Nah, Deno its not like that ! I dunno if you're familiar with the term 'Chartered Accountancy' ? And so my qualification isn't an academic university based qualification but rather a professional degree based on around 14 papers I have to pass to qualify as a 'Chartered Accountant' and then do a mandatory 3 year internship with an ACCA prescribed training partner ! The 14 papers themselves range from 'tax, audit, economics, finance, management, management accounting, financial accounting, business analysis and their advanced versions' ! So its a very complete qualification when compared with say - a bachelors in accounting or finance and it is equivalent to a Post-Graduate (Master's) degree ! The thing is that I think a PhD would make it a bit too academic and I'd rather gain some relevant work experience instead - the People I've talked to also agree with this assessment !