opinions on SSBM DBA program?

[MrPanda]

Hi Mr. Panda, 

Are you in Europe? I think the cost for EU citizens might be less and you can definitely get better loan options if you are in the EU or especially in France. Are the Paris School of Business or Toulouse Business School distance learning based or is those programs on site? Are they AACSB accredited and do they accept US student or private loans?

Thanks,

Education Seeker

No, I´m not in Europe.

PSB and TBS are AACSB and AMBA


Both give you distance learning options.

Can the PSB and TBS DBA (or other Business PHD degrees at these institutions) are doctorates entirely online or do you need to travel to France? I know Grenoble is another French doctoral business program, but, it requires to travel mainly to either Los Angeles or twice to Grenoble, France at the beginning and end of the program. While I could travel some, I am limited being a single parent as to the amount I can travel. Also, do TBS and PSB accept US student loans or private loans to pay the roughly $35,000 tuition cost?

Thanks,

Education Seeker

I don´t know about loans.

Regarding PSB, they said this in September 2021:

 The program is entirely in English; therefore, no prior knowledge of the French language is required. Our admission process does not require a GMAT score.   

 1) Since our DBA is an executive program, it is possible to go on pursuing your professional career while undertaking your doctoral research.  

2) The normal duration of the program is three years. As soon as a student enrolls in the program, a supervisor will coach him/her mostly online. In addition to the tutoring, five seminars are organized in Paris during the first year in two compact sessions.   
 
3) The first seminar is scheduled for December 2021 6,7 and 8 (Introduction to doctoral research); the second for December 2021 9,10 and 13 (Formulating the research topic); the third (Data collection techniques) for December 2021 14, 15 and 16 in one compact session. The seminars will also be delivered ONLINE through video streaming for students who can’t travel to Paris because of flight restrictions.   

The second session will be scheduled for May 2022 23, 24 and 25 (Advanced Qualitative Methods) and May 2022 26 and 27 (Advanced Quantitative Methods). So, five seminars are scheduled for the first year of the program in two compact sessions: only two trips to Paris will therefore be necessary for the first year.   

There will one 5-day workshop in year 2 of the program organized in one session scheduled for January or July 2023 (one trip only in year two) and a 4-day workshop in year 3 of the program scheduled for January or July 2024 (one trip only in year three).  

4) It must be emphasized that our DBA program benefits from a partnership with the American Library in Paris and its huge online resources. So, all the required books and journal articles needed for the program are available through the American Library in Paris and are consequently included in the price.  

5) Paris School of Business is a leading fully nationally accredited French Business School. Furthermore, Paris School of Business is a triple crown business school since it has been awarded the AACSB, AMBA and EPAS international accreditations.

Mr. Panda,

I did do some research and found out that there are several French universities that participate in the US Student loan program. It doesn't seem like they do participate in this program, but, I will contact them.

I observed that the seminar in 2021 was offered online, but, the session in May was physically in Paris. Do you know if they are still offering sessions online? I will have to contact them. Even if it is in person, it would be two in person visits to Paris.

The program sounds very impressive. Do you know how they rank or anything about the DBA reputation?

Thanks,

Education Seeker

11 years ago I was accepted to the PSB MBA, but I ended going to the University of Lisbon - Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais.

My bachelor grades were not very good (and for US standards those would be bad, except for the last 2 terms that were good), but I had very good grades in a Master in Economics (with one term pending), so I had that going for me. My work experience was in low level positions an it was not very long, so that shouldn´t have added too many points to my application.

So I guess it´s not that difficult to get accepted there.

But I agree with you that everything looks very good in their website, but reading about the school, I remember that in comparison with other French schools, this one was not very well considered.