DBA Doctorate in Business Administration

LJMUƒ??s DBA provides senior executives and managers with the opportunity to achieve the highest academic degree while remaining in full-time employment.

• Equivalent to a PhD, the DBA is ideal for those who would like a doctoral level qualification whilst remaining in their chosen professional career
• Focus on situational issues from your own workplace, whilst continuing your employment
• Enhance not only your ability to develop new knowledge, but also the ability to apply that knowledge to a professional context
• Gain the necessary skills to carry out rigorous research
• Carry out individual projects that impact on your organisation and industry
• Undertake your research amongst a carefully-selected, highly diverse group of professionals, drawn from a wide range of nationalities, industries, cultures and backgrounds
• Develop your skills and meet your supervisors at a number of residential workshops in Liverpool

Join a cohort of senior professionals and apply your research directly to the needs of your business, driving forward organisational progress without putting your learning or your business on hold. You will contribute to commercial and academic knowledge and, on graduation, will possess a specialist range of problem solving and decision making strategies that will take you to the next level of success.

The DBA at Liverpool Business School is unique in its design and structure and the level of support it provides to the candidates. It has been running successfully for 10 years.

You will need: A DBA, which is a doctoral level qualification, is a challenging, but also rewarding journey. In order to make sure you are suitable for the programme we have defined the following entry requirements for the programme: A master's degree in the area of business and/or management; At least two years of managerial or five years of other working experience.