The European Professional Doctorate (EPD-EU) is a uniquely tailored practice – based program for owners, entrepreneurs and top level senior managers positioned at a CEO and Director levels working within a Global Business Environmental Context. This qualification functions academically equivalent level to a traditional PhD in the business landscape. EPD-EU is our trademark in-house developed Flagship Concept of Recognizing the achievement of Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Industrialists, Academicians, Philanthropists & Senior Level Management Executives around the Globe and Conferring them with appropriate and accredited Professional Qualifications. This is a doctoral-level degree for experienced professionals who want to translate their industry expertise into a higher position of credibility, leadership and influence in their profession. The nominated EPD-EU candidates usually take an existing concept or problem in their industry, conduct the research and recommend proposals or solutions. This can have a significant social and economic impact.

Those doing a professional doctorate are encouraged to look at their own practice and context and to draw their research question from it. They are expected to articulate and critically interrogate their own professional knowledge. This is not the sole source of knowledge they work with of course, as they also draw on relevant scholarly literature.The research that is done in a professional doctorate is intended to be relevant and of interest and use to other professionals and therefore to advance professional practice and its knowledge base. Through bringing professional problems, knowledge and insider informed research into conversation with scholarly knowledge a contribution to scholarly knowledge is also made.

The European Professional Doctorate is designed to recognize the achievements in one’s professional journey, extraordinary contribution to the society or exceptional intellectual or artistic achievement. The recipients are carefully selected by the Board of the Rushford Business School Switzerland after a very diligent examination of the grounds for their nominations and submission of their doctoral portfolio works. The ability to present doctoral work in a portfolio as opposed to a dissertation presents an opportunity to professional doctorate candidates to step outside the boundaries presented by the traditional research writing framework.

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) course has been crafted for CEOs, CFOs, Managing Directors and for Senior Level Professional Employees and guides you to embark on careers as applied researchers, consultant and senior corporate roles. This accelerated course also provides an opportunity for applicants who hold a Post – Doctoral Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership qualification to gain an entry into higher ranked and globally accredited university. Our accredited DBA Program is currently in direct articulation with International American University on validation mode.

Girne American University PhD study is expected to take a minimum of four years. The first year of the program consists of intensive formal course work that prepares the student for his own research. Upon completion of the course work, an individual student research thesis program is assigned based on approved topics in the field of study and in-line with the priorities of the University. As a part of the program requirements, participants publish their research in an international refereed journal.