Doctorate Degree Programs

Our practical, professional, part-time doctoral programs will teach you the critical thinking and writing skills necessary to become a thought leader.

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Hult Impact Research Labs

Our doctoral students have access to Hult Impact Research Labs to help shape their dissertation topic and find seasoned partners for research, publishing, speaking, and teaching opportunities. Faculty and staff in our Impact Labs partner closely with both our doctorate programs and Lab leaders and research fellows are drawn from their teaching ranks.

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Our intellectual home: Hult Ashridge

Our historic 800-year-old Ashridge campus has been the intellectual home of our doctorates since 2007. Located in Hertfordshire, UK, this stunning campus is a 90-minute drive from Heathrow airport, surrounded by peaceful gardens, green fields, and woodland. Doctoral students have at least one residential module at Ashridge with no more than three residential modules on our other buzzing downtown campuses in the US, UAE, and UK.

Ranked & accredited by the best

Hult is recognized by business education’s three most prestigious international accrediting bodies:


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The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business


The Association of MBAs


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The European Quality Improvement System

We are the first business school in the US to achieve this triple accreditation, which is held by just one percent of business schools worldwide.

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Supported freedom with renowned faculty

We have deep experience in teaching, supporting, advising, and supervising working professionals who seek the major life and career changes represented by pursuing and achieving a doctorate. Your faculty, supervisor and specialized coaches for academic writing and research methodology will guide you to achieve your career ambitions.

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“I started my doctorate in April 2011 against the backdrop of the Arab Spring in Egypt. My dissertation was on the role of business in society: creating space to live the question within the paradox of change.

Doing a doctorate was something I had always wanted to do to “complete” my education, but life happened! I needed a program that would accommodate my busy professional and family obligations. I wanted to validate what I know and open up more options in my career. This part time professional doctorate was a perfect fit. The biggest attraction was the structure and schedule of the program.

The Hult doctorate gave me confidence in myself and opened up a whole new world of teaching, research and professional career opportunities.”


Ghada Howaidy
Doctorate in Organizational Change

Associate Dean for Executive Education & Founder of the Women on Boards Observatory, American University in Cairo School of Business

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DOC faculty at Ashridge Graduation Ceremony, November 2021

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DOC graduates Josephine Mbithi and Debbie Bayntun-Lees

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