PhD in Business Administration
Subang Jaya, Malaysia
DURATION
9 up to 18 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
May 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Introduction
The programme focuses intensively on preparing candidates for academic careers and conducting highly specialised scholarly research, both in theory and application.
The focus will be more on the development of new theories in management, public administration, consulting, economics and several other related business fields.
Programme Highlights
- Internationally benchmarked, approved by the Ministry of Education and accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency.
- Supported with research workshops, research colloquia and research clinics.
- Access to the physical and digital library comprising of around 190,000 e-books, 95,000 e-journals, and 2.4 million e-theses titles accessible anywhere anytime..
- No proposal is needed at the point of entry. Only brief research intent.
- Viva Voce for international students can be done on-campus or off-campus via video conferencing.
- Transfer of candidature is possible if compliant-requirements are fulfilled.
Admissions
Curriculum
Programme Delivery
- Stage 1: Proposal Development
- Stage 2: Data Collection
- Stage 3: Report Writing
- Stage 4: Thesis Examination / Viva Voce
Research Fields
Wholesale and Retail Sales
- Auctioneering
- Buying & selling
- Consumer Services
- Dairy Retailing
- Demonstration Techniques
- Property Sales
- Purchasing, Procurement, & Contracts
- Real-Estate Business
- Retailing Sales Representatives
- Stock-Keeping
- Telephone Selling
- Warehouse
- Wholesaling
Marketing & Advertising
- Advertising
- Market Research
- Marketing
- Merchandising
- Public Relations
- Sales & Marketing
Finance, banking, insurance
- Bank Teller Programmes
- Banking & Finance
- Business Finance
- Finance Theory
- Finance Banking Insurance
- Financial Management
- Insurance Investment Analysis
- Investment & Securities
- Pension Insurance
- Social Insurance
- Stock-Broking
Accounting & Taxation
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Book-Keeping
- Tax Accounting
Management & Administration
- Administration
- Business Administration
- Educational Management
- Employment Management
- Enterprise Training
- Human Resource Management
- Local Public Administration
- Logistic Management
- Management of Education
- Management Science
- Management Skills
- Office Management
- Organisational Theory & Behaviour
- Performance Appraisal
- Personnel Administration
- Public Administration
- Public & Institution Management
- Quality Management Recruitment
- Start Your Own Business Courses
- Training Management
Secretarial & Office Work
- Administration & Secretarial Services
- Business Correspondence
- Clerical Programmes
- Court Reporting
- Data Entry
- Foreign Language Secretarial Programmes
- Information Processing/Data Entry
- Keyboard Skills
- Legal Secretary Programmes & Management
- Management Support Services
- Medical Secretary Programmes
- Office Automation
- Operation of Office Machines
- Receptionist Training
- Secretarial Programmes
Working Life
- Clients’ Needs
- Company Knowledge
- Industrial Relation
- Introductory Courses at Work
- Organisation at Work
- Quality Assurance
- Trade Union Courses (General)
- Work Development
- Working Life
Audit Subject
- Research Methodology
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Qualitative Data Analysis
Program Outcome
At the end of the programme, students are able to:
- Produce original research at the doctoral level.
- Conceptualise, design and implement projects for the generation of significant new knowledge and/or understanding.
- Create, interpret and disseminate knowledge which extends the forefront of the business discipline.
- Make informed judgments on complex issues in specialised business fields and create innovations in tackling and solving problems.
- Appreciate research implications and effectively convey research findings according to business needs.
- Disseminate the research findings by publishing, conducting and participating in academic journals, forums and seminars, etc.