comprehensive, research-intensive and high-level education, enhancing your managerial practice. You co-create and interpret new, actionable knowledge through original research at the forefront of an area of practice or academic discipline, combining advanced study with professional experience.
All DBA lecturers are research-active and able to supervise academic and practical research topics, with a range of expertise including human resource management, organisation behaviour, innovation and marketing.
Career opportunities
Typically, graduates move into senior management and strategic leadership roles, internal consultant/project leadership roles or external consultancy roles. Applicants are expected to be relatively senior business-based professionals at the point of entry, so while the course allows you to build on existing experience and skills, it develops you further as a research-informed leader.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Advanced Research Project
- Critical Issues in Policy, Organisation and Management Research
- Interdisciplinary Research Design for Doctoral Students
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- You must have a master's degree in a subject relating to business and/or management, as well as over 3 years' management experience and an appropriate position in the workplace.
- If your first language is not English, you need to satisfy the English language requirements which are a minimum overall score of 6.5 IELTS and 5.5 in each area.
- You must also complete a short research proposal.
- All prospective students will be interviewed. Applicants must show they have recent and relevant study or practice in the field of business and/or management.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
International: 23,290 AUD / year (≈ 12,375 GBP / year)
Domestic: 18,585 AUD / year (≈ 9,875 GBP / year)
Part-time full course fee: £19,750 for UK applicants
