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?

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

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
Upcoming face-to-face meetings
17
Jul 2025 09:00 - 18:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - Singapore
Language ENGLISH
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18
Jul 2025 09:00 - 18:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - Singapore
Language ENGLISH
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Next Steps

30 Jan 2025
Application Review Start

Admissions

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

News & Social

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