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Postgraduate Study

The BusD is an advanced and ambitious programme that creates impactful research by leveraging the seniority, unique access to context and data, and exceptional experience of its students.

The programme enables students with significant experience at senior executive level to demonstrate an intellectual achievement at the highest level and thereby become better, more effective and more reflective leaders. Students will carry out high-calibre impact-orientated research that is of particular relevance for experienced senior managers at the highest level of the management profession. The degree is relevant to practice, facilitating transformational leadership in organisations. The BusD also emphasises continuing, life-long education.

The workload of the programme is substantial and demanding, as students will carry out their research while embedded within the work environment. Total workload is equivalent to that of a full-time PhD programme.

Learning Outcomes

 By the end of the programme, students will have:

  • developed a strong awareness of the current academic debates related to their chosen research programme;
  • gained in-depth knowledge of the relevant underlying theories of management;
  • gained practical knowledge of management research through close supervision of their thesis project; and
  • developed strong methodological expertise across a spectrum of research methods and will have applied these methodologies as part of the thesis research project.

Open Days

See further the Postgraduate Admissions Events pages for other events relating to Postgraduate study, including study fairs, visits and international events.

Cambridge Judge Business School also hosts Experience Days throughout the year. Please see Cambridge Judge Business School wide-events page for further information.

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Key Information


4 years full-time

Study Mode : Research

Doctor of Business

Judge Business School

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Dates and deadlines:

Michaelmas 2025

Applications open
Sept. 4, 2024
Application deadline
March 27, 2025
Course Starts
Oct. 1, 2025

Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.