Doctorate Business Administration
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
Related subjects • Research degrees
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The Doctorate in Business Administration provides you with a programme of in-depth study and personal scholarship. It allows you to make a difference to the way that management and professional practice is developed in your specialist area, such as organisation and management, facilities and property management and tourism and hospitality.
It is for those who are enthusiastic about learning and want the opportunity to become a recognised contributor to management thinking and advanced professional practice.
It is the natural choice for those who want to pursue their academic, personal and career development while practising as managers or senior professionals.
Grounded in evidence based research and a full doctoral thesis, equivalent in status to the PhD, this is the highest achievable qualification in higher education.
The course attracts a range of UK and international students, with current students from • Thailand • Cyprus • Gabon • West Indies • USA • Iran.
Completing the programme enables you to
• make a contribution to the theory and practice of management in your profession
• be capable of rigorous business and management research
• be able to consider management and professional problems from many perspectives
• be able to assess your own insights and impact as a manager
• continue to build on your learning through working as a reflective practitioner
Part-time – for the first two years you do complementary studies, a series of three five-day blocks in each year. In the thesis stage you attend occasional one day or half day blocks negotiated by the group.
Starts February
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £6,480 a year for years one and two, typically £4,215 a year for years three and four, typically £2,110 a year for years five and six, if required
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
Continuous assessment and a detailed research proposal. We assess your research through your thesis.
This course enables you to make a difference to your organisation.
