DBA

Business Administration

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Key facts

  • Program
    Doctorate
  • Duration
    3 years
  • Program
    Online
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    7,000EUR
  • Start date
    Sep

Program overview

What IPAG Business School says about their program:

The DBA is the highest academic distinction in management: the Doctorate In Business Administration (DBA). The programme is aimed at senior and experienced executives. During this course, you first familiarise yourself with the methodology and applied research in management science (1 year) before carrying out your field study and preparing for the defense of your thesis at the end of the course (2 years). Our DBA is an online programme designed for outstanding managers who hold a master’s degree or equivalent with at least five years of professional experience. It aims at developing critical thinking and research with high societal and managerial impacts. A DBA is aimed at experienced managers who want to have an impact in their organisation and in the society by leveraging academic research to solve concrete organisational problems.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • Last three transcripts for the previous two school years.
  • Results of the baccalaureate or transcript of exams and tests.
  • TOEFL and IELTS supporting documents for candidates for a dual diploma in the 3rd year.

Postgraduate academic requirements

  • Diploma or attestation of schooling.
  • Transcripts and copies of previous degrees.

English proficiency

Undergraduate

  • IELTS

    6

  • TOEFL

    80

Postgraduate

  • IELTS

    6.5

  • TOEFL

    80

Documents required

  • Passport
  • Official Transcripts
  • Diploma of previous studies
  • Official translations
  • Personal statement
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • CV
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Fees and funding

Funding

Excellence Scholarship

  • 50% off tuition fees for the first year is granted to all students who have passed the baccalaureate with highest honors and/or to students on state scholarships who have passed the baccalaureate with honors

IPAG Scholarship

  • The school has set up specific scholarships for the Grande École and Bachelor programmes, granted by an allocation committee, subject to means-tested and academic results. This scholarship is available to Grand École Programme, Bachelor and BTS students.

Merit Scholarship

  • Every year, on every campus, the best students on the Grande École Programme outside PGE3 are rewarded for their excellent results in the form of reduced tuition fees.

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    from €8,900 to per year

  • Graduate tuition

    from €16,000 per year

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Visa requirements for IPAG Business School

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