Doctorate
Business Administration (DBA)

(4 Years)

Overview

Turn your career into a qualification; if you are a middle or senior manager our Professional Doctorate in Business Administration is designed so you can study part-time while you work and apply your learning directly to your professional practice.

On this course you will carry out advanced and comprehensive research into a key aspect of business administration, underpinned by a series of taught modules.

When you study for a Professional Doctorate at UWL you will join the international research and learning community of our collaborative research groups and Research Centres. We offer an integrated professional doctorate scheme which allows you to engage with professionals from different sectors and reflect on what is shared across professional boundaries

Course Detail & Modules

This course allows you to develop an interdisciplinary specialism in your area of business interest. You will analyse research and practical-based experiences around the challenges of strategic leadership, management and governance. The aim of the course is to transform interested learners into highly sought after business professionals. Throughout the course we will support your personal and professional development to enhance your career advancement or change.

Each taught module is delivered over the course of a single weekend. Teaching is carried out through lectures and smaller seminars and workshops where the emphasis is on discussion. Tutorials are face-to-face and online and your supervisor and tutors will support your independent study and writing of your thesis.

We provide a supportive research environment and you will be part of the UWL Graduate School which supports all research students and coordinates research activity across the university. In addition you will have full access to UWL student support, including life-long careers advice.

Fees

Fees: £13000
Payable over 3 equal instalments in years 1, 2 and 3

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Admission Requirements

You will normally need:

a good first degree (first or upper second class) or equivalent in a
relevant field
a Master’s Degree with Merit or Distinction or equivalent
professional experience
a minimum IELTS score (International English Language Testing System) of 6.5 (with no element under 6.0) or equivalent. You are exempt from this requirement if you have a previous degree obtained in the UK.

Study & Career Progression

Studying for a doctorate will help you to develop research skills and evidence-based practice within your professional area. A doctorate qualification can help you to develop your role in your current career, secure a promotion or facilitate a career change.
Completion of a professional doctorate will also allow you to progress into a postdoctoral research role.

Applications

You can apply online at any time by following the link below
https://www.uwl.ac.uk/course/postgraduate/doctorate-business-administration?start=309&option=34
The application form will ask you for some information about:
/ what you want to study
/ your previous qualifications or experience
/ your references
/ how we can contact you.
Want to learn more about the programme and about how to apply?
Contact the CIM team at info@cima.ac.cy / 00357 22778475

Year 1

Semester 1 Module 1 One academic advisor allocated
Semester 2 Module 2
Semester 3 Module 3 Postgraduate Certificatein Professional Practice (100 Credits)

Year 2

Semester 1 Module 4
Semester 2 Module 5
Semester 3 Module 6 Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice
(200 Credits)
i. Passed all modules
ii. Present Proposal to the CLBS Doctoral supervisors’ panel
iii. Two supervisors allocated
iv. Proceed to DBA thesis

Year 3

DBA Thesis

i. Keep research log, review by supervisors regularly (at least once a month)
ii. Obtain Research Ethics approval from the University
ii. Present work to CLBS Doctoral supervisors’ panel annually

Year 4

DBA Thesis

i. Keep research log, review by supervisors regularly (at least once a month)
ii. Present work to CLBS Doctoral supervisors’ panel annually

Year 5

DBA Thesis Viva

Student can submit the Thesis anytime between the ends of Year 4 and Year 5

Module Summary

Strategic Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

This module covers strategy formation, entrepreneurial manifestation of the strategy and the mitigation of risks by integrating conceptual, empirical and case methods in order to ensure that these perspectives are simultaneously considered. This is achieved using lectures, tutorials, interactive exercises, case studies and readings in a participatory and interactive manner. The prior experience of students and their local business or employment setting will act as a basis for the further development and growth of each student. The module assumes prior knowledge of these concepts based on previous experience

Professionalism in Social Context

This module will help the students to develop the skills and knowledge for contemporary practice in their chosen professional field. They will identify the capabilities, attributes and authority they bring to the programme and what makes them the professional they are with their own unique practice developed with time and experience. The module will develop this knowledge by investigating the development of the professional in the wider social context and how this has affected the particular area of study. By combining multiple professional environments into a single course, it will enable the module to investigate professionalism more widely and share practice from a range of professional environments. It will particularly look at how professions and professionals respond to political, social and economic change through the lens of policy development and implementation.

Methods of Professional Enquiry and Research

This module is to enable you to develop your theoretical, methodological and research skills to enhance your ability to conduct rigorous research and reach to sound analytical conclusions, which can form the basis for the development of effective service delivery in professional organisations.

Executive Leadership: Critical Reflection and Perspectives

This module takes students through a leadership journey that challenges current practice to review personal and organisational leadership performance. The starting point of this module is that all leaders, including the exceptional ones, benefit from self-awareness and emotional intelligence so they can lead in a more effective and inspiring manner. This module explores this topic in the context Doctorate in Business Administration 9 Distance Learning of specific business environments and the contributing variables of ambiguity and uncertainty. This module starts with advanced underlying principles but progresses into a self or organisational reflective approach based on empirical data and current trends for local, national and global leadership approaches.

Connecting Research and Practice

This module is to introduce the students to the operational and strategic issues that they are likely to face when conducting and implementing research in professional practice. They will learn how to clearly differentiate between the professional researcher and professional practitioner roles and will explore the challenges of undertaking research in a professional setting.

Evaluating Data in the Professions

This module is to enable the students to develop their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research skills, to enhance their ability to conduct rigorous research, analyse data and reach sound analytical conclusions, which can form the basis for the development of effective service delivery in professional organisations.

DBA Thesis

Underlying the core of the doctoral course is the research project undertaken by the student. The designated supervisors will support with the student to plan and deliver the project in a timely fashion. Each student will be required to submit and present a formal research proposal and a research plan to the School Doctoral supervisors’ Panel after finished all 6 taught modules. QAA (2016), Status of the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in the UK: “The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) sits on the highest level of The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree Awarding Bodies (level 8 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and level 12 in Scotland). The DBA is an award which meets the qualification descriptor for this level in full. All UK doctorates, regardless of their form, require the main focus of the candidate’s work to demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge in their subject, field or profession, through original research or the original application of existing knowledge or understanding.”

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Doctorate
Business Administration (DBA)

(4 Years)

Overview

Course Detail & Modules

Fees

Entry Level

Duration

Accreditation

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Admission Requirements

Study & Career Progression

Applications

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Module Summary

Strategic Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Professionalism in Social Context

Methods of Professional Enquiry and Research

Executive Leadership: Critical Reflection and Perspectives

Connecting Research and Practice

Evaluating Data in the Professions

DBA Thesis

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Doctorate Business Administration (DBA)

(4 Years)

Overview

Course Detail & Modules

Fees

Entry Level

Duration

Accreditation

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Contact

Admission Requirements

Study & Career Progression

Applications

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