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2. DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA) COURSE SPECIFICATION

2.1 DBA Programme Specification
(1) Title of Programme

Doctor of Business Administration DBA Programme

(2) Title of Degree

Doctor of Business Administration DBA

(3) Curriculum Characteristics

Medium of Instruction English

Collaboration This programme is offered and organized in
collaboration between Silpakorn University – the
Faculty of Management Science (MSSU), Bangkok,
Thailand and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences
and Arts – School of Business (HSLU-W), Lucerne,
Switzerland

Program Time Period Approximately 3 years, with a maximum of 5 years
(after the date of admission to Silpakorn University)

Number of Credits The DBA Thesis encompasses an equivalence of 48
American Credits.
All other program components are specified below in
sections 2.2 and 2.3

2.2 Joint Study Weeks, offered collaboratively to both HSLU-W and MSSU students

As an integral part of the DBA programme, DBA students are required to attend and earn credits
at both HSLU- W and MSSU in the form of two Joint Study Weeks (JSWs). HSLU-W and
MSSU agree to organize the JSWs as requirements towards earning the DBA degree Both
.
JSWs will be conducted in English as follows:

HSLU-W will offer a Joint Study Weeks program in Lucerne (JSWs - Lucerne).
The JSWs - Lucerne will consist of two compulsory modules:

789 813 International and Intercultural Management
(Fostering International Management Opportunities)

789 814 Leardership and Business Ethics
(Developing Foundations for International Collaboration & Building International
Management Capabilities)

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