Universities and Online Degrees Guide

Tshwane University of Technology

Doctor of Business Administration

The Doctor of Business Administration in Business and Management is offered by Tshwane University of Technology.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Doctor of Business Administration offered by the Tshwane University of Technology 

The purpose of this qualification is to develop leaders with impact through ground-breaking business research and workplace innovation.

A DBA is equivalent to a PhD degree, but distinct in that candidates pursue applied research rather than pure theoretical knowledge. The goal of the DBA is to design business solutions that will address real world problems, and then to evaluate, assess and test the effectiveness of those solutions. In this way, the DBA candidate generates new knowledge, which is the ultimate criterion for the award of a doctoral degree.

Candidates for the DBA degree at TSB are carefully selected. This is done to make sure that the research generated will have the maximum impact on business, government and/or society, and also to ensure that candidates can be successfully supervised based on the available expertise and research capacity available to the business school.

TSB reserves the right not to accept a candidate if we are not satisfied that all the criteria have been met and /or if the selected study does not meet any other objectives of the business school.

Mode and Place of Delivery

The degree is awarded solely on the successful completion of a research-based thesis. The minimum period of registration for the DBA is two years.

The student can be anywhere in South Africa, but all services and supervision will be provided from the main TSB campus in Pretoria. The Advanced Research Methodology module will be delivered online.