MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration: Advance from Harare, Zimbabwe
Build the research expertise and strategic perspective to take your next step without leaving Harare. The MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration is offered online by the University of Salford in exclusive partnership with Robert Kennedy College. It brings advanced management study into a format designed to fit alongside your professional and personal commitments.
Earn a British Degree with International Recognition
A British degree can help you present your academic achievement to employers and professional networks beyond Zimbabwe. Studying through the University of Salford gives your work an internationally recognised academic foundation.
Whether your ambitions lead you to senior leadership, consulting, research or new ventures, the programme offers a way to develop and demonstrate rigorous management expertise.
Complete Your Studies 100% Online in as Little as Four Years
You can pursue the programme entirely online, without relocating or pausing the life you have built in Harare. In as little as four years, you could complete a substantial academic journey while continuing to work and meet your other commitments.
The online format makes it possible to bring ideas from your studies into your professional thinking as you progress. Your workplace experience can, in turn, give you fresh questions to explore through research.
Study Without Scheduled Online Attendance
You do not need to be online at specific times and dates to attend classes. That flexibility is especially valuable when your working hours change, responsibilities arise or you collaborate across time zones.
Plan your study sessions around the hours that work best for you, while keeping track of programme deadlines. You can give demanding ideas the attention they deserve without having to reorganise every week around a fixed live timetable.
Take Your Learning Wherever You Go
Study from Harare, elsewhere in Zimbabwe or anywhere your work and travels take you. Your learning does not have to stop when you leave your desk.
Through the mobile app, you can download study materials and watch lectures offline. Prepare for a meeting while travelling, revisit a concept between appointments or use a quieter moment away from home to keep moving forward.
Show What You Know Through Open-Book Assessments
Instead of classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. These give you room to work with the materials and ideas you have studied as you develop your response.
Open-book assessment encourages thoughtful analysis rather than reliance on memorised answers. It is an opportunity to demonstrate how you evaluate evidence, connect concepts and communicate a reasoned perspective.
Learn from Faculty with Distinguished Academic Backgrounds
Engage with tutors and faculty who have graduated from world-renowned universities, including Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis. Their varied academic paths bring a breadth of perspectives to your learning experience.
As you refine your research interests and strengthen your approach to management challenges, guidance from experienced educators can help you ask sharper questions and develop more confident arguments.
Join a Truly International Learning Community
Study alongside a diverse student base from over 130 countries. Exchanges with people working in different organisations and economies can broaden your perspective and help you see familiar challenges in new ways.
Alumni work for international organisations and companies including the United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony. Their paths illustrate the global breadth of the college community, while every graduate’s career remains their own.
Plan Your Payments with Interest-Free Instalments
Investing in advanced study calls for a clear plan. Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments, giving you a way to spread the cost over time.
That predictable payment structure can make it easier to plan alongside your existing commitments as you work toward your academic goals.
Bring New Perspectives to Opportunities in Harare
Harare is a centre for finance, professional services and corporate decision-making. For graduates working in these fields, advanced management research skills can support stronger analysis of organisational performance, change and long-term strategy.
The city also connects businesses involved in agriculture, food systems, manufacturing and trade. Graduates in these sectors can draw on management theory to examine questions such as operational resilience, supply chains, innovation and growth, adapting their insights to the challenges they encounter.
Harare’s public institutions, development organisations and entrepreneurial community offer further opportunities to put rigorous thinking to work. Whether you hope to lead a team, investigate an organisational problem or contribute to a new initiative, the programme can help you approach complex decisions with curiosity, evidence and an international outlook.
Ready to explore what your next chapter could look like from Harare? Request our course catalogue.