DBA Doctor of Business Administration

Course Overview

The degree of Doctor of Business Administration is awarded on the basis of submission of a thesis and the completion of coursework consisting of six papers. The coursework is an integral and constitutive part of the thesis research of the degree.

Key Program Highlights

• It is expected that some of the work in the thesis will be worthy of publication.
• The programme is offered through a combination of Distance Learning and on-campus workshops in English from the University of Otago, Dunedin.
• Candidates must attend a one-week orientation workshop in Dunedin at the beginning of their first academic year, and must attend a four-day residential school, at the end of specified papers in the coursework component.
• For each year, the approved locations shall normally be confirmed prior to the opening of enrolments for individual papers.
• The degree of Doctor of Business Administration is awarded on the basis of submission of a thesis and the completion of coursework consisting of six papers.