Swiss Mgmt Center & ESEADE Dual DBA

I came across a dual DBA program program offered by SMC and ESEADE. The weblink is http://www.dualdba.com/.

Are there any one in this list who is currently pursuing this program? If yes, would appreciate your comments and thoughts.

Also i get a feeling that this is not accredited by any agency. Would it be ok to consider such a program?

 

ESEADE is a legit school in Argentina. However, I really don't know how useful a DBA from an Argentinian school would be in academia or industry unless you are planning to work in South America.

 

The tuition is about US$ 14K. Looks good.

 

The doctoral degrees from ESEADE are not yet approved by the Ministry of Education of Argentina.

The list of visiting tutors is impressive, but it does not say exactly what their relationship to ESEADE is.

The director of the Doctorate in Economy has an excellent Curriculum Vitae, but his own PhD is from the "International College of California." Where is that?

(See http://www.eseade.edu.ar/index.php?pagina=doctorado_economia.htm&menu=menu.swf&imagen_cuerpo=medio.jpg&imagen_cabecera=cabecera.jpg)

14000 dollars for an Argentinean institution is very, very, expensive.

 

I agree, I believe that an Argentinean DBA wouldn't have more utility than a UNISA DBL or PhD.

Have you looked at UNISA? It is more affordable and in my opinion at least as credible as this institution.

 

I did look at UNISA. I emailed their cupport people regarding applying for DBL. I got a reply saying that, i could apply now and if found eligible then i will be put in a waiting list. It seems the current waiting period is around 2 years.

So i am not sure if i want to go that route. Also is UNISA a B&M university?

 

Yes, UNISA has a large B&M campus. The main question here is, why do you need the DBA for? For teaching? For promotion?

If you look around, there are plenty of UNISA PhD and DBL graduates working in academia worldwide while I couldn't find not even one graduate from the school you mentioned working in academia.

If money is an issue, I would stick with UNISA given its reputation that is far better than any of the Argentineans, Costa Ricans or any other cheap school that might emerge under a obscure country.

 

UNISA Et al

RFValve, I agree with you that UNISA is a much better option. Only thing is that if i have to wait for another 2 years to start the program, that would put my plans off by quite a while. Is this waiting period a normal thing at UNISA?

Regarding post doctral career, yes i do intend to teach and do research.

 

Re: UNISA Et al

Good schools normally do not have open admissions policies.

Have you looked at the Australian Schools?

I know Charles Sturt is in the 20K range and Southern Queensland in the 25K range.

There are plenty faculty members worldwide with Australian credentials from these schools.

Besides UNISA, there are also few more SA schools like Pretoria.

UNISA does not provide easy admission to their PhD programs. They only admit few students a year per department so you shouldn't expect the "Here are my hundred dollars, Where do I sign up for the doctoral program?" typical policy from for-profit schools.

Doctoral work is taken very seriously at these schools and you would be given admission only based on your quality of proposal and previous achievements.