Global programmes
Global programmes | The Manchester DBA
Our DBA is well established as one of the largest in Europe. Offers part-time/blended learning to senior executives who cannot or choose not to put their career on hold. Flexible, portable and international, the programme enables you to balance the demands of your career whilst completing a significant research undertaking.
The results of research for a PhD will almost certainly have implications for one or more aspects of running an organisation. The DBA however, allows application of state-of-the-art knowledge to a specific management issue to directly improve the quality of decision-making. The course focuses less on development of theory than a PhD with more emphasis on the application and testing of existing theory on particular sets of cases. Throughout the thesis you will demonstrate the usefulness of its results to one or more organisations.
• 200+ academics on-hand as supervisors, covering a broad spectrum of interests• Manchester Business School is in the top 11% of schools to receive an RAE 5 rating
• The Manchester Business School doctoral programme is ranked No.1 by the FT 2008
• Around 34% of our DBA students are CEOs, Company Directors or Vice Presidents
• 2 'one-week workshops' in Yr1 and Yr2 include a project presentation in Manchester
Participants must complete the taught phase and are only registered for a DBA upon acceptance of the research proposal. Historically, substantial value has been placed by participants on the training they receive in research methods when carrying out research of a commercial nature. The programme is delivered using a blend of self-study and face-to-face teaching in years one and two, providing solid foundations for refined research methods. Your studies will typically take five years to complete, although a maximum of seven is allowed.
