MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration — Advance from Cleveland Heights, United States

Build the research skills to investigate complex business challenges and lead with greater confidence, without leaving Cleveland Heights. The MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration is delivered online in an exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College. It offers a way to pursue an advanced British qualification while continuing to live and work where you are.

Earn a British degree with international recognition

A British degree can give your academic achievement meaning well beyond national borders. Whether your ambitions take you across industries or countries, an internationally recognised qualification helps communicate the depth of your study and commitment.

Through the partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College, you can bring an international perspective to your professional development. The programme’s research-led approach gives you tools for examining management questions that can be applied in organisations around the world.

Progress entirely online in as little as four years

The programme can be completed 100% online in as little as four years. From Cleveland Heights, you can pursue a substantial academic goal without relocating or putting your career on hold to attend a campus.

That flexibility makes it easier to plan for the long term. You can keep building professional experience as you study, bringing questions from your work into your learning and new insights from your learning back to work.

Study without fixed online attendance times

Your responsibilities do not always fit a classroom timetable. The programme does not require you to be online at specific times and dates, allowing you to organise study around work, family and other commitments.

You might read before the working day begins, revisit a lecture in the evening or make progress over a weekend. The freedom to choose when you engage helps you establish a study routine you can sustain.

Take your studies wherever life takes you

Online learning means your studies can travel with you. Whether you are at home in Cleveland Heights, visiting another city or travelling internationally, you can continue working towards your qualification.

The mobile app adds flexibility by letting you download study materials and watch lectures offline. You can prepare for a journey, use time on the move productively and return to your work when an internet connection is available.

Show your thinking through open-book assessments

Rather than relying on classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. This approach gives you room to consult relevant material and focus on how you interpret, evaluate and apply what you have learned.

For an experienced professional, the opportunity to develop a well-supported argument can be especially valuable. Open-book assessment encourages the kind of careful analysis and evidence-based reasoning that complex management decisions demand.

Learn from faculty with wide-ranging academic experience

Your tutors and faculty bring academic backgrounds that include world-renowned institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis. Their varied experiences can introduce you to different ways of approaching research and management.

Engaging with people who have studied across such institutions can broaden your perspective as you develop your own ideas. Their guidance supports the transition from exploring business questions to investigating them with academic rigour.

Join a truly international learning community

Students from more than 130 countries contribute a breadth of professional and cultural perspectives. Learning alongside them can challenge assumptions, spark new questions and help you consider how management ideas work in different settings.

Alumni work for international organisations including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Chevron, Verizon, JW Marriott, The Ritz, Hilton, the University of California, Riverside, Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony. Their varied career paths illustrate the reach of the wider learning community.

Plan your payments with interest-free instalments

The fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. Spreading payments over time can help you plan for your studies alongside your existing commitments.

A clear payment schedule lets you look ahead as you pursue an ambitious qualification. You can focus on developing your research and leadership capabilities while choosing an available payment arrangement that suits your plans.

Apply your learning from Cleveland Heights

Living in Cleveland Heights places you within the wider Cleveland region’s significant healthcare and life-sciences economy. For professionals working with health systems, research organisations or suppliers, advanced management research skills can help frame questions about organisational change, service delivery and innovation.

The region also has a strong presence in higher education and community-focused organisations. If your work involves education, public service or nonprofit leadership, the programme can help you examine strategy, stakeholder needs and organisational effectiveness with greater depth.

Manufacturing, technology and professional services across Northeast Ohio offer further opportunities to apply rigorous thinking. From evaluating a new initiative to investigating how teams adapt to change, you can use your studies to address the challenges you encounter locally while developing ideas with international relevance.

Ready to explore where your next chapter could lead? Request our course catalogue to learn more about the programme.