Why Virginia Tech Finance?

The Department of Finance at Virginia Tech is eminently qualified to offer a high quality Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Program.

• It has a rich mix of nationally reputed researchers and award winning teachers (see Faculty Bios).
• Recent publications rank our Finance Department in the top 20 of all public school departments based on publications by its faculty in the top four Finance journals (Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis) over the recent period, 2000-2009 (see Publications).
• Beyond academic journals, the research of our faculty has been widely recognized and cited in the national and regional media (see In the Media).
• The Department also has a long, 30 year history of graduating PhD's. Its doctoral program is also ranked in the top 20 of all public school programs based upon publications by its graduates in the top seven journals in Finance and Economics (Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, and Quarterly Journal of Economics).
• The high quality of our doctoral program is also reflected in the comments of our doctoral alumni on their experience in the program (see Quotes from Ph. D. Alumni).
• Over 90% of our doctoral graduates in the last ten years have accepted positions in academia, with the remainder choosing employment in the financial industry.
• Recent tenure track appointments include positions at University of Pittsburgh, George Washington University, University of Michigan – Dearborn, Northeastern University, Florida State University, Washington State University and University of Massachusetts – Boston.
• Distinguished alumni in Finance include William Moore, Professor of Finance and Associate Provost, School of Business, University of South Carolina and former editor, Journal of Financial Research; Tai Ma, Professor of Finance, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan; Paul Bolster, Professor of Finance and Department Chair, Northeastern University; Gregory Noronha, Professor of Finance, University of Washington, Tacoma; John Broughton, Associate Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, School of Business and Economics, Chapman University; David Smith, former Chair, Department of Finance, SUNY in Albany; and Atulya Sarin, Associate Professor of Finance and Breetwor Fellow, Santa Clara University.
• The high quality of the department faculty and programs, described above, was instrumental in delivering a highly successful initial offerings of our Post Graduate Bridge to finance program in Summer 2008 and Summer 2009 (see AQ Bridge Class of 2009 and 2008).