Advance Your Impact: MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration from Charleston, United States
Build the research skills to investigate complex business challenges and turn evidence into action—without leaving Charleston. Offered online in exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College, the MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration brings advanced study into your life as a working professional. Its ideas and methods can be applied across industries and internationally.
Earn a British degree with international recognition
A British degree can communicate the depth and rigour of your studies to professional audiences well beyond the United Kingdom. It is a credential you can carry as your career develops in Charleston or takes you further afield.
Through the exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College, you can pursue advanced management research while gaining a qualification recognised internationally. It offers a foundation for conversations with colleagues and organisations across borders.
Study 100% online in as little as four years
You can complete the programme entirely online in as little as four years. There is no need to relocate or put your professional and personal commitments in Charleston on hold to pursue your next academic goal.
Online study makes it possible to bring questions from your working life into your research and return to work with fresh perspectives. Your progress can become part of your career journey, rather than a pause in it.
Learn without fixed online attendance times
Your schedule may change from week to week. The programme does not require you to be online at specific times and dates, giving you room to plan your studies around work, family and other commitments.
That flexibility also helps when you collaborate across time zones or travel for business. You can engage with the material when you are ready to give it your attention, rather than arranging your day around a scheduled online session.
Take your studies wherever you go
Study from Charleston, elsewhere in the United States or anywhere else your plans take you. Your learning need not be tied to one desk or one location.
Through the mobile app, you can download study material and watch lectures offline. Whether you are travelling or simply making use of a quiet moment away from your usual workspace, your coursework can come with you.
Show what you can do through open-book assessments
Instead of classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. These give you an opportunity to work with available resources as you develop and communicate your thinking.
For a research-focused qualification, the ability to evaluate information, build an argument and apply ideas matters. Open-book assessment allows you to demonstrate those abilities, not just what you can recall under exam conditions.
Learn with internationally educated faculty
Your tutors and faculty bring academic backgrounds that include world-renowned universities such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis.
Learning from people shaped by a range of academic traditions can broaden the questions you ask and the methods you consider. Their guidance can help you develop your own voice as a management researcher and practitioner.
Join a community spanning more than 130 countries
A student base representing more than 130 countries brings different professional experiences and perspectives into the learning community. Those connections can challenge assumptions and help you consider how management ideas work in varied settings.
Alumni work for international organisations including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Chevron, Verizon, JW Marriott, The Ritz, Hilton, University of California, Riverside, Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony. Their paths illustrate the breadth of sectors and organisations represented across the wider community.
Plan ahead with flexible fees
Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. Spreading payments over time may make it easier to plan your study alongside your existing commitments.
As you consider your next step, you can explore the payment schedule as part of your broader plans for the programme. A clear approach to timing lets you focus on the research and professional development ahead.
Bring new perspectives to Charleston’s industries
Charleston’s port and logistics activity creates opportunities to examine questions about supply chains, operations, resilience and organisational change. Advanced management research can help you investigate such challenges systematically and turn findings into informed decisions.
The region’s aerospace and automotive manufacturing sectors also operate in complex, interconnected environments. For graduates working in or alongside these industries, research skills can support work on leadership, innovation, workforce development and collaboration across organisations.
Charleston’s hospitality, tourism, healthcare and growing technology activity offer further settings in which to apply your learning. Whether your ambitions lie within one organisation or across several sectors, the programme can help you frame meaningful questions, test ideas and contribute evidence-led insight from the place you call home.
Ready to explore what studying from Charleston could make possible? Request our course catalogue to learn more about the programme.