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Doctorate in Business Administration

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SDA Bocconi School of Management

Thought Leadership.

Next Start 6 Oct 2025
Duration 3 Years
Language English
Format Modular
(Residential and Virtual Modules)
Avg. working
experience 25 years
Where Milano

The DBA is a 3-year part-time program aimed at business professionals who want to be Thought Leaders in their organizations by applying academic research to concrete managerial problems. 

 

 

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DBA Perspectives

Thought Leadership

 

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Highlights

3
Years

Duration 

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Language

4 + 4

Residential Modules + Virtual Modules
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EDAMBA

DBA is member of the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management & Business Administration (EDAMBA)
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Scholarships and Tuition Waivers

7 TUITION WAIVERS AVAILABLE FOR 2025-2028 DBA EDITION

 

 

DBA Class 2024-2027 (8th Edition)

30
Participants

40% Women

22
Countries Represented

Int'l Students: 86,6% 

25
Years

Average Professional Experience

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What about taking the time to sit back and reflect on what your experience has taught you so far? And what about leveraging this opportunity to develop new knowledge that is both relevant to managerial practice and rigorous according to academic standards? Our DBA at SDA Bocconi is a program perfectly tailored to these needs, thanks to its vision, its structure, and its collaboration with our internationally renowned faculty.

 

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Giada Di Stefano
Director

What They Say About Us

Why did you choose to undertake the SDA Bocconi DBA?

A top school with superb pedigree, programme flexibility that recognizes and respects my parallel engagements, underlined by newness which brings with it the opportunity and openness to evolve.

 

How is this choice satisfying your needs?

A bit too early to say...

 

Would you recommend this program? If yes why?

As above...

 

Your program in 3 words:

Exceptional forum (of) minds

David Friedman - Swiss
DBA 2019-2022
Director, Multi-Brand Strategy and Brand Governance, AGCO EME

If you're doing a DBA, you want to be surrounded by experts in research, faculty who are well-published and globally recognized: so far, that's been the case. And then, who doesn't want to study in Milan? This is an amazing city, so I'm so delighted to be in Milan and at SDA Bocconi.

Leslie Ann Taylor - American
DBA 2017-2020
Full-Time Researcher and Lecturer, Formerly External Relations & Head, Special Projects, Lee Kong Chian School Of Business, Singapore
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Upcoming face-to-face meetings
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Apr 2025 14:00 - 19:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - New York
Language ENGLISH
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Apr 2025 09:00 - 14:00 | LOCAL TIME
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Contacts

Recruiting and Admissions Service
Via Sarfatti, 10 - 20136 Milan, Italy
tel +39 02 5836 3115
admissions.dba@sdabocconi.it

Next Steps

30 Jan 2025
Application Review Start

Admissions

27 Mar 2025
1st Tuition Waiver Deadline
29 May 2025
Final Tuition Waiver & Application Deadline
6 Oct 2025
Program Start
Dec 2028
Program End

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