Doctor of Business Administration Online from Switzerland
Advance your leadership impact from Switzerland with the online Doctor of Business Administration, delivered in exclusive partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and Robert Kennedy College. Merge scholarly depth with executive practicality while continuing your career, family life, and commitments in Switzerland.
Designed for senior professionals and ambitious managers, this research-rich programme helps you translate evidence-based insights into better decisions, stronger teams, and transformative strategies—benefits that resonate across industries and borders. Study with a global cohort, learn from distinguished faculty, and earn a respected doctoral credential without relocating.
Earn a British degree with international recognition
Your doctorate is awarded by the University of Gloucestershire, a British institution whose qualifications are respected worldwide. A British degree signals academic excellence, rigorous standards, and a tradition of scholarship that many employers and boards know and trust.
Wherever your career takes you—within Switzerland or internationally—the credibility of a British DBA opens doors, strengthens your professional brand, and underscores your readiness to lead with both depth and integrity.
Finish 100% online in as little as 3 years
Move from intention to achievement with a pathway that can be completed entirely online in as little as three years. The programme is streamlined for working professionals who want meaningful progress without unnecessary delays.
Each phase builds toward your doctoral research, guiding you from advanced coursework into a dissertation that tackles a real organizational challenge you care about. You benefit from momentum and structure, without leaving your life in Switzerland behind.
No fixed live attendance — learn on your schedule
There are no mandatory live sessions at specific times or dates. You control when and where you learn, making it easy to fit high-level study around leadership responsibilities, client meetings, and family life.
This truly flexible approach supports sustained focus and deep work. Engage when you are at your best—early morning, late evening, or in between—while still benefitting from timely feedback and academic guidance.
Study anywhere, even offline with our mobile app
Our learning environment is built for mobility. You can study from anywhere—your home, office, or while traveling—without compromising quality. Download study materials, articles, and recorded lectures to your device and keep learning even when you are offline.
Whether you are on a train between Zurich and Geneva or flying internationally, the mobile app helps you stay on track with your goals. Your learning adapts to your life, not the other way around.
Open-book assessments that mirror real executive practice
Instead of traditional closed-book exams, you will complete open-book assessments that reflect how senior leaders operate: analyzing data, consulting sources, and applying frameworks to solve complex, real-world problems.
These assessments prioritise critical thinking, research literacy, and strategic judgment. They help you deepen competencies that travel with you into boardrooms, project rooms, and executive discussions.
Learn from faculty educated at world-renowned universities
Gain mentorship from tutors and faculty who themselves graduated from leading institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel, and Washington University in St. Louis. Their international perspective supports rigorous scholarship and relevant, current insights.
Faculty guidance ensures your research is methodologically solid and practically meaningful. You will be coached to ask better questions, build stronger arguments, and translate evidence into action.
Join a global classroom and alumni network
Study alongside peers from over 130 countries, expanding your perspective and your network. The classroom becomes a global forum where ideas are tested against diverse contexts, industries, and leadership traditions.
Our alumni work across organisations including Credit Suisse, Universite de Lausanne, Nestle, UBS, Chubb, Zurich, Novartis, Roche, International School of Central Switzerland, institut monte rosa, United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens, Sony.
This diversity reinforces your capacity to lead across cultures and markets. You will graduate with relationships that continue to create value—sparking collaborations, insights, and opportunities long after you complete the degree.
Accessible investment with flexible payments
Your education is a strategic investment. To help you plan confidently, our fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments, making budgeting simpler for working professionals and business owners.
This flexibility allows you to allocate resources where they are needed most—your research, your professional projects, and your life—while continuing to progress toward a doctoral credential that delivers lasting value.
What this DBA can unlock for Switzerland-based professionals
In Switzerland’s world-class financial services ecosystem—across private banking, asset management, insurance, and the fast-growing fintech space—DBA-level research can help you design robust risk frameworks, strengthen governance and compliance, and lead digital transformation responsibly. Your dissertation can become a strategic blueprint for navigating regulation, ESG expectations, and data-driven decision-making in complex, high-stakes environments.
Switzerland’s life sciences and healthcare corridor, anchored by Basel and its multinational clusters, rewards leaders who can convert evidence into operational excellence. Through advanced research methods, you can investigate innovation pipelines, supply chain resilience, R&D portfolio choices, and patient-centric models—crafting insights that speak to pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech, and healthcare services organisations.
Home to global headquarters and international organisations, Switzerland is a hub for cross-border collaboration, diplomacy, and sustainability leadership. A DBA equips you to bridge policy and practice, design stakeholder-engagement strategies, and build measurable impact initiatives that align with the SDGs and corporate sustainability goals—relevant for roles that interface with bodies in Geneva and beyond.
Ready to begin?
If you are ready to elevate your leadership and research impact without leaving Switzerland, we would love to share more details. Request our course catalogue and discover how this online DBA—in exclusive partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and Robert Kennedy College—can fit your goals, schedule, and ambition.