| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBA | Part-time | find out | September | GBP 11000 per year | GBP 11000 per year |
The NBS Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is one of the oldest in the UK and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and in this time, we have had over 100 completions. The programme continues to attract chief executive officers and senior managers from around the globe, with participants from many prestigious private and publication organisations, including CapGemini Iberia, the United Nations, Nova Business School, the Oman Embassy in the US and KPMG, amongst others.
The NBS DBA is designed to improve your business and managerial practice through the development of your personal, intellectual and academic abilities, via a research-based project. It has a strong and committed focus on managerial and professional practice, and seeks to link the rigorous study of work-based problems and issues to personal and professional development, thereby ensuring transfer of learning into organisational and managerial practice.
Our DBA demands commitment, energy and hard work. In return you will be provided with a stimulating and life-enhancing development experience with the award of an increasingly valued qualification.
Whilst there is no such thing as a typical DBA student, our applicants have to hold a masters in a relevant discipline, be senior managers in full time employment and have a minimum of 5 years senior management experience. The programme is taught and assessed in English, therefore applicants are expected to have an appropriate level of spoken and written language proficiency.
The DBA is designed to help you:
Why study for the DBA at Nottingham Business School?
The Doctorate of Business Administration is a research-based qualification and has the same academic standing as a PhD. As a student you can therefore expect a challenging, stretching, and demanding experience conducted in a stimulating atmosphere of intellectual and academic debate.
Our DBA aims to have a wider impact and real-world influence, enabling you to make an important contribution to society, culture and business. Project topics tend to focus on strategic issues that are present within the applicant's organisation and are sufficiently complex to warrant a large-scale research study.
The NBS DBA is aligned to the level 8 of the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ) and AACSB Standard 9. NBS is an active member of a number of international doctoral councils including the Arts & Humanities and the Health, Energy and Social Policy Research Council Doctoral Training Partnerships, Vitae, the ESRC Midlands Graduate School, the Executive DBA Council (EDBAC), the European Institute for Advanced Management Studies (EIASM) and the Association of Business Schools DBA Steering Group. Participation in these fora enable the programme leaders to network and influence initiatives pertaining to doctoral studies, such as the development of doctoral standards.
How you're taught
Study and support
The course delivery has been designed to meet the needs of participants in demanding jobs. A series of four modules with six workshops, represents the taught element over the first three years of the course.
You will conduct a long- term research project that is highly relevant to management practice and based on up to date, evidence-based knowledge. Your research will make academically recognised contributions to your chosen fields, thus providing private and public sector organisations with doctoral dissertations that address their practice and policy needs.
During both stages of the DBA course, attendance at workshops is compulsory. You cannot submit Stage 1 assessments or defend your thesis unless you have participated in all the workshops.
Which building will the course be taught in?
DBA participants are taught at the Nottingham City Campus in the city centre. Wireless access is freely available throughout the University. Refreshments are provided throughout the workshops.
Academic guidance
The course management team are as follows:
Dr Susan Kirk - DBA Programme Leader
Dr Rupert Matthews - DBA Programme Leader
Careers and employability
The primary goal of the DBA programme is to enable you, the student, to earn a DBA degree that will help you to leverage your careers and/ or make a transition into the highest levels of academia. Through our course, we offer senior managers, independent consultants and senior academics the chance to gain new, relevant insights that will inform and enhance their own career profile and make a contribution towards the enhancement of business and / or professional practice.
DBA tailored to corporate organisations
Our DBA is a prime example of how we enable individuals to achieve respected qualifications while undertaking research that's focused on, and beneficial to, their organisations and sectors. The course has been established since 1998, but in 2007 we launched the first cohort purely recruited from China. Students are taught in Nottingham while carrying out research in their organisations in China, which include major brands like Nike, Intel and Motorola.
Further entry requirements:
Those without a Masters qualification but with significant work experience and evidence can undergo a process of Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning.
Applicants with non-standard entry requirements and / or relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
UK Fees
Fees
Funding
We are pleased to announce our new DBA bursary scheme, which becomes eligible for students starting this September. There are up to four bursaries up to the value of £10,500 available to students each year. The bursaries will initially cover your fees for stages one to three of the DBA programme, which should be completed by July 2020.
International Fees
Fees
Funding
We are pleased to announce our new DBA bursary scheme, which becomes eligible for students starting this September. There are up to four bursaries up to the value of £10,500 available to students each year. The bursaries will initially cover your fees for stages one to three of the DBA programme, which should be completed by July 2020.
Contact Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to find course entry requirements.
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