Transform your thinking
Earn your Doctor of Business Administration.
As data accessibility and new technology reshape how organizations operate, staying competitive requires continuously advancing your knowledge. Through Simon’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program, you’ll sharpen your business acumen, master cutting-edge tools, and unlock new career and teaching opportunities. You'll also earn a doctoral degree from a highly ranked business school, while gaining a powerful new approach to navigating and solving complex business challenges.
| Format: |
|
Years 1 and 2
- Complete virtual, synchronous evening courses to prepare you for doctoral-level research, tailored to your interests and career goals through core-topic seminars, elective options, and a choice between the practice track or teaching track.
- Attend periodic weekend intensives, including an orientation.
Year 3
- Complete a thesis, or nontraditional thesis project depending on your interest area, advised by a Simon faculty member with relevant expertise.
- Attend a final HyFlex* intensive. This will serve as your thesis defense and conclude the program.
*You may be required to attend in-person depending on your thesis committee.
Next application deadline:
February 15
By 11:59 p.m. ET
We’re excited to announce Simon’s new Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program—a flexible, part-time doctoral degree designed for experienced professionals who want to deepen their expertise through research and applied learning.
With rolling admissions, we review applications as soon as we receive them. Apply early to potentially receive your decision ahead of the round's deadline. We look forward to reviewing your candidacy!
Admission Details:
- Streamlined application requirements
- Apply early for best chance of admission
- Receive your decision by March 30*
- Access the brochure to receive an application fee waiver ($90 value)
DBA vs. PhD: which degree is right for me?
| Simon's DBA | Simon's PhD |
|---|---|
Practice-oriented: *Applicants with a business-related master’s may also be considered with fewer years of work experience if they bring significant managerial or entrepreneurial achievements. | Research-oriented: |
Key Outcomes of Simon’s DBA Program
- Tackle large-scale analytical projects with confidence
- Conduct doctoral-level research
- Translate academic research into real-world business practice
- Apply cutting-edge knowledge and tools to specialized areas of management, including AI and causal analysis
- Demonstrate advanced expertise, leadership, and commitment to employers or clients
- Earn the title of Doctor of Business Administration
What will you achieve with a DBA?
- Advance your career: Upskill to grow within your organization, prepare for a strategic career pivot, or tackle a significant business or organizational challenge.
- Consult: Start or grow your consulting practice, and enhance your research capabilities to produce white papers and thought leadership.
- Contribute to Research: Bridge theory and practice through applied doctoral work, publish in academic or trade journals, and present original research at conferences.
- Challenge yourself: Personally challenge yourself to achieve the highest academic credential in business.
- Teach: Launch an academic career as an adjunct or clinical professor, or strengthen your credentials as a current business school educator.
Think differently.
More than a credential, a DBA from Simon is a transformational experience. The program is designed for driven professionals who embrace a growth mindset, are intrinsically motivated to expand their expertise, and are ready to take on the rigor of doctorate-level education. Students will have the opportunity to solve a complex business challenge their business is currently experiencing and to use that as a base for their capstone project.
Simon’s DBA will redefine how you think about and approach solving complex business challenges, as well as the way you engage with teaching and knowledge-sharing.
Study under and work with world-renowned faculty.
In Simon’s DBA program, you will study under and work with the same world-renowned faculty that teach in Simon’s highly ranked PhD, MBA, and MS programs. Faculty teaching in the DBA program include those with a mix of practitioner-oriented experience and doctoral level faculty who regularly research and publish.
It’s the right time for a program like the DBA. Over the last 20 years there’s been an enormous increase in data for companies to use for decision making, but expertise is needed to understand the nuances around extracting insights from that data. Simon’s DBA provides students a working knowledge of the models and methods for doing exactly that.
Learn more about the DBA.
Complete this form to have an application fee waiver added to your account (a $90 value) and receive our DBA program brochure to your inbox with more information about the curriculum, a sample schedule, and details on how to customize your degree by choosing a specialized track.