AWARDING BODY: European Global Institute of Innovation & Technology, Malta
36 Months
Total Months
180
12000 EUR
Self-Paced Online
ESDST’S Doctorate of Business Administration in Data Science focuses upon creating business leaders with an exceptional data-backed decision-making capabilities. The program aims at broadening mindset to review data set and recommend meaningful solutions for the given scenario.
The program involves generating awareness on every step of statistical analysis which include cleaning the data, assessing reliability and validity of the data. This program specifically prepares you on designing and execute a research methodology which is quantitative in nature to solve a real business problem.
The key distinction in our DBA in Data Analytics is to learn from practitioners at every stage which enables you to learn a more practical approach in gathering new information, process complex data and analyse the same to suggest business solutions. The program follows a practitioner mentor – research scholar approach wherein each research scholar is assigned a mentor who is practising in the industry.
Highlights:
2-3 5-7 weeks
180
90
COURSES
DBA- Data Science is planned to be delivered 100% online, with all material and resources included and provided through ESDST e-campus.
The program comprises of 6 modules per year for 2 years along with the value-added seminars and the written assignments accompanying each module. The aim of these modules is to empower scholars on designing data-driven research methods and analysis which is good for the business and society at large. The taught modules contain research modules, domain-specific modules like Data Science or data science, etc, value-added seminars.
In addition to the taught modules, scholars are guided continually through five residencies starting from Year 1. The students’ residencies can be conducted offline or online depending upon the number of participants and their locations.
The writing targets for scholars to produce their research output in terms of publications, writing research proposals, carry data collection, teaching initiatives, etc. are also the main learning vehicle for the scholars. These are the tangible outcomes scholars produce and attain skills necessitated to conduct real research and corresponding recommendations for business problems.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
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Research Modules
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Introduction to Academic Research | Designing a quantitative research methodology |
Individual and Guided Work
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| The landscape of Literature Review | Quantitative Research Methodology: Data Collection and Hypothesis Testing | |||
| Research Design | Report Writing | |||
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Business Analytics Modules
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Business Analytics Foundation | Data Warehousing and management |
Practioner Mentor – Research Scholar
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| Predictive Analytics Methods | Business Decision Making using Analytics | |||
| Programming for Analytics using R | Data Visualization and Storytelling with Tableau | |||
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Scholars’ Output
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Research Proposal | Extensive Literature Review | Doctoral Residency -1 | PhD Pre-Defence |
| Data Collection and Pilot Study | Doctoral Residency -2 | PhD Defence | ||
| Personal Growth | Publication in a peer-reviewed Journal – 1 per year Participation in Conference Teaching and Peer-collaborative learning |
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20%
CAREERS & OUTCOMES
ESDST DBA-Data Science is a recognised degree which is delivered 100% online, with a possibility to visit campus for Residency programs. It provides you flexibility to pursue your work and integrate learnings from your DBA immediately to solve real business problem you company might be facing. This andragogy enables you to implement the learnings and reflect critically upon business scenarios which is essential for continuous learning. The assignments and report writings are also one of the learning vehicles which help developing skill-sets such as communication skills, critical cognition, etc. imperative for one’s professional growth.
Practitioner Mentor – Research Scholar approach is specially designed to allow our scholars learn from mentors who are engaged in solving real-world business problems. You being a practitioner is studying from Professors and practitioners from around the world. This provides the best combination for reflective higher-order learning. The residency workshops allow you to consolidate your learnings in individual modules and guides you to prepare tangible outputs. The writing targets enhances your skill-set, which prepares you to be best in the industry.
Primary outcomes:
After completing the program, the career path will be influenced by what stage of cognition the student is. For working professional students, the positive impact of the programme happens from the first day since the student can apply the knowledge and skills right away at work. Students can target any of the following roles:
ESDST maintains very high standards for students who enter our academic programs. For entry into ESDST DBA programs the following criteria need to be met before admission is offered to a prospective student.
Qualifications:
Master’s Degree or an equivalent recognized academic title in any discipline.
Qualifications Waiver:
For students who don’t have a Master’s Degree, ESDST uses Recognition of Prior Experience (RPE). ESDST generally utilizes over 3 years of relevant experience in a significant role for waiver of the course work. Please contact us at admissions@esdst.eu for more details.
Proficiency in English:
Evidence of Proficiency in English
IELTS 6.0+, OR
PTE 50+, OR
TOEFL 550+, OR
Any other proficiency test taken in the last 2 years
English Proficiency Waiver:
The English proficiency test is waived for the following candidates:
Native English Speakers, OR;
Applicants having completed their schooling in English (i.e. High School Diploma or IB), OR;
Applicants having completed their undergraduate degree in English in an English speaking country, OR;
2 Years of work experience in a setting in which English is the primary language of work