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Course Overview

Offering a diverse balance of industry and academic practice, it is designed to leverage careers and/or make the transition into the highest levels of academia.

Our DBA is designed to improve your business and managerial practice through the development of your personal, intellectual, and academic abilities, via a major academic research project. Your research will make academically recognized contributions to your chosen fields, thus providing private and public sector organizations with doctoral-level research outputs that make an impact in terms of policy and practice.

The programme has an innovative course structure allowing you to have the option of submitting your work in the form of conventional documents (route A) or in the style of academic papers (route B). The course team and supervisory team will work with you to ensure that you understand the different routes and options available to you based on your career aspirations and interests.

The DBA is designed for you to:

  • Explore the relationship between theory and practice, between understanding the world and changing it.
  • Develop your judgment, foresight, and problem analysis by applying theoretical and forensic skills to the research material derived from their investigations.
  • Develop you as a reflective practitioner who has the intellectual and personal adaptability to be able to deal with organizational change and ambiguity.
  • Develop communication skills that will enable you to communicate effectively with both academic and managerial and business communities, and to act as interpreters between the two.
  • Help you design and implement a research project at the boundaries of knowledge in your professional and managerial fields and thus make a contribution to academic knowledge and professional practice.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

  • An MPhil, MBA, or Masters-level degree in Business, Management, or Organisation studies.
  • A minimum of five years experience in a senior management post.
  • The ability to conduct research and write a thesis at the doctoral level.
  • International students must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in all components.
  • For a list of our language requirements please visit our English language page.

Fees

UK Student Fee

  • Years 1 2 3 and 4 = £11900 per year
  • Years 5+ = £5500 per year
  • (There is no separate completion year fee)

International Student Fee

  • Years 1 2 3 and 4 = £11900 per year
  • Years 5+ = £5500 per year
  • (There is no separate completion year fee)

This information was accurate on : 30/03/2021
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