Course Information
- 23 Oct 2023 (Mon)
(Early Bird and Payment Options (for 2023 intake)
Applicants enrolling early in the Executive DBA program will benefit from a Round 1 Early Bird discount of 15% of their tuition fees (limited to 10 seats). To avail of this Early Bird rate, applicants will need to submit their application, take their admissions interview, and return their admissions documents along with their full tuition fees (select option A as payment method) by 31 March 2023 latest, i.e. €38,173.50.
Applicants enrolling in the second Early Bird round will benefit from a Round 2 Early Bird discount of 10% of their tuition fees (limited to 10 seats). To avail of this Early Bird rate, applicants will need to submit their application, take their admissions interview, and return their admissions documents along with their full tuition fees (select option A as payment method) by 31 May 2023 latest, i.e. €40,419.
Applicants enrolling in the third Early Bird round will benefit from a Round 3 Early Bird discount of 5% of their tuition fees (limited to 10 seats). To avail of this Early Bird rate, applicants will need to submit their application, take their admissions interview, and return their admissions documents along with their full tuition fees (select option A as payment method) by 31 July 2023 latest, i.e. €42,664.50.)
Course Overview
- Interactive ‘Learning Labs’ designed by Harvard research fellow, Maurizio Travaglini, provides a reflective and agile learning experience
- ‘Learning Labs’ facilitates mutual peer support amongst an international class of executives
- Research Methods Modules – Help thinkers like you ground practice in frameworks, concepts, models and research
- Achievable Degree – A doctoral project with three papers only (research article, teaching case and embedded case study) that helps organize your thoughts in stages
- High Academic Standard – published article(s) in peer-reviewed journals
- Time Effective Schedule – 4 Residential Learning Sessions in the Executive Campus in Paris in the first year (starting in October 2023 and three sessions in 2024)
- The program runs for 4 years and is achievable in 3 years
- The École des Ponts Business School E-DBA program is accredited by the International Association of MBAs (AMBA)
- The École des Ponts Business School is also a proud member of the Executive DBA Council (EDBAC)
What You’ll Learn
Following completion of the four research methods modules, the doctoral writing labs and the submission of a research proposal, the final requirement, prior to receiving the Executive Doctorate of Business Administration, is writing three discrete research projects and defending them Viva Voce (orally) in front of a doctoral defense committee.
The School has chosen an innovative Executive Doctorate of Business Administration “dissertation” approach. Executive Doctorate of Business Administration candidates typically choose to write three papers that together constitute the doctoral dissertation. Each paper is supervised and vetted by an appointed dissertation faculty, who mentors each doctoral candidate through the process. One of the three papers must be considered publishable quality and intended for publication in a respected (listed) journal following an established peer-review process.