Doctor of Business Administration

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The Doctor of Business Administration (usually followed by the name with DBA, DBA, DrBA or Dr.BA) represents the highest academic degree in the Anglo-Saxon university management education . The degree Doctor of Business Administration was originally from the US American Harvard University and has no direct equivalent in the German higher education system. However, it is increasingly being offered as an extra-occupational doctoral degree from universities and colleges in Germany. This is usually done in cooperation with a recognized and accredited foreign university.

Comparison with PhD and Dr.

Germany

The title Doctor of Business Administration basically corresponds to a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ), but the focus is more on the application of theoretical knowledge in practice. The US Department of Education and the British Economic and Social Research Council recognize the DBA as being equivalent to the Ph.D. on. This has also been the case in Germany since mid-2016. According to the decision of the Conference of Ministers of Education, "DBA" and "Dr." to be regarded as equivalent. The general regulations for recognition also apply to the university degree "Doctor of Business Administration" (DBA). On the Anabin recognition platform , the degree is assigned to the D1 equivalence class, which denotes the full doctoral degree. Anabin is a database of the Conference of Ministers of Education, the acronym stands for "Recognition and evaluation of foreign educational certificates". Thus, the DBA is formally equivalent to a doctorate at a German university. The title can either be in the original abbreviation "DBA" or in the form "Dr." be kept in Germany without any additional subject or origin.

The admission requirements are regulated by the doctoral regulations of the universities. While some colleges and universities have a master's degree with at least “good”, e . For example, if a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or a Master of Science (MSc) is required, most doctoral regulations also require several years of management experience and / or scientific work as well as publications. DBA programs usually last three to six years.

Switzerland

At present, Switzerland has to adhere to the Lisbon Treaties and thus undertakes to accept the university degrees of the awarding partner country in their original form.

PhD versus DBA doctoral studies

There are fundamental differences between PhD and DBA programs. Both promotion concepts pursue different goals and address different target groups. PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees are aimed at younger university graduates, whereas DBA studies are intended exclusively for working decision-making professionals with extensive management experience.

Some universities around the world offer programs with a double degree MBA / DBA in distance learning so that a Master of Business Administration and the Doctor of Business Administration can be completed.

Employment is a compulsory admission requirement for almost all known DBA programs.

As a rule, however, DBA courses are offered part-time, often as so-called blended learning concepts, in which face-to-face phases and distance or online learning alternate.

Executive Doctor of Business Administration

The label Executive DBA indicates that the admission requirement is several years of managerial experience (usually 10 years).

Important criteria for the status of a DBA

Candidates who are interested in an extra-occupational doctoral degree should pay particular attention to the following quality criteria when choosing the DBA program:

  • The doctoral degree and any accompanying additional degrees are awarded exclusively by renowned international, state-recognized universities as part of regular doctoral studies.
  • The doctoral program is based on transparent examination regulations that can be viewed by everyone. In addition, extensive references and testimonials from graduates of the DBA program are available and easily accessible
  • The university that awards the title has a sufficiently large number of scientifically and practically proven professors who are responsible for supervising and evaluating dissertations.
  • Only professors are used as supervisors, first and second reviewers who have first-class references for the discourse area of ​​the doctoral thesis.
  • The publication of successful dissertations in an excellent scientific series is guaranteed.
  • The cost of the DBA program is transparent. There are no hidden costs. All enrollment, supervision and examination fees, especially those of foreign partners, are known to the interested party from the start and are fixed for the duration of the study program.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education, the DBA as equivalent to "Dr." to acknowledge
  2. ↑ DBA vs PhD Differences: Executive Doctorate of Business Administration Programs
  3. ↑ Admissions - . In: École des Ponts Business School . ( pontsbschool.com [accessed January 12, 2018]).

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