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Admission Requirements:
Admission Screening:
DBA candidates should successfully pass the DBA Admission Test which evaluates the qualities
of applicants through its verbal, quantitative and analytical sections. AAGSB selects from
among the highest ranked candidates with five years of experience as a minimum.
Admission Requirements:
Admission documents
1. Original university degree certificate
2. Original MBA, M.Sc. or MA degree certificate
3. Original transcripts
4. Identification card copy
5. Four personal photos
Program Credit Hours:
Duration:
The program spreads over three academic years as a minimum distributed as follows:
DBA
Program Structure:
Phase 1:
A DBA student should attain 36 credit hours pertaining to the following 12 courses (three
credits each) which fall in two categories:
Phase 2:
Advanced readings for three months followed by the Qualifying Exam which entitles the
students – on passing it - to the dissertation phase.
Phase 3:
Dissertation: 24 credit hours
Degree Requirements
The maximum number of courses that any student can register per semester is three courses
(nine credit hours). In certain cases, a student could be allowed to register for less than 3
courses upon submitting a ‘Petition Form’ and receiving approval from the Dean of AAGSB.
1. Students must have completed 36 credits with a GPA of no less than 3.0.
2. Students’ cumulative GPA must equal 3.0 at least. Any student whose cumulative GPA
is less than 3.0 will not be allowed to register for the dissertation.
3. Students who fulfill all the previous requirements are assigned an academic supervisor
to assist them in developing the dissertation proposal. In writing the proposal,
students should adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Relevance: The selected topic should be relevant to the field of study
2. Interest: The selected topic should be interesting to the student and directly
related to his/her career interests and plans.
3. Feasibility: Topics should be limited to those that are possible and feasible for
the student to do within the expected time period.
4. The dissertation should be presented in an organized and concise manner.
5. Students should submit three copies of the dissertation proposal bearing the
supervisor’s signature to the Dean's Office prior to the allocated deadline for formal
registration of their proposals.
6. For further details, check the "Thesis Development Regulations Handbook” which is
located at the Library.
7. The AAGSB Academic Committee will review the proposals, and upon approval, the
dissertations are formally registered.
8. The academic supervisor will schedule meetings to supervise the students, assign
readings and follow up with students while developing their dissertations.
9. In writing the dissertation, student should adhere to the following guidelines
1. Requirements: students are expected to submit a dissertation of a maximum
of 160 pages excluding the cover page, the table of contents, the abstract, the
bibliography and the appendices.
2. Orientation: the study is a research oriented activity during which the student
is required to formulate the research objectives and adopt the appropriate
research techniques in order to present his /her analytical skills.
3. Guidelines for the dissertation format:
Part I: The cover page
Part II: Table of contents
Part III: Executive summary
Part IV: The main body which covers the following:
Introduction
Subject core including research methodology
Main findings and conclusions
Recommendations
Part V: Bibliography
Part VI: Appendices
10. Students should submit three copies of the dissertation, bearing the supervisor’s
signature prior to the allocated deadline to nominate the members of the Defense
Committee from the Dean's office.
11. On discussing and approving the dissertation, the student should submit 6 copies of
the final version for the purpose of granting the degree.
12. Students who have not finished their dissertations by the end of sixth semester are
allowed to continue working on their dissertations for one additional semester without
paying any fees. Students who fail to finish their dissertations by the end of the
seventh semester will have to register for 9 credit hours in the eighth semester and
pay the equivalent fees.
13. Dissertation in Progress will be recorded on the student’s transcript if the Dissertation
Phase is extended to additional semester(s), that is starting the eighth semester.