Admission & Application

Recruitment for this program is on a worldwide basis. Students come from a wide variety of countries and career backgrounds. These may include: sciences, humanities and technical and engineering fields. Participants have generally attained a high level of professional achievement. They are typically managers or executives with advanced degrees in business disciplines or professionally qualified teachers in business schools.

Each DBA candidate is assigned a research-active professor from Grenoble Ecole de Management or from an accredited partner university. The Supervisor brings a broad range of expertise and an international reputation in research on business innovation, technology management and the organisational dimensions of technological change.

Training workshops organized during stage I are generally held in Grenoble and the USA*: 

WORKSHOPS PLANNING FOR 2012-2013 INTAKE :

• Workshop 1: 19-24 November 2012 (Grenoble)
• Workshop 2: 8-10 March 2013 (USA)
• Workshop 3: 7-9 June 2013 (USA)
• Workshop 4: 1-3 November 2013 (USA)
• Workshop 5: 7-9 March 2014 (USA)
• Workshop 6: 6-8 June 2014 (USA)
• Workshop 7: 27-29 November 2014 (Grenoble)

* Subject to change

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates should have or expect to hold a Master's degree in management (MBA, MA, MSc or equivalent) or in a related discipline from a recognized institution.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Candidates should also have management experience of at least 3 years pre- or post-Master’s.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

The DBA workshops are conducted in English. Students whose first language is not English or who have not already studied successfully in an English-speaking environment will be required to provide evidence of advanced proficiency in English.

Dr. Valérie Sabatier (+33 476 706 528) 
Doctoral School
Grenoble Ecole de Management 
12 rue Pierre Sémard - BP 127 
38003 GRENOBLE Cedex 01 
France

The 2012/2013 program starts in November 2012; applications must be submitted any time before by August 20, 2012 directly to Mrs Joëlle Millery by email or mail.

ACCEPTANCE TO THE PROGRAM WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

• A complete application
• An interview with the Program Director (face to face interviews: 7 to10 June 2012 or online interviews) 
• Interviews in person are preferred, but can also be done exceptionally by telephone. 
• The final validation by the Admission Board. 
• We also have a system of rolling application. Full applications received between January and May will be examined within a month.

• 2 references sent directly by the referees by email or in a sealed envelope (1 from a business referee, 1 from an academic referee)
• Certified copies of  transcripts and diplomas* officially translated in English or French
• A statement of Purpose, in which the applicant states his motivations and how this fits into his long-term career development plan
• A preliminary Research Proposal, which gives an indication of the applicant’s research interests and proposed area of research as well as any initial research plans.
• Language test scores if requested
• CV
• Other optional documents (publications ...)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

Mrs. Joëlle Millery
DBA Admissions
Grenoble Ecole de Management
4 place Robert Schuman 
38000 Grenoble - France
Tel: + 33 (0) 4 76 70 62 40

TUITION FOR PART-TIME PROGRAM 2012-2013

The annual tuition for the Grenoble based program is currently 44 000€ (for 4 years) plus 6 000€ per additional year.

(*): Students are responsible for the cost of travel, accommodation and food during the compulsory workshops to attend.

A deposit of one-third of tuition must be paid upon registration. In addition to these fees, students are responsible for the costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred in attending the workshops.