Canadian University Dubai launches Doctor of Business Administration Program

The new program repeats the professional counterpart to a doctorate and the highest business leadership credential

May 14, 2025: Dubai, EAU: The Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has announced the launch of a Doctor of Business Administration program (DBA), to train senior executives to address complex leadership challenges through the completion of academic research and practical applications.

The CUD DBA program is strategically aligned with the evolutionary challenges of the business, local and globally

The new program responds to the growing demand for professionals with advanced critical thinking and problem -solving skills, to help companies provide and respond to emerging global challenges. The program will allow professional students to raise their career with the doctoral qualification, which is the highest academic credential in the field of commercial practice.

The DBA will be sacrificed on the CUD campus on weekends to guarantee a minimum interruption at the participants’ schedules.

Structured exclusively around three pillars, the program is different in its strategic alignment with the evolutionary challenges of the current commercial, regional and globally. The curriculum consists of advanced basic courses that emphasize both depth and innovation, from emerging technologies for business leaders to sustainability and strategic decision making. The structure is intentionally designed to sacrifice maximum flexibility for professionals working by juggling with demanding careers, leadership responsibilities and personal commitments.

Through courses such as the seminar on leadership dynamics and organizational behavior and management of dynamic business environments, the program equips executives to be the leaders of change. With 30 hours of credit dedicated to the dissertation, students are empowered to address real commercial challenges through original research, using academic writing skills developed through the program to communicate complex ideas with clarity and influence. The principles of sustainable development are integrated into the program to allow students to explore how to align commercial objectives with a long -term social and environmental impact.

The CUD DBA is designed to prepare high -level professionals for roles at the Board level, government executives that promote economic progress, family businesses that expand worldwide and management consultants who fose the leadership of thought. Applicants will seek to go beyond traditional business knowledge and have a strategic impact through advanced leadership, critical thinking and applied research. It will equip candidates with the ability to generate new knowledge that challenges industry standards and achieve high level roles globally. The DBA can also open doors to executive education and academic consulting.

The program is launched at a time when the demand for DBA graduates in the EAU is ready for significant growth in the next five years. THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, PROF. DR. Syed Zamberi Bin Ahmad said: “As the nation continues its trajectory towards economic diversification and is positioned as a global business center, the need for advanced business leaders equipped with ladies of increasingly distant doctoral level. Strategically positioned to cultivate the next generation of business leaders.

Speaking about the launch of this avant -garde program, Professor Karim Chelli, president and vice chancellor of the Canadian University Dubai, declared: “The launch of the Doctor in Business Administration program is part of our strategic commitment to build a world -class commercial leadership in the EAU. As the nation accelerates its mission to become a global leader in several domains, we aim to play our role in the creation of our role A work work that is equipped for the work work that is equipped so that it is equipped that is equipped for this work.

The DBA is sacrificing on weekends to guarantee a minimum interruption in the busy schedule of the participants. Currently, the program is receiving requests from qualified candidates for the entry into autumn (September) of the 2025 intake. The inaugural cohort has limited seats to guarantee personalized access to our faculty and industry partners.

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About the Canadian University Dubai

Established in 2006, the Canadian University Dubai (CUD) is a higher education institution located in City Walk, within the vibrant district of the Dubai center, United Arab Emirates (EAU). The university is the University #1 of the University in Dubai Chordination for the QS World University Ranking 2025. CUD is a diverse and dynamic institution where students who represent in 120 nationalities experience an education based on sustainable development in an Asduvenfspress. With a reputation of academic excellence, the university sacrifices more than 30 specialized specialties, concentrations and approach area roads, through more than 25 accredited graduate and grade degree programs. The curriculum is inspired by Canadian and serves as an entrance door for students to seek higher education, research, entrepreneurship and employment opportunities in Canada.
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