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Qualification
DBA - Doctor of Business Administration
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Part time
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Start date
SEP-21
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Duration
4 years
Course summary
Our Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) is our flagship programme in business and management. It’s designed for private and public sector management professionals – typically at a senior or executive level – who want to advance their careers through a doctoral degree, while continuing their career.
When you join our DBA course, you'll experience an intensive taught phase before conducting applied, work-based research that deals with topics that are directly relevant to your organisation.
So as you learn, you'll develop your professional knowledge and skills to help solve concrete organisational problems in your current workplace – benefiting both your employers and your own career.
DBA students can:
- Experience a unique approach to intellectual inquiry emphasising the integration of theory and practice
- Conduct practice-oriented research
- Contribute to applied management knowledge
- Develop intellectually and personally as an individual, as an executive and as a contributor to the professional community
- Gain a prestigious doctoral degree achieved through a rigorous, structured and comprehensive educational experience
The benefits of a DBA
The DBA is aimed at senior professionals with postgraduate qualifications who wish to take their management and professional development to new levels, add to their professional body of knowledge and further develop their own management careers.
The research focus of the DBA addresses real business issues, with the results providing professional outcomes that are of direct relevance to your organisation. Research is both theoretical and practical. The DBA thesis is comparable to a PhD in terms of effort, rigour, and contribution to knowledge, supervision and assessment.
Modules
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University information

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Campus address
University of Portsmouth, University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, England
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Subject ranking
44th out of 123
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Entry standards
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10084 84%18th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.98 80%59th
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