Program Overview

Doctor of Business Administration DBA

Key Facts

• Level: Postgraduate PG DBA
• Duration: Full Time: 3-5 years, Part Time: 4-6 Years
• Starting: September
• UK Fees 25/26 >: See Fees Section
• International Fees 25/26 >: See Fees Section
• Location >: Waterside

Overview

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a prestigious professional doctorate that is equivalent in academic standing to a PhD. As one of the longstanding courses within the Faculty of Business and Law, the DBA features a distinguished alumni network, with graduates holding senior leadership positions around the globe.

Recently revalidated, the DBA programme strongly emphasises impact-oriented research and the professional development of its participants. The DBA at Northampton is designed to support executive development by enhancing professional practice through rigorous, applied research. Participants will gain contemporary research intelligence, develop evidence-based decision-making abilities, and cultivate responsible leadership alongside advanced critical thinking and analytical skills.

The programme empowers professionals to conduct high-impact research within their organisations/ industries, driving innovation and meaningful strategic change. The DBA is offered both part-time and full-time – with the full time route open to home and international students. Our Doctor of Business Administration programme adopts an active-blended learning model, combining flexible learning with close, one-to-one supervision and promoting a collaborative environment through valuable networking opportunities.

Highlights

• This DBA is aligned with QAA guidance and standards of Level 8 study
• Contributes to professional practice through impactful, real-world research
• Develops responsible leadership and executive effectiveness
• Provides contemporary research intelligence and competence development
• Facilitates consistent pastoral care from the start of the programme.
• Full-time route open to both Home and International students.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must generally meet the following criteria:

1. Academic Qualifications: Applicants must be able to Accredit Prior Certified Learning (APCL) of 180 credits at Level 7, typically a Master’s degree in a relevant subject completed within the last 10 years prior to enrolment.
2. Professional Experience: Significant leadership experience and potential currency in recent roles.
3. Employment Role: Experience in a leadership or managerial position that can support achieving the course learning outcomes.

Course Content

The DBA provides the opportunity for you to cultivate the skills needed to find better solutions for intractable problems and develop new paradigms for the increasingly complex, turbulent and interconnected business environment by:

• honing your critical thinking and analytical skills to identify the core or real-world business issues
• delivering the opportunity to be a reflective practitioner and develop as a responsible leader
• providing you with contemporary research skills to deliver impact-oriented research
• refining your capability to evaluate evidence on which to base decisions
• developing your ability to produce robust and impactful research to contribute to professional practice
• strategising dissemination plans and creating potential opportunities to influence policy/area of practice

Fees and Funding

2025/26 Tuition Fees

Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 25/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

• UK Full Time: Years 1-3 £8,200
• UK Part Time: Year 1-4: £6,000 per year
• International Full Time: Years 1-3: £11,200
• International Distance: Years 1-4: £7,500 per year

Staff

• Emmanuel Vanger - Senior Lecturer in Project Management
• Ngozi Ibeji - Senior Lecturer in Banking & Finance
• Muhammad Khan - Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Mgmt & OB
• Joyce Ayeni - Senior Lecturer in Banking & Finance
• Nadeem Aftab - Senior Lecturer in Accounting
• George Kapaya - Associate Professor of AI for Business & Strategy
• Tatiana Gherman - Head of HRM & Organisational Behaviour
• Ade Otukoya - Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Management
• Maged Zakher - Senior Lecturer in Business Entrepreneurship
• Rebecca Fakoussa - Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management
• Marcella Daye - Senior Lecturer in Hospitality & Tourism Management
• Nick Naumov - Senior Lecturer in Accounting
• Ouarda Dsouli - Senior Lecturer in Leadership & Organisational Behaviour
• Divya Shukla - Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Rahul Mor - Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Mgmt
• Ade Ige-Olaobaju - Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Al-Amin Dabo - Senior Lecturer in International Business
• Chijioke Uba - Senior Lecturer in Project Management

Careers and Employability

DBA facilitates the expertise in your respective area of research and permits you to be established as a credible individual in your organization. The program prepares you to enhance your career opportunities in your existing career or allows you to transition to academia as well. It will permit you to be an effective executive with joining possibilities of multiple professionals such as management consultants, research executives and chief executive officers, practice-oriented professors, etc.

Campus Facilities

By choosing the University of Northampton to study your Doctor of Business Administration DBA, you will have access to our on-campus study areas, facilities, and services.

Related Courses

• Master of Business Administration MBA
• Executive Master of Business Administration MBA
• Executive Master of Business Administration (Top-Up) MBA