MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration: Grow from Berlin, Germany

Build your next chapter without leaving the city you call home. The MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration, offered online in exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College, gives you the opportunity to deepen your research and leadership capabilities while living in Berlin, Germany.

Earn a British Degree Recognised Internationally

A British degree can be a valuable credential when your ambitions reach beyond national borders. Study in a programme that brings academic research and business leadership together, and develop ideas you can apply in international settings.

Whether you hope to advance within an organisation, move into consultancy or contribute to strategic decision-making, your studies can help you communicate your expertise with confidence to colleagues and employers around the world.

Complete Your Studies 100% Online in as Little as Four Years

You can pursue the programme entirely online, with no need to relocate or put your life in Berlin on hold. Keep building your career and personal connections while working towards a substantial academic goal.

The programme can be completed in as little as four years, giving you a clear route towards graduation while allowing you to plan your studies alongside your professional commitments.

Study Without Scheduled Online Attendance

Your working day may include meetings, travel or responsibilities that do not fit a fixed lecture timetable. The programme does not require you to be online at specific times and dates, so you can engage with your studies when it works for you.

That flexibility makes it easier to establish a sustainable routine: you might read before work, watch a lecture in the evening or set aside time on the weekend to develop your research.

Take Your Learning Wherever You Go

Studying online means your learning can travel with you, whether you are at home in Berlin, visiting colleagues abroad or taking a journey between destinations. You can continue making progress from anywhere in the world.

Through the mobile app, you can download study materials and watch lectures offline. It is a practical way to make use of travel time and keep learning even when an internet connection is unavailable.

Apply What You Know Through Open-Book Assessments

Rather than relying on classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. This approach gives you the opportunity to work with sources and develop considered responses.

It also reflects the way complex business questions are often addressed in professional life: by examining evidence, evaluating alternatives and explaining the reasoning behind a decision.

Learn with an Internationally Educated Faculty

Your tutors and faculty bring varied academic perspectives to the learning experience. Members of the teaching community have graduated from world-renowned universities including Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis.

Engaging with people shaped by different institutions and disciplines can challenge your assumptions, broaden your approach to research and help you develop your own voice as a business leader.

Join a Global Learning Community

With students from over 130 countries, the programme offers opportunities to encounter perspectives beyond your own industry or location. Discussions with an international cohort can enrich how you think about organisations, leadership and change.

Alumni work for international organisations including Deutsche Bank, DHL, Bosch, BASF, Daimler, BMW, Audi, Allianz, Merck, Bayer, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony.

Plan Your Payments with Interest-Free Instalments

Investing in your education is an important decision. Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments, helping you plan the cost over time.

With a payment schedule you can account for alongside your other commitments, you can focus your energy on the work that matters: learning, researching and taking your next professional step.

Connect Your Research Ambitions to Berlin’s Industries

Berlin’s technology and start-up ecosystem offers many questions for an aspiring management researcher. You could draw on the programme’s theories and research methods to examine how growing organisations make strategic choices, lead teams or manage innovation.

The city’s creative industries, digital businesses and life sciences community also create opportunities to think across disciplines. The ability to assess evidence and investigate organisational challenges can be useful when navigating collaboration, change and new ways of working.

For professionals connected to Berlin’s wider network of international companies, public institutions and mission-driven organisations, the programme can provide space to explore leadership challenges with a broader perspective. Your research interests can grow from the questions you encounter in your career while developing insights with relevance beyond one city or sector.

Ready to explore what your next chapter could look like from Berlin? Request our course catalogue.