KMU Akademie

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA/Dr.)

Admission requirements DBA/Dr.

Extensive professional experience and the completion of a Diplom, Magister or Master's degree (300 ECTS) or another equivalent degree from a recognized domestic or foreign tertiary educational institution.

subject of research

The subject areas in the field of economics and management:

• banking and insurance
• education management
• Digitization / Big Data
• energy
• financing
• health Management
• Human Resource Management
• Real estate management
• Management of SMEs or corporate governance
• marketing
• logistics
• sustainability management
• Public administration and management
• restructuring
• Sport management
• tourism management
• environmental management
• Management consultancy
• Corporate Social Responsibility

structure of the course

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA/Dr.) distance learning course lasts at least three to a maximum of seven years, is divided into two phases and ends with 180 ECTS. The following achievements must be completed as part of the course (in this order):

Access to studies:

• Transmission of the registration documents
• Review of submitted documents by a member of the academic committee
• Receive notification of admission to the course within three months
• Transmission of the admission to the doctoral candidate
• Transfer of the tuition fees by the doctoral candidate
• Submission of access data to the online portals and enrollment at Middlesex University
• Submission of a disposition paper in which the doctoral candidate specifies the research project
• Establishing and contacting the assigned advisor
• Signing of the dissertation agreement and confirmation of supervision by the doctoral candidate and advisor

Stage 1:

• Reflection on the course of education and the professional vita (incl. scientific work)
• Individual study examination (incl. scientific research and research methods)
• Approval, presentation and evaluation Exposé

Stage 2:

• Dissertation (proof of ability to independently deal with scientific issues)
• Defensio (presentation and defense of the dissertation in front of a panel)

Graduation:

• Graduation ceremony and presentation of the decree

The university reserves the right to make changes to the course of studies.