DBA from Swiss Management Center (the cheapest DBA in Europe)

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  1. calvinklein

    calvinklein New Member

    Hello everyone,

    I am interested in the below program:

    Doctorate of Business Administration | Programs general

    Can anyone advice me about the recognition of the school & the program?
     
    calvinklein, Jul 28, 2014
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    The DBA has programmatic accreditation from ACBSP, but SMC as a whole does not have institutional accreditation. This is an unusual combination, so while SMC is clearly a real school, the extent of the international recognition of its degrees is uncertain.
     
    SteveFoerster, Jul 28, 2014
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  3. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    The program has been discussed several times. In few words, the program is legit but it has limitations as it is not accredited as a Swiss university. This alone is enough for me to stay away but many people find the program worth it.

    In few words, do you want to teach with this degree? If so, perhaps not the best program.
     
    RFValve, Aug 1, 2014
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  4. freakoutguy

    freakoutguy New Member

    I completed my DBA at SMC University in March 2014. The price tag when I joined in Sep 2010 was 2000 Euros annually. Ideally, I would like to have finished the program within 3 years when I started in September 2010 but work and personal commitments pushed this over by six months to March 2014, so total tuition came to 8000 Euros. The oral defense is held in 3 locations - March session is in Columbus, OH, June session is in Ghana or some other African nation and the September session is held in Zurich, Switzerland. I live and work in Canada and not really concerned about the degree being regionally accredited in the U.S. My purpose in acquiring an online, part-time doctorate was to satisfy my academic goals but also to continue working. The purpose was not to use the degree to teach at the university level but focus on part-time opportunities in the on-line adjunct and community college areas.

    Overall, I am very happy with my decision. The program had rigorous academic standards.Everything is self paced, but I believe that there are time-limits assigned during the course work i.e 3 months for one course. If you take the maximum time for each course, then you are looking for 2 years for the course work and an average of 2 years for the thesis. The fastest one could possibly finish coursework +thesis is 2 years, if done full time 40-60 hours a week with no major breaks.

    The issue why SMC is not accredited by Swiss authorities and the accreditation status of it's progams has been discussed several times in this forum over the past few years and a search will bring up those threads.

    Finally, please do your due diligence on any school or program before signing up.
     
    freakoutguy, Aug 2, 2014
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