Online Doctorates in Business & Management

ARWU Rank:
 201-300

Established: 1858
Country: United States

Online Doctorate Program Name:
Apparel, Merchandising, and Design (Doctor of Philosophy)

Residency Requirements: Two short on-campus summer coursework sessions.

ISU offers a distance (hybrid) Ph.D. in Apparel, Merchandising, and Design for working professionals. In the distance Doctor of Philosophy program, award-winning ISU faculty prepare you to succeed as a professional in industry, museums, or academia. This hybrid distance program features one or two short on-campus summer coursework sessions (that help meet the residency requirement). Other credits can be done at a distance.

Length: N/A

Required GPA: N/A

Required Master's Degree: Yes

In-State: -

Out-of-State: -

ARWU Rank:
 201-300

Established: 1858
Country: United States

Online Doctorate Program Name:
Hospitality Management (Doctor of Philosophy)

Residency Requirements: Students must participate in the hybrid program for 2 consecutive summer sessions on campus .

The Distance Doctor of Philosophy (DDP) program is designed to meet the needs of professionals employed in industry, education, and other hospitality-related professions who want to obtain a terminal degree for their career advancement. Students must participate in the hybrid program for 2 consecutive summer sessions on campus (maximum of 3 weeks each) and enroll in courses delivered via the web during fall and spring semesters. Students completing requirements of the program will earn a Ph.D. in Foodservice and Lodging Management.

Length: N/A

Required GPA: N/A

Required Master's Degree: Yes

In-State: -

Out-of-State: -

ARWU Rank:
 301-400

Established: 1921
Country: UK

Online Doctorate Program Name:
Management PhD

Residency Requirements: You will be required to visit Leicester both for your probation review and for your viva exam at the end of your degree.

The distance learning PhD is ideal for those who are based away from Leicester or who want to combine working for a research degree with their professional and personal commitments. Our distance learning PhDs offer a more flexible way to study for a research degree - allowing you to undertake a University of Leicester PhD wherever you are based in the world. As with the campus based PhD, you will undertake a substantial research project that is written up as a thesis of 80,000 words and defended in an oral exam (the viva voce).

Length: 4 to 7 years

Required GPA: N/A

Required Master's Degree: No

In-State: -

Out-of-State: -

ARWU Rank:
 301-400

Established: 1869
Country: New Zealand

Online Doctorate Program Name:
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Residency Requirements: Required on-campus workshops.

"The degree of Doctor of Business Administration is awarded on the basis of submission of a thesis and the completion of coursework consisting of six papers. The coursework is an integral and constitutive part of the thesis research of the degree. The thesis should give evidence of the candidate’s ability to carry out research, that the candidate has shown originality and independence and that the candidate has made a significant contribution to applied knowledge in the particular field. It is expected that some of the work in the thesis will be worthy of publication. The programme is offered through a combination of Distance Learning and on-campus workshops in English from the University of Otago, Dunedin, and in Chinese or in English with Chinese translation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Candidates studying through Shanghai Jiao Tong University must attend a one-week orientation workshop in Dunedin at the beginning of each year. All candidates must attend a four-day residential school in Dunedin or Shanghai, as appropriate, at the end of each paper in the coursework component. "

Length: 3 to 6 years

Required GPA: N/A

Required Master's Degree: No

In-State: -

Out-of-State: -