PhD in Business Administration
Center of Business Administration (CBA)
Vision
To offer creative and academic PhD programs that meet the current and future needs and desires of beneficiaries.
Mission
To enhance the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of innovative administrative and academic research leaders, enabling them to excel in solving problems and interacting with environmental, organizational, and societal challenges.
Objectives
Provide opportunities for administrative leaders and academic researchers aspiring for personal, academic, and professional growth, enabling them to attain senior leadership positions within their organizations.
Graduate qualified academic professionals to serve in Yemeni and regional universities.Empower individuals seeking to pursue consulting careers by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to establish specialized consulting firms or offices.
Develop professional administrative leaders capable of applying new knowledge to practical solutions, effectively solving problems, and managing complex and uncertain situations with high proficiency.
Enhance researchers’ ability to scientifically identify, analyze, interpret, and explain information sources, linking them to organizational (administrative) phenomena and translating insights into swift, effective practices.
Enable administrative and academic leaders to differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research methods and choose the most suitable approach for the phenomenon under study.
Strengthen the skills and competencies of senior administrative leaders in organizations, enabling them to make informed decisions and apply diverse management theories to address complex challenges.
The program’s research-based approach enables business leaders across various sectors to manage their operations effectively while simultaneously working on their PhD dissertations, gaining both theoretical and practical understanding of the latest administrative models and theories.
PhD Program Guidelines
- Appointment of a supervisor.
- Selection and registration of the PhD dissertation title with the National Information Center.
- Submission of the research proposal in accordance with the center’s specified standards for review. Once approved, the student is officially enrolled in the program.
- For students with an academic master’s degree, they must publish two papers based on their dissertation, one in an ISI or Scopus-indexed journal and the other in the Sana’a University Journal.
- For students with an executive master’s degree, they are required to publish three papers, two of which must be in ISI or Scopus-indexed journals, and the third in the Sana’a University Journal.
- Compliance with the center’s guidelines for writing theses and dissertations.
- The dissertation must undergo a plagiarism check using Turnitin, the center’s approved platform.
- Students from non-administrative disciplines must complete 12 courses before proceeding with the previously mentioned steps.
Timeline of PhD
| No. | Item | Proposed Timeframe / Months |
| 1 | Dissertation Plan | 6 |
| 2 | Writing the Theoretical Part | 3 |
| 3 | Field Research | 3 |
| 4 | Analysis of Collected Field Data | 3 |
| 5 | Writing the Final Version of the Dissertation | 3 |
| 6 | Publishing the First Paper | 3 |
| 7 | Publishing the Second Paper | 3 |
| 8 | PhD Dissertation Defense | — |
| 9 | Total Study Period | 24: 36 months |
| 10 | The dissertation should not exceed 200 pages and should not be less than 150 pages | |