‘Dr Wittenborg’: WUAS & Audencia Business School Enter DBA Agreement

20.04.2023

Next step for the most international Dutch business school

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences is proud to announce the finalisation of its collaboration with Audencia Business School to offer Audencia's doctoral programme at Wittenborg. Students will begin their doctoral studies at Wittenborg in Amsterdam for the first year. After that, they will complete the second and third years in France, either physically or virtually at Audencia's Nantes or Paris campuses. Students at both of Audencia's campuses will be able to make use of all the same facilities as all other students and faculty members. The programme is set to begin this November 2023.

Audencia and Wittenborg's collaboration comes after two years of discussions and planning on how to provide excellent education at doctoral level across borders and according to local legal standards of education. The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) degree is an ideal step forward for all professionals looking to take the next step in their careers and contribute to the world of academic literature. DBA degrees are more practical than theory-based PhDs, are made to fit the schedules of full-time professionals and are ideal for those looking to devise and directly implement innovative business structures, models and strategies.

Audencia Business School is a top higher education institution headquartered in Nantes, France. Audencia is one of the few business schools in Europe to hold triple accreditation from the AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Like Wittenborg, the most international business school in the Netherlands representing over 100 nationalities, Audencia is an incredibly international environment, representing over 6,000 students and 140 academic staff hailing from over 90 different countries. Wittenborg sincerely thanks everyone at Audencia as well as Wittenborg for their hard work in making this possible. The most international business school in the Netherlands looks forward to increased collaboration with its partners and is excited to see how this new degree programme benefits students and allows them to positively impact the world of academia, business and society at large.