Doctor of Business Administration

The Doctor of Business Administration (commonly abbreviated as DBA, DrBA, or DProf) is either a professional doctorate or a research doctorate, depending on the granting university, awarded based on the advanced study, examinations, project work, and research in business administration. The D.B.A. is a terminal degree in business administration. Although some universities also combine the business administration field with technology-related disciplines. Along with the Ph.D. or D.Phil., it represents the highest academic qualification in business administration and is typically required to gain employment as a full-time, tenure-track university professor or postdoctoral researcher in the field. As with other earned doctorates, individuals with the degree are awarded the academic title doctor, which is often represented via the English honorific "Dr." or the post-nominal letters "D.B.A.".