DBA - combine research with a corporate career
The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) is a program that combines training and research projects. Its mission is to enhance the career paths of executives and business leaders and to enable them to acquire new professional and academic knowledge.
Program
The DBA is a 3-year program enabling professionals to take courses including research training, whilewriting their professional thesis.
Focus course modules
Course modules are delivered in the form of research seminars anddoctoral workshops.
Modalities of the training
- 1st year: distance learning
Elaboration of the research project and epistemology as well as research methodology
- 2nd year: distance learning
Empirical part and field research
- 3rd year: distance learning
Writing and defense of the professional thesis
Throughout the program, you will be accompanied and monitored individually by a university lecturer and researcher.
A DBA for which public?
To enter the DBA program at istec, candidates must:
- Hold an MBA (Master of Business in Administration) or equivalent
- Have accumulated 3 years of professional experience
- Have a research idea for the thesis.
Why take a DBA?
By choosing a DBA, business executives gain new skills such as:
- The assimilation of new scientific and research knowledge,
- The ability to provide academic and professional insight into complex management science issues,
- The ability to communicate about one’s work to an audience of academics and professionals,
- The ability to apply and transmit new knowledge in the workplace,
- The understanding and application of techniques applicable to academic research in management sciences,
- The ability to work in complex organizational environments.
The benefits of producing a thesis are numerous for the doctoral student:
- Reorient your career, develop new skills and sharpen your intellectual curiosity,
- Apply the rigor of academic research to contemporary business issues,
- Question and improve existing practices, strategies and business models in order to develop the entrepreneurial orientation of one’s career.
At the end of the 3 years, the doctoral student will have achieved a high level of professional and academic skills development.
Our Online DBA in partnership with Jiangsu Online International Education
Specializations offered:
- Digital Transformation
- Innovation Management
- Human Resource Management
- Health Management
- International Supply Chain Management
- Corporate Finance
Please complete the file and return it to the following email address istec-dba@online-edu-gpa.com
Our DBA in partnership with Exeed College
Our DBA in partnership with UCMT
Together with UCMT, Istec has developed the following DBA programs in China :
- DBA in Enterprise Management (DBA-EM)
- DBA in Finance (FDBA)
- DBA in Culture Management (DCM)
- DBA in Intelligent Manufacturing (DBA-IM)
- DBA in Education Management (DEM)
UCMT/Istec programs are offered in several cities in China and are taught in Mandarin and English. The professors are recruited internationally and among them are istec professors, who teach several courses during the year, which allows a constant sharing of good practices and quality control. The program also includes one or more periods of study in Paris, where students attend conferences with prestigious professors and speakers, visit companies, and carry out exercises to put their new knowledge into practice.
To apply for one of our partner UCMT/Istec DBA, click here
