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What's the difference between DBA and PhD, EMBA and EDBA?
PhD (doctor of philosophy: now involving philosophy, politics, economy and other disciplines) and DBA (doctor of business administration) are both doctoral degrees, and they are different in the level and difficulty of research. Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D or D.Phil, is an academic doctor and one of the senior academic titles, which is recognized as the highest academic title in the academic framework of the world. Good doctoral programs are mainly concentrated in the United States, ranking with reference to the top 50 universities in the United States.

EMBA is a course aimed at the top managers of current companies, which is usually conducted outside working hours, and is called Executive MBA. Well-known universities in China and Europe and America are founded by.

The full name of DBA is doctor of business administration. In Europe, some experts predict that the development prospect of DBA education is very optimistic, which may one day break the situation that the traditional PhD model of doctoral education dominates the world. Like PhD, DBA is an authentic American degree. For example, Harvard Business School offers both doctoral and DBA programs. After the United States, many universities in Britain have set up DBA courses. For example, Henry School of Management is one of the first famous universities in Britain to offer DBA courses, and Manchester University is also one of the institutions. There are many DBA program business schools in France, such as German Business School, Nuoou Business School, Lyon Business School and other well-known business schools.

EDBA(Executive DBA, abbreviated as EDBA) is said to be the abbreviation of Senior Doctor of Business Administration, which is a form of on-the-job training introduced by some universities in Europe and does not belong to the traditional degree education. On behalf of the school, Paris IX, Nice University, Swiss Central University (it seems to be not a regular school, suspected of pheasant, so be cautious).

Joint training program of DBA and PhD, because DBA and PhD have something in common, some universities also offer conversion programs between DBA and PhD. For example, after obtaining a DBA degree, you can apply for a PhD degree at the same time, such as Northwestern University, Noo Business School in France, and Leuven University in Belgium.

The internationally recognized standard for selecting the above commercial projects is to refer to the ranking of the Financial Times to see if there is AACSB certification.