Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

With a Master’s degree either from HWZ or USQ, you may apply to our DBA program. This offers you a straightforward approach to your dissertation. Depending on the individual situation, you may be able to finish the DBA within three to four years.

Description

Who should do a DBA?

Professionals seeking business careers as independent experts, consultants, heads of research centres or heads of educational institutions.
Individuals interested in writing research reports, academic articles, books or guidelines.
People interested in leading teams of researchers, academics and experts.
People interested in research methods, business analysis, development of new concepts, analytic modelling and data Analysis

Admission

Bachelor & Master degree
Five years leadership experience (project and/or line management)
English skills (test result or native speaker)
Submission of research proposal

Please contact the course director before submitting any documents. Admission to the DBA is limited.

Academic Degree

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Employment

Max. 60 – 80% workload recommended

Location

Zurich; Sihlhof (three-minute walk from Zurich’s main train station)

Duration

Minimum of 3 years, depending on students progress

Language

English

Partner USQ

University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

USQ is a fully accredited Australian Government University which has been in operation since 1967.

More than 25’000 students study with USQ. Of these, 75% study by distance education, in Australia and throughout the world.

Accreditation and recognition

USQ is accredited with the Distance Education Training Council (DETC), an American public service organisation dedicated to identifying quality distance learning institutions. Read more about USQ’s latest success in USQ News.
USQ is accredited with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)

USQ is a recognized university by Swiss ENIC and CRUS (Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities).

Results of accreditation and achievements

Quality assurance and accreditation is done by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the last (excellent) review has been done in 2009.

USQ won in 2004 the Commonwealth of Learning Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement at the 3rd Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning held in Dunedin New Zealand in July 2004. This award recognises and celebrates outstanding achievement and innovation in open and distance learning by an institution of the Commonwealth.

In 2001, UNESCO ranked USQ as the number 1 distance university among 140 institutions.

In 1999, a jury from the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) judged USQ the best dual-mode University in the world, by awarding it the Institutional Prize for Excellence for its global education initiatives and expertise in providing flexible learning opportunities.

Further aspects

Independent surveys prove that USQ students have a very high overall satisfaction rate with the standard of courses and support offered to them.

USQ graduates record higher than average employment rates.

The Australian Good Universities Guide ranked USQ among the top ten Australian universities for graduate employment rates and positive graduate outcomes.

USQ Faculty of Business