The fast-paced, dynamic business world of today calls for leaders with a constantly evolving knowledge of the business environment and the know-how and flexibility to meet new and often daunting challenges. During this period of exponential change, there is increasing demand for business professionals who can make sound decisions in situations of complexity and uncertainty.

The DBA at BRU-Iscte is designed to give you the tools to become informed, risk taking and effective leaders in your field, with the capabilities to gather and make sense of the information you need to operate and lead in a global environment. With this research-based, problem-driven qualification, you, as a management professional, will be able to significantly further your professional skills by making successful use of the most suitable conceptual frameworks and theoretical models. The DBA gives you the ideal chance to reflect on critical management issues while carrying out in-depth research. You will develop your managerial capabilities and apply your learning in the workplace, as well as sharpen your critical and analytical skills in four important dimensions:

• Knowledge – the ability to learn about the area of research and the rules of the organization and the environment it operates in.
• Innovation – the aptitude to solve problems in better ways creating value for the organization and for the society.
• Leadership – the potential to influence others, with or without formal authority.
• Excellence – the skills to get the right tasks done with minimal effort and high quality.
• Our DBA students are graduates with appropriate business and management experience who wish to pursue a doctoral degree while still actively engaged in their professions. In Portugal there is no better place to come for your DBA than the BRU-Iscte, as we have been closely linked to the business world since our inception. We actively support applied business research at a stimulating research atmosphere. All our faculty members are highly skilled at linking business practice to real management issues and applied research.If you want to contribute to research with novel ideas and practices, our DBA is the Program you’ve been looking for. You’ll be supervised by leading academics with expertise in your area of research, who will share their knowledge and support you throughout your DBA journey.

In Portugal there is no better place to come for your DBA than the BRU-Iscte. As a school, we have been closely linked to the business world since our inception. We actively support applied business research within a stimulating atmosphere. All of our faculty members have held senior business positions, and are highly skilled at linking business practice to real management issues and applied research.

Our DBA Program is one of the best DBA programs in the world in 2020 and 2021.