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. 

 

 


 

DBA Perspectives

Thought Leadership

 

 


Highlights

3
Years

Duration 

EN

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

DBA Class 2024-2027 (8th Edition)

30
Participants

40% Women

22
Countries Represented

Int'l Students: 86,6% 

25
Years

Average Professional Experience

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?  

I wanted to update my knowledge on business administration courses and to acquire research skills while also working. This program fulfills these needs, plus it holds a triple accreditation and the university is highly ranked. I consider the state of the art campuses an added value.

 

How is this choice satisfying your needs?

Although it is early to judge since we only have completed the 1st residential module, the program is modern and classic, theoretical and practical, well paced, demanding but manageable, customized to individual needs even from the application process. The Professors are enthusiastic and help us grasp challenging notions, beyond the text provided. Also, I continuously receive prompt and to the point support from my thesis Advisor, she guides me on how to structure my dissertation and which papers I should focus on.

 

Would you recommend this program? If yes why?

Certainly, it is a development opportunity offering breadth and depth of knowledge and skills, and networking. Milan contributes to a holistic educational experience as it offers rich cultural venues, it is clean and the citizens are polite.

 

Your program in 3 words:

Innovative, inquisitive, personalized.

Dorina Klepetouna - Greek
DBA 2019-2022
HR Manager, Archirodon

DBA is not only an educational journey but more of an exploratory venture. The international aspect of SDA Bocconi challenges me to look at every business concept and every function through the eyes of a learner, a researcher and a scholar seeking to find opportunities for improvement.

Amadou Sow - Guinean
DBA 2017-2020
Accelerator Lab Network Specialist - Regional Advisor for Africa, UNDP
Upcoming face-to-face meetings
4
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
Orientation Meetings - New York
Language ENGLISH
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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

News & Social

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22 January 2024
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