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Doctorate in Business Administration

Quantum Leadership

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Subscription fee 30,000€
  • EXECUTIVE MBA
  • Start April 2026
  • Duration 24 months
  • Format Part-time
  • Language English
  • Fruition Blended
A pathway for high-achievers to manage a complex world
A part-time program designed for senior managers, academics, professionals, and institutional representatives, aimed at achieving the highest level of academic education and becoming strategic leaders within a global network

We live in an era marked by rapid, systemic, and interconnected transformations across the economy, society, environment, technology, and geopolitics.

In this context, the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in Quantum Leadership represents the highest level of academic education (EQF level 8), designed for those who seek to combine practice with strategic reflection in a complex world. The program is aimed not only at senior managers, but also at academics, professionals, and institutional representatives, empowering them to interpret reality with a systemic vision, act with awareness, and generate long-term impact.

The DBA integrates interdisciplinary knowledge, the methodoligical rigour of applied research, emerging technologies, and a deep culture of policy making. The part-time format, lasting 24 months (extendable), includes residential weeks, visit tours in Italy and abroad, and is tailored for those with demanding professional lives.

It is a gateway to strategic leadership, to the capability of multidisciplinary scientific analysis that goes beyond management and engages with the global stakeholder ecosystem, offering a unique academic and professional positioning.

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Assets and
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The program serves as a gateway for top managers to expand their personal development horizons and enhance their ability to lobbying and engage strategically with stakeholders and institutions. Through a journey enriched by global connections and opportunities for dialogue and interaction, both inside and outside the classroom, with the industrial and institutional world, participants develop a long-term vision capable of guiding strategic transformations.

Cutting-edge content

Pioneering content that goes beyond the managerial sphere, such as the culture of policy making.

Faculty

Innovators, internationally renowned experts, and institutional leaders with whom to share visions of strategic policy and leadership.

Community-Based Learning

Direct participant engagement through empowerment and collaborative development.

Networking

International and synergistic relationships with industry, institurions and policy makers.

Upskilling

Achieve a terminal degree, the highest level in academic education.

Tailor-Made Learning Pathway

Personalized pathway aligned with the candidate’s interests through a dedicated tutor.

Doctorate in Business Administration Designed for senior professionals with at least 10 years of experience, preferably in leadership roles, who wish to enhance their profile with cutting-edge skills aligned with global challenges and transformations.
APPLIED RESEARCH – Ability to generate research questions integrating scientific methods with practical managerial or entrepreneurial applications and orientation towards policy making
KEY TOPICS - Explore and develop strategic competencies of personal/professional interest on cutting-edge themes, focused on industrial, academic and policy making challenges
UPSKILLING & NETWORKING - Elevate your educational level and build high-profile connections across academia, industry, and institutions and policy makers with lobbying opportunities
LEADERSHIP – Self-reflection and personal development to refine field independence, reframe challenges with new meaning, ask fundamental questions to industray and policy makers, and turn adversity into a driving force
Delivery mode

Inperson

Experiential

Two block-teaching weeks per year, offering a unique opportunity to share knowledge, engage in business-inspired group dynamics, and build valuable relationships

Online (Synchronous & Asynchronous)

Smart

Designed to integrate with professional commitments, streaming sessions offer flexibility without compromising educational quality. One block-teaching week per year is delivered fully online

Targeted at

Managers and Executives

 

Professionals and Consultants

 

Academics and Scholars

 

Public Sector and NGO Executives

 

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The programme at a glance
  • 1 Quantum Leadership Insights
  • 2 Strategic Research Toolbox
  • 3 Technology and the Future of Work: Scenarios and Impacts for Change Leaders
  • 4 The AI Trail: Exploring Technology and Leadership in Business
  • 5 Understanding Power Dynamics
  • 6 Thinking Like an Entrepreneur: Impact Strategies
  • 7 DBA Connect: Leadership and Innovation Lab
  • 8 Skill Refinement Retreat
  • 9 Company Discovery Lab: Business Applications Tour
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