CityU's College of Business: International Excellence with Local Relevance

"Have you ever thought about gaining a formal doctoral qualification in business that is prestigious, well recognised, rigorous and yet immensely practical and useful to your business and career goals? If you have, then you need look no further – CityU’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme should be your ideal answer. As the only premier business school in the Greater China area that is triple accredited by AACSB International¹, EQUIS² and AMBA³, CityU’s DBA degree will carry prestigious global recognition.

Given the demands of an increasingly knowledge-based economy, the need for sophisticated business leaders well acquainted with advanced ideas and methods in the field is growing rapidly. They will possess the ability to apply advanced methods in resolving complex strategic issues with the precision and rigor of a scholar. The CityU DBA programme is designed to produce such a new generation of business scholar-practitioners who will be able to lead their organisations to the next threshold of excellence in this increasingly competitive global economy.

From this website, you will find out more about our DBA programme. If you have questions about the programme, please let us know. We are fully committed to helping you realise your own unique goals and visions through the programme."

Prof Matthew Lee
DBA Programme Director
Associate Dean (Research, Postgraduate & Executive Education), College of Business
Chair Professor of Information Systems and E-commerce

A Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree from City University of Hong Kong will help you face the challenges of a fast-changing local economy and maintain a leadership position in a competitive global market. While a traditional PhD programme emphasises making a theoretical contribution to an area of knowledge, the CityU DBA programme focuses on solving real-world business problems through rigorous applied research at the cutting-edge. The CityU DBA programme is for professional managers, senior executives and business entrepreneurs who would like to: generate new management ideas and practices; and learn and apply advanced research techniques to solve complex real-world business and management problems.

1.	AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - its accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools, worldwide.
2.	EQUIS - the European Quality Improvement System - is the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration.
3.	AMBA - The Association of MBAs - is the international impartial authority on postgraduate business education, and its accreditation is recognised as the global benchmark for MBA, DBA and MBM programmes.