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Doctorate
Business Administration

Be Proficient in high-level management roles, entrepreneurship, and impactful contributions to business theory and practice. Develop research competencies and provide assurance of learning to your practice.

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Batch Start: 1st of every month
Fee: €2499 per semester*

How we prepare you for Global Employment?

  • Duration: 3 years (6 Semesters)
  • Credits: 180 ECTS
  • Language: English
  • Graduation Ceremony online or in France
  • Research Residency (On-Campus or Online Equivalent)
  • Mode: 24X7 Online + Supervision

*5% fee discount on upfront payment, or pay in 12 equal instalments

Qualification

Rushford Business School

Forefront in offering quality education, European Global Varsity's programs lead to the dual doctoral degree awarded by Rushford Business School, Switzerland, which is a recognised private higher education institution in Switzerland.

European Global Varsity

European Global Varsity is an approved Higher Education Institution in Malta, and approved to offer ECTS based qualifications and awards.
European Global Varsity has submitted the DBA accreditation document and the approval is awaited. As this is the dual degree, the scholars can enrol at an advanced standing with MFHEA ECTS accredited degree and will pass with the dual "Doctorate of Business Administration".

Reference Letter from Industry Mentor

Reference letter from your Supervisor.

Quality Education
Boost Global Employability

Program fee includes following components

Free Generative AI Course

All our learners will be provides a Free Course on Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation by European Global Varsity with verifiable EU Certificate.

Incubation & Research Residency

All our learners will be provided an inclusive access to our research & entrepreneurship residencies that help them to research, publish, innovate and incubate.

Invitation to EU Job Fair

All our learners will be provided an opportunity to attend job fair in the EU. Anyone who will not be able to travel, will have virtual networking events with prospective employers.

Lifelong Upskilling

All our engaged learners get free access to lifelong learning Lab where new skills are updated every month. The lab teaches both technical and soft skills, making our degrees a lifelong degree.

Research Residencies
Conferences & Publications

We provide platform for not only learning research, but presenting in global conferences and publications in reputed Journals!

Global Conferences

Present your research amongst reputed global researchers, editors, scholars and get an opportunity to publish your research in ISSN listed conference proceedings!

Publications

We take proud in mentioning that our faculty are amongst editorial team members of many reputed journals and there are more than 17 ABDC, Scopus and Web of Science indexed journals collaborated with our conference.

Networking and Certificate

Besides learning, you get an immense opportunity to work collaboratively with our Professors to co-author papers and improve your outcomes from your doctoral research.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Why study this program?

Companies with growth mindset strategic leaders showcase 2.4 x better performance!

Leaders that explore core businesses, innovate into the new market, and availing opportunities are 97% more profitable than peers!

Growth leaders return 80% more on shareholders’ value than their peer, and also attracts better talent, and innovate!

This is a unique doctoral diploma for strategic leaders, top-level managers, executive directors, CEOs or those aspiring to reach to that level. The professionals with executive acumen are expected to design and translate strategy into growing organizational’s performances. This is a skill which can be learnt and improvised with systematic thinking, action research and evidence-based management.

We especially use evidence-based management approach in this program which helps you to reflect upon 4-pillars of decision making, which are:

  1. Scientific Evidence – studying existing literature
  2. Organization Data – existing organizational scenarios
  3. Professional Expertise – employing prior experiences is specific scenarios
  4. Stakeholders’ Value – value to the users

This evidence based decision making cycle is an iterative process which repeats itself to improvise own cognitive thinking and decision making capabilities. This helps in making well-informed, well-researched and thought out decisions, which becomes better with every cycle. 

Doctorate program can be taken in any field of expertise as this program builds upon scientific research process which can be integrated into your area of expertise to create new knowledge. If you wish to have specific knowledge into any area, please enrol for our Masters program. 

According to Harvard Business Review articles, Strategic leadership entails analysing futuristic changes in the external world and predicting futuristic changes amongst competitors and pro-actively modifying internal strategies. A Strategic leader is the one who reframes the problem from several angles to understand the issue, collaborate to understand holistic impact, evaluates various hypothesis for alternate solutions, validates stakeholders’ perspectives, and assess value to the stakeholders to avoid possible conflicts, and finally make an informed decision.

Post completing this program, our Doctoral students will be able to timeless blueprint for achieving sustainable and profitable growth and generate value to the stakeholders involved. The doctoral leaders will be able to develop following competencies:

Competencies & Outcomes

Innovate into adjacencies business segments or industries or ignite new businesses by unlocking new related opportunities without cannibalizing existing businesses.

Stimulate growth vision in face of unexpected environment to align within the operating context and even turning disruptions to the firm’s advantage.

Evaluate existing capabilities, innovate and invest in new opportunities that create value to stakeholders.

Employ technology to track leading and lagging growth indicators to define achievable and measurable key performance indicators.

Involve stakeholders including investors, customers, board members, and stargazing resource allocation that aligns with the growth strategy.

Communicate and represent differently, rather employs strategy to a shared mindset and capabilities

Understand available frameworks, implement them, critically analyse them to suggest improvements and new models that can benefit all stakeholders.

Work titles you can get after completing this program
Chief Executive Officer, salary greater than £150,000
Strategic planning director, salary great than £120,000
Chief Operating Officer, salary greater than £122,000
Strategic implementation leader, salary greater than £100,000
Product design leader, salary greater than £90,000
President of Operations, salary greater than £100,000
Entrepreneur, salary No Limit £££
and many more...

How our program prepares you to be a leader

Evidence based initiative

Research & Publication Residency

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Residency

Research Areas Examples

Choose the area of your expertise. We have expert supervisors in area of management, technology including data science and healthcare

Marketing

Marketing professionals can employ scientific methods to study topics in areas e.g. cconsumer behavior analysis, digital marketing trends, impact assessment of social media on consumer choices, branding strategies in competitive markets, market segmentation, influencer marketing, CRM, etc.

Finance & Investment

Research areas for finance professionals include behavioral finance, fintech, impacting financial services, sustainable finance addressing ESG investing, risk management in volatile markets, and corporate finance examining capital structure optimization, etc.

Human Resources

In HR, research can cover talent acquisition strategies, diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, employee engagement, performance management system effectiveness, HR technology advancements, HR analytics, etc

Supply Chain & Operations

Supply chain and operations research areas include supply chain optimization models, sustainable logistics practices, inventory management strategies, blockchain applications in supply chains, risk mitigation in global sourcing, lean and agile manufacturing methodologies, circular economy implementation, and technology-driven supply chain disruptions, etc.

Healthcare

In healthcare, research can explore healthcare innovation and technology adoption, patient-centered care models, healthcare delivery optimization, health informatics and data analytics for decision-making, health policy and regulation impacts, cost-effectiveness of treatments, telemedicine efficacy, mental health interventions, and healthcare disparities.

International Business

Research in international business can explore cross-cultural management strategies, global market entry modes, international trade policies' impact on businesses, multinational corporations' governance structures, global supply chain management, foreign market analysis, international finance and currency risk management, etc.

Quality or Project Management

Quality management research areas encompass total quality management (TQM) effectiveness, Six Sigma applications in different industries, ISO standards implementation impact, continuous improvement methodologies like Kaizen, quality control in manufacturing processes, supply chain quality assurance, quality metrics in service industries, and customer satisfaction measurement, etc.