Doctor of Business Administration — Study Online from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Set your ambitions in motion from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates with the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) delivered in exclusive partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and Robert Kennedy College. Designed for senior professionals and rising leaders, this research-driven doctorate equips you to generate original insights and apply advanced management theory to real-world challenges across sectors and borders.

With an internationally oriented curriculum whose concepts and methods travel seamlessly across industries and markets, you can deepen your expertise, elevate your strategic impact, and contribute new knowledge to practice—without pausing your career or relocating. Your journey begins where you are: at home, at work, or on the move in Sharjah.

Earn a British Degree Recognised Internationally

Graduate with a British doctoral degree that is respected by employers, boards, and academic peers around the world. The DBA is awarded by a UK university, signaling rigorous standards in research, critical analysis, and executive-level practice.

This global credibility strengthens your professional mobility and opens doors to senior roles, advisory positions, and board appointments. Wherever your career takes you, your doctorate speaks a language of excellence that is understood worldwide.

100% Online — Graduate in as Little as 3 Years

Advance with momentum. The programme is structured to support focused, sustained progress from proposal to doctoral thesis, enabling completion in as little as three years—entirely online.

Each stage is designed for working professionals, offering a clear pathway from advanced coursework into supervised research so you can build expertise and deliver a high-impact doctoral project on a realistic timeline.

Truly Flexible: No Fixed Class Times

Your schedule, your pace. There are no mandatory live sessions at specific times and dates. Engage with learning materials, discussions, and supervisor feedback at the moments that best fit your professional and personal commitments.

This flexibility empowers you to sustain peak performance at work while progressing steadily toward your doctorate, without compromising family time or travel plans.

Study Anywhere, Even Offline

Whether you are at the office in Sharjah, between meetings in Dubai, or traveling abroad, you can keep learning. Our mobile app lets you access modules, forums, and resources wherever you are.

Easily download study materials and watch lectures offline. Your studies move with you—seamlessly bridging commutes, business trips, and time zones.

Open-Book Assessments, Real-World Thinking

We prioritize applied thinking over memorization. Open-book assessments challenge you to synthesize sources, interpret data, and craft persuasive, evidence-based arguments—just as senior leaders do in practice.

This approach strengthens your ability to frame complex problems, evaluate options, and communicate solutions with clarity, preparing you for high-stakes decisions in dynamic environments.

Learn from World-Class Faculty

Benefit from guidance by experienced academics and practitioner-scholars who have graduated from leading institutions, including Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Your supervisors bring a depth of research expertise and practical acumen to help refine your questions, sharpen your methodology, and deliver an original contribution that stands up to scholarly and professional scrutiny.

Join a Global Community

Collaborate with peers from over 130 countries, sharing perspectives that reflect diverse markets, industries, and leadership contexts. This international network is a powerful sounding board for ideas—and a lifelong professional asset.

Our alumni work across global organisations, including Raffles World Academy, United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens, and Sony. Their trajectories speak to the reach and relevance of the DBA and the network you’ll join.

Manageable fees with Interest-Free Instalments

Invest in your future with confidence. Tuition fees can be spread across up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments, supporting your cash flow while you earn your doctorate.

This predictable, transparent approach makes high-quality doctoral study accessible to busy professionals planning around projects, business cycles, and family commitments.

Why This DBA Matters in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Sharjah’s dynamic economy—anchored by manufacturing, logistics, trade, and its strategic free zones—rewards leaders who can combine analytical rigor with operational excellence. The DBA helps you design research that tackles real challenges in supply chains, industrial productivity, and market diversification, equipping you to pilot data-driven improvements and scale them across regional and global operations.

With a thriving SME and family business landscape, Sharjah benefits from leaders who can steward growth, governance, and succession. Through your doctoral project, you can explore advanced frameworks in strategy, corporate governance, and innovation management that empower family-owned enterprises to professionalize, digitize, and expand sustainably—while preserving the entrepreneurial spirit that fuels their success.

As the emirate amplifies its leadership in culture, education, publishing, and sustainable development, the DBA positions you to drive transformation initiatives—whether in knowledge-based industries, public–private partnerships, or impact-oriented ventures. From ESG measurement to service excellence and stakeholder engagement, your research can deliver practical models that strengthen Sharjah’s competitiveness and global influence.

Take the Next Step

Your doctorate can start today, right where you are. Shape your research around the questions that matter most to your organisation and career, while benefiting from the academic standards and supervision of a British university in exclusive partnership with Robert Kennedy College.

Request our course catalogue to explore modules, supervision, and the full pathway from proposal to thesis—and discover how this DBA can elevate your leadership from Sharjah to the world.