Our doctoral program is built on real-world business challenges. Students take the knowledge and skills they learn in class and continually test them, and themselves, through practical application.
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Program Details
The Hult DBA is a 30-month (2.5 year) program with a combination of on-campus residencies at our campuses around the world and structured online learning that can be completed anywhere. Our unique educational approach takes you beyond business to study every topic through a global lens, master working cross-culturally, leverage disruptive technologies to shape the future, and develop the deep self-awareness needed to lead effectively and with confidence.
Key outcomes
Create new tools for business management
Unearth seminal insights specific to your life and career
Solve real-world problems pertinent to you
Take your skills and mindset right to the top of business education
Gain practical expertise and academic recognition
Advance your career or transition into teaching or consulting
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Dissertation Construction
This course provides individualized support and feedback to students as they assemble all of their work into a single written dissertation. This includes a revision of the conceptual paper and its literature review to align with the student's subsequent analyses and conclusions.
Duration: 3 months
Dissertation Defense
To conclude their research training, students will present their entire work to a panel of academic researchers who will evaluate the student's contributions to academic theory. At the conclusion of this course, students will have completed all of the requirements of the program and will graduate with a Doctorate of Business Administration.
Duration: 3 months
Faculty at Hult are focused on helping students apply tools and theories to solve major, contemporary business problems. The faculty selected to teach the Doctorate in Business Administration are award-winning researchers in both academic and practitioner-related channels. Meet the esteemed DBA design team below.
We are looking for DBA candidates who are curious. People who want to develop research skills that can have an impact not just on the development of theory, but to help solve real problems. They also need an appetite for learning in a fast-paced, dynamic, and innovative business school
Dr. Vicki Culpin
Professor of Organizational Behavior
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