Dr. Stephan Dieckmann

Instructor

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Biography

Stephan Dieckmann is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught various programs including MBA, Undergraduate, and Executive Education since 2008. His teaching portfolio encompasses core and elective courses in corporate finance and capital markets investment. He received the MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award in 2014 and the Wharton Teaching Excellence Award in 2018. He served as the Deputy Vice Dean of Wharton’s MBA Program from 2013 to 2022, where he led initiatives in academic administration, curriculum innovation, and concentration development. His research interests lie at the intersection of asset pricing and insurance economics, particularly concerning rare event risks and credit risk. Dieckmann has published extensively in leading scholarly journals, contributing significantly to the understanding of these fields. Before joining Wharton, he was a faculty member at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and has experience in the financial industry, specifically in bond markets and treasury management. Dieckmann holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Research Interests

Courses

FNCE2250 - Fixed Income Securities FNCE7250 - Fixed Income Securities FNCE6110 - Corporate Finance FNCE6210 - Corporate Finance (Half CU)

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Letters of Recommendation (2-3)
  • Resume/CV
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Essays
Specialization Notes

Wharton Doctoral programs cover fields like Finance, Marketing, Management, and Operations, Information and Decisions.