Business Administration (DBA) (Online) Doctorate

Today’s global business environment is disruptive and dynamic, posing various organisational leadership challenges. Our 100% online DBA programme gives you the knowledge and skills you need as a business leader. You develop a research-based understanding of business issues and challenges. Elevate your problem-solving skills and meaningfully contribute to organisational sustainability and development.Engage deeply with your organisations, critically reviewing and researching workplace-based attitudes and practices, and applying your learning to improve outcomes and solve problems responsibly and sustainably. Gain a comprehensive, research-intensive and high-level education, enhancing your managerial practice.You co-create and interpret new, actionable knowledge through original research at the forefront of an area of practice or academic discipline, combining advanced study with professional experience. All DBA lecturers are research-active and able to supervise academic and practical research topics, with a range of expertise including human resource management, organisation behaviour, innovation and marketing.Online learning allows you to get a university-level qualification from the comfort of your own home or workplace. You'll have access to all of the world-class teaching and support that Teesside University has to offer, but all of your lectures, tutorials and assessments will take place online. Teesside University was named Modern University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide 2026.