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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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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

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

What impressed me most is the academic rigour of the professors, their passion for the area of expertise as well as their availability and willingness to support. And, thanks to DBA, I have made friends for life: the colleagues on the program!

Franco Valletta - Maltese
DBA 2017-2020
Group Chief Officer - Organisation Development & HR, Corinthia Hotels

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
12
Mar 2025 14:00 - 19:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - Roma
Language ITALIAN / ENGLISH
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13
Mar 2025 09:00 - 15:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - Roma
Language ITALIAN / ENGLISH
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Upcoming online sessions
23
Jan 2025 13:30 - 14:30 | CET
Inside the DBA Classroom: Perspectives from the DBA Director, Admissions Officer and Current Candidates
Language ENGLISH
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5
Mar 2025 13:30 - 14:30 | CET
Meet the DBA Faculty: A Conversation with the DBA Director, Admissions Officer and Faculty Members
Language ENGLISH
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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

29 May 2025
Application Deadline
6 Oct 2025
Program Start
Dec 2028
Program End

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