Doctor of Business Administration

Challenging, flexible and global – The SP Jain DBA is research in action.

SP Jain’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a 3-year doctoral program designed to meet the needs of high-achieving professionals who wish to enhance their business education through original research. The program includes topics specifically assigned to build your research skills and competencies in advanced areas of management and helps you develop the business expertise and technological prowess you need to advance your career.

The program builds on the business acumen of previously undertaken graduate studies, using global intelligence as a tool to solve business problems. It inspires you to develop new perspectives and approach business in an innovative way; it offers you the opportunity to study a real business issue in depth and immediately apply that knowledge in your working life, directly improving commercial outcomes within your organisation and beyond.

You can complete the program in three years full-time, or part-time in an equivalent period, and study online or at our campus in Sydney. The program offers all the academic rigour of a traditional PhD but is largely tailored to corporate executives and researchers who want a qualification that is practical and relevant to the organisation they work for.

DBA students who opt to study on-campus in Sydney may be able to continue to live and work in Australia by applying for a post-study work visa of up to 4 years upon completing the degree*

*As an on-campus international student, you may be able to continue to live and work in Australia temporarily following the completion of your doctoral degree at SP Jain. While graduating students can apply for a post-study work visa of up to 4 years per the current immigration guidelines, it is not a guaranteed program outcome. Please check the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs website regularly for eligibility, more information and updates.