The Edinburgh Business School Degree Programs & Campuses

Our DBA with a specialization in Strategic Focus involves a combination of text-based study, assessed by examination and doctoral level research. This programme is appropriate for students who wish to become professional researchers. The subject or theory area in the DBA is centred on a real business problem and the results provide real working outcomes that are of direct relevance to that business. The DBA thesis is identical to a PhD in terms of effort, rigour, contribution to knowledge, supervision, and examination. The DBA should therefore be seen as a PhD with additional applied study elements.