc (Grenoble), MBA, PhD (LBS)
Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, LSE

Joanne Horton
BS (Econ) (Wales), MPhil, PhD (Wales)
Professor of Accounting, University of Exeter

Christian Julliard
MA, PhD (Princeton)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Dong Lou
BSc (Columbia), PhD (Yale)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Philippe Mueller
MSc (Bern), MSc (HEC Lausanne), PhD (Columbia)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Andrea Vedolin
MA (Zurich), PhD (Lugano)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Konstantinos Zachariadis
Diploma (Aristotle), MSc, PhD (Northwestern)
Lecturer in Finance, LSE

Jean-Pierre Zigrand
PhD (Chicago)
Reader in Finance, LSE

2012 Rates

	Standard rate	Student rate
One Session	£1825	£1365
Both Sessions	£3100	£2300

* Student rate applies to all full-time students who are currently enrolled at a University or College anywhere in the world.

A 10% reduction in fees is available to the following groups:

Current LSE students
LSE alumni
Former Summer School students

To ensure that the discount is awarded, applicants should ensure that the appropriate section of the application form is completed.