The Global DBA is a three year applied research based executive doctoral programme. It offers participants the opportunity to obtain the highest-level postgraduate qualifications in business and management field without interrupting their careers.
The Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) offers doctoral business degree training to business leaders and enables them to succeed in accomplishing a high standard of applied research work on an avant-gardist topic that is relevant and critical to the future success of their businesses or the business world.
This programme comprises nine research seminars along with directed reading and a combination of online tuition and face-to-face teaching, enabling students to successfully defend their thesis at the end of the three-year programme.
In 2020, Analytics India Magazine ranks our DBA programme in first place among the Top Global Doctoral Programme.
Global DBA students
The Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) offers doctoral business degree training to business leaders and enables them to succeed in accomplishing a high standard of applied research work on an avant-gardist topic that is relevant and critical to the future success of their businesses or the business world.
This programme comprises nine research seminars along with directed reading and a combination of online tuition and face-to-face teaching, enabling students to successfully defend their thesis at the end of the three-year programme with the following aims:
This programme is worth 200 ECTs with 9 teaching modules entailing 216 teaching hours.
Semester 1
Semester 2
* Tracks offered during this module may give particular focus to culturally-specific business issues and challenges of the country of the partner institution. These challenges might relate to different sectors, industries, or companies and are at the centre stage of applied research.
Doctoral Thesis
Key deliverables:
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Dr. Emerson Luis Galina, Global Chief Operating Officer Benteler Group, DBA Cohort 2
“The DBA was the opportunity to reach the upper academic level and connect it to my vast professional experience. This helped me to enhance my academic background and support my professional career development. Now I feel prepared for the challenges ahead and to navigate my company through these turbulent economic moments and industrial transformations.”
Dr. Rodrigo NAVARRO, Senior Consultant, DBA Cohort 2
“I chose the DBA programme to deepen my knowledge on specific topics like research, and to capture synergies derived from the interaction with top academy members and different scholars, aiming for insights to be used in my professional activities. Rennes SB DBA programme’s flexibility, academic rigor and quality is certainly unique.”