European Professional Doctorate-EU

Overview

The European Professional Doctorate (EPD-EU) offers a practice-based program tailored for owners, entrepreneurs, and senior-level executives, such as CEOs and Directors, operating within a global business environment. Academically equivalent to a traditional PhD, this program focuses on bridging industry expertise and academic rigor in the business landscape.

EPD-EU, a flagship concept developed in-house, recognizes the achievements of entrepreneurs, business owners, industrialists, academicians, philanthropists, and senior executives worldwide. It awards them with accredited professional qualifications, honoring their extraordinary contributions to their industries and society. Designed for experienced professionals, this doctoral-level degree enhances credibility, leadership, and influence within their professions. Candidates address industry challenges by conducting research, proposing innovative solutions, and delivering significant social and economic impact.

Participants in the program actively explore their own professional practices and contexts to frame their research questions. By articulating and critically analyzing their professional knowledge, they develop insights that blend with relevant scholarly literature. Their research contributes to advancing professional practice and its knowledge base, creating outcomes that are valuable and applicable to other professionals. By integrating professional problems and insider knowledge with scholarly research, participants also make meaningful contributions to academic discourse.

The European Professional Doctorate (EPD-EU) celebrates professional achievements, exceptional societal contributions, and extraordinary intellectual or artistic accomplishments. The Board of the Rushford Business School Switzerland rigorously reviews and selects recipients, assessing their nominations and doctoral portfolio works with diligence. Unlike traditional dissertation-based doctorates, EPD-EU allows candidates to present their doctoral work through a portfolio. This innovative approach enables participants to step beyond conventional research writing frameworks, showcasing their unique professional expertise and achievements.

Benefits

• Real Impact on the Industry.
• Expanding Your Professional & Business Networks.
• Economical & Effective Way to Achieve the Highest Level of Education.
• Become an Innovator & Disruptor.
• Business Boot Camps.
• Exclusive Access to Global Conferences, Seminars & Workshops.
• Practical Course Pedagogy.
• Allows you to Mentor the Future Generations.
• Build a Strong Profile & Publish the same as Doctoral Portfolio.

About Awarding Body

Rushford Business School, Switzerland, www.rushford.ch

Rushford Business School is the official name of the Business School of James Lind Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.

The awarding body offers higher degree programs in Business and Management accredited by SWISS EDUCATION, EDUQUA, ACBSP, IACBE, PRME, ICDE, Atheneum Liberal Studies (ALS), IFTDO, ISO. Rushford Business School is self-regulating and awards Professional and Graduate Qualifications under its charter of incorporation.

These awards are European Awards aligned to the European Qualification Framework.

Course Modules

• DPROF 300 Personal and Professional Review

This will enable you to develop an in-depth view of the trajectory of your career, your capacity and preferences for learning as well as gaining deeper insights into your own beliefs, actions and preferences.

• DPROF 301 Designing Practitioner Research*

Introduces you to a comprehensive range of methods for effective workplace investigation.

• DPROF 302 Negotiated Experiential Learning*

Will enable you to carry out a workplace project using a recognized method.

• DPROF 303 Practitioner Enquiry at Doctoral Level

This will enable you to formulate a detailed proposal for a Doctoral research project(s) by engaging with research methods at a deeper level.

• DPROF 304 Minor and Major Practitioner Research Project

These can be discrete research projects or can be linked. The project(s) will be a substantial and original contribution to organisational and professional knowledge.

Graduates will be awarded with an accredited European Professional Doctorate highlighting their industrial expertise & specialization in accordance to the European Qualification Framework at Level 10 from Rushford Business School Switzerland.

Entry requirements

• Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) for direct entry;
• Should be an Owner/Industrialist/Businessmen or an Entrepreneur who has a well-established set up over a min period of 5 years;
• Min of 50 staffs working under him or her & should also be a Philanthropist who have made contribution to his or society;
• Otherwise holding a Senior Management position for the last 15 years for a Multinational Organization;
• Applicant has to be 35+ yrs of age;
• Four Referee letters from employers or shareholders of the organization previously worked or currently working;
• Applicant can also be leading Academicians/Teachers/Educators who have served the teaching/education industry for more than 20+ years.

Assessments And Verifications

• Strong Nomination/Recommendation from a Credible Govt or Semi Govt Body in the respective regions. Evaluation and Ratification of Bio- Data, Personal and Professional Achievements .
• Thesis/Doctoral Portfolio Submission related to current business or profession.
• Submission of Executive Article on ”Business Leadership”
• Telephonic/Skype Interview defending the Thesis Viva-Voice.
• Consultant’s Final Report and Review of the Candidate

Study Mode

• Flexible & accelerated delivery approach.
• Blended and hybrid learning mode aided with workshops, seminars and conference.

Start Dates

Yearly Intake On Experiential Learning Mode.

Duration & Delivery Methods

Duration: The programme is designed to be delivered over four academic years for full-time, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time learning.

Delivery Method: You will receive online support including lectures, group discussions in seminars and tutorials for Stages 1 & 2 With stage 3 & 4 only involving supervision of dissertation and thesis defence (viva).

Course Information

Starts

Rotational Intake

Assessments

Assignments, Projects and Case Studies

Delivery Mode

Online, Hybrid and Part time

Accreditation

UK accredited and Globally Accredited