Grenoble to link with a U.S. university to offer the DBA

Interesting news...If you go to the home page of Grenoble Graduate School of Management and click on the link in the lower right hand corner there is a video interview of the school's dean. In it he announces that Grenoble is currently in talks with three different schools in the United States to offer a joint DBA degree.

http://www.grenoble-em.com/accueil.aspx

 

If they could do it and be AACSB that would be interesting to say the least. Something to monitor.

 

Grenoble has a lot of experience with this type of joint program. The Grenoble/Newcastle DBA has been running for many years. Before that there was a Grenoble/Henley joint-DBA.

It would be a good development if Grenoble would link with a good American university. However, these joint DBA's were not "online" or "DL" type programs. They involved significant residencies and workshops over the 5 years of the program. Heavyweight programs for sure.

 

In Grenoble's joint programs, am I correct in saying that the university that Grenoble links with is the one granting the DBA? For example, in the Newcastle/Grenoble program, is the degree conferred through Newcastle?

 

I think I can answer this based on the information I received from the school. The Newcastle/Grenoble DBA is a joint degree; the names of both schools are on the certificate.

Having doctoral degree-granting powers, Grenoble now also has a standalone DBA which is granted by just Grenoble. If Grenoble should do a joint program it can go either way depending on the arrangement with the school.

Either way this is a good development. Grenoble is one of those European business schools that is on the move and delivers many program in English.