Online Doctorate of Business Administration
Clermont-Ferrand, France
PhD
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English, French
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Oct 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
Nov 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 11,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
The Clermont School of Business’s DBA has been designed around several ambitions.
An academic ambition, first of all, since the School and its partners aim to bring DBA participants, professionals and students alike, into the world of management science research in an international context.
Secondly, it is a scientific ambition, since this program aims to bring together major theories in management sciences and business practices, and to enable, through appropriate support, monitoring, and research framework, the conduct of research that directly concerns the professional activity of participants and the problems of their organisation.
Finally, a shared ambition of educational commitment: that of university partners who position themselves on the international scene and of populations who wish to have access to very high-level training courses that are recognized throughout the world.
Our differences
- Acquire advanced theoretical skills in management sciences
- Developing methodological research skills
- To conduct rigorous and relevant research that is interesting and useful for managers and companies.
- Developing a scientific approach to management
- Valuing his DBA thesis in the form of publications in academic journals
Strengths
- A program over 3 years with the possibility of a one-year extension.
- Courses in French and/or English
- Possibility of writing in French and English
- Online modules and access to resources and databases
Pedagogy
Individual follow-up: 5 follow-up appointments of 2 hours with the DBA supervisor each year.
Diploma requirements:
- Writing a DBA thesis accepted by the DBA Supervisory Committee
- Successfully defend the DBA thesis before a scientific committee of experts
Year 1 in detail:
Doctoral courses
- Fundamentals of epistemology
- Research methodology
- The world of research
- The literature review
- The theoretical framework
- The empirical framework
- Writing the thesis
- Major theories in management science
- Marketing
- Organisations
- Human Resources
- Strategy
- Finance
DBA Thesis Workshops
- Research follow-up workshop
- Workshop 1: Research issues
- Workshop 2: Literature review
- Workshop 3: theoretical framework
- Drafting and presentation of the first research
- Writing of the first literary review
- Elaboration of a summary of the literature review for publication format
- Presentation of the problematic and the theoretical framework during the DBA DAY
Pedagogy
Individual follow-up: 5 follow-up appointments of 2 hours with the DBA supervisor each year.
Diploma requirements:
- Writing a DBA thesis accepted by the DBA Supervisory Committee
- Successfully defend the DBA thesis before a scientific committee of experts
Year 2 in detail:
Doctoral courses
- Training in qualitative methodology
- Theory + software manipulation (Nvivo)
- Training in quantitative methodology
- Theory + software manipulation (SPSS)
- Training – valorization of research work
- How to publish in scientific journals
- How to present your research work at conferences
- The major theories in management science
- Marketing
- Organisations
- Human Resources
- Strategy
- Finance
DBA Thesis Workshops
- Research follow-up workshop
- Workshop 4: processing of qualitative data
- Workshop 5: processing of quantitative data
- Writing and presentation of research papers
- Writing of the methodological approach and results
- Elaboration of a summary of the methodology and results in publication format
- Presentation of the methodological approach and results during the DBA DAY