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Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at Montpellier Business School

Montpellier Business School, France

Programme overview

The DBA is a three-year part-time professional doctorate (Bac+8) for consultants, entrepreneurs, managers and executives who want to apply research to management practice, supervised by MBS faculty who publish in leading academic journals.

Faculty: MBS School of Business  |  Duration: 3 years part-time  |  Study mode: part-time; offered as a tailor-made DBA supervised from the Montpellier campus, an international cohort, or online  |  Location: Montpellier, Occitanie, France

What you will study

Research methods and a doctoral thesis with academic supervision; a short research proposal of 5 to 10 pages is due by the end of the first year.

Career pathways

Prepares senior managers for research-informed leadership, publication and occasional or full academic teaching careers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Master's degree with about five years of professional experience, or a Bachelor's degree with about eight years of experience, in top or middle management, consulting or entrepreneurship.

Duration: 3 years part-time

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