Doctorate Business Administration International
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
Related subjects • Research degrees
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The DBA International is a dual degree in collaboration with Business School Netherlands, one of the leading business schools in the Netherlands. When you successfully complete it you receive an award from both Sheffield Hallam and the Business School Netherlands.
This course provides you with in-depth study and personal scholarship in a specialist professional area. It enables you to make an independent and original contribution to knowledge and the practice of management and the professions.
You gain sound research training and development, allowing you to complete your research successfully and to continue your contribution to knowledge. You work with other senior managers and professionals to build a community of reflective practitioners.
The course enables you to
• make a contribution to the theory and practice of management in your profession through your thesis
• complete rigorous business and management research to improve organisational decision making
• consider management and professional problems from many perspectives
• assess your own insights and impact as a manager
• continue to build on your learning through working as a reflective practitioner
Completing the course also helps you to enhance leadership, management and business success, particularly in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Africa and Asia.
In year one you attend two modules, each lasting one week. You spend week one at the Business School Netherlands (BSN) in Buren, Netherlands and week two at Sheffield Business School in Sheffield. In year two you attend one module lasting one week to be held in Prague. This module is delivered jointly by Business School Netherlands and Sheffield Business School.
The focus of the intensive study weeks is about gaining knowledge and skills in advanced management practice, and philosophies and methods of research in business and management. You then write a thesis on a topic of your choice.
This course is a dual degree in collaboration with Business School Netherlands, one of the leading business schools in the Netherlands.
Part-time – typically 40 months (16 months of study and 24 months to complete your thesis)
In year one, you attend two one-week study blocks. The first one of these is held in Buren, Netherlands, the second at city campus Sheffield. In year two, you attend a one-week study block. This is likely to be held in Prague.
To apply for this course, complete this application form and send it to DBA International Applications, Business School Netherlands, 'De Raadskamer', Herenstraat 25, 4116 BK Buren, The Netherlands.
2013/14 academic year
This course is intended for international students. UK and EU students who join the course pay the same fee as international students.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Years one and two – typically €7,500 a year
Years three and four – typically €5,000 a year
2014/15 academic year
Years one and two – typically €7,725 a year
Years three and four – typically €5,150 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Continuous assessment and a detailed research proposal during the first two years. We assess your research through your thesis.
Stoddart Building, Sheffield Business School, where you attend for one week's intensive study
