DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA - S71)

Opening Doors of Opportunities

Discover the vibrant world of business with the Diploma in Business Administration (DBA), the flagship and only multidisciplinary business course at SP School of Business. Since 1986, we have been shaping talent for the industry, and our graduates are widely recognised by employers and recruiters. With over 35 years of excellence, our graduates hold key positions in local and international companies.

DBA equips you with a strong business foundation, providing you with relevant, future-ready knowledge and skills to thrive in any industry. DBA's student-focused curriculum offers hands-on experience and the flexibility of tailoring your learning experience in three vital business domain areas:

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Digital Marketing & Branding
• International Trade & Operations

Accolades and Industry Accreditation

• Seed Funding
  • Kapaw & Co is a founded by a group of recent DBA graduates who champions  sustainability by using “ugly” and soon-to-be-expired food, turning them into nutritional fresh pet foods. Since setting up in 2022, the start-up won numerous entrepreneurship pitching competition and has raised close to $38,000 in seed funds.
• National Young Leaders Fellowship & Google Cloud Hackathon
  • Jamie Yau, a recent DBA graduate was selected as one of Singapore’s top 30 leaders by the esteemed Halogen Foundation into the fellowship.  Jamie is also a co-founder of Empathy, a technology start-up which aims to be the digital conscience for on-line conversations. Jamie’s competed at the Google Cloud Hackathon in 2022 and her team was second runner-up. 
• Other Notable Awards
  • Champion Team at National University of Singapore and Institute of System Science’s Digital Futurist Challenge 2022
  • Top Teams FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge Singapore in 2016, 2019, 2020 & 2022 and Championship winner at its Asia Pacific Finals in 2016 & 2022
  • Students were awarded Spirit of Enterprise’s Charles & Keith Best Student Interviewer over the years and more recently in 2019, 2021 & 2022
  • Students were awarded Spirit of Enterprise’s Charles and Keith Best Student Achievement in 2021 & 2022

What You Can Expect

• Our strong industry partnerships ensure that you're work-ready and life-ready. Tackle real-world business challenges at your internships, work on exciting projects with renowned companies and gain hands-on experience in our Student Agency. You’ll also get to demonstrate your skills in competitions, network at events, and learn through seminars by industry experts.
• All DBA students will take DELTA, a newly curated multi-disciplinary Year 2 module that is unique to DBA. DELTA lets you learn essential skills whilst working on meaningful industry projects.  Working in cross-disciplinary teams, you will integrate and apply concepts in marketing, operations and design thinking to tackle real-world business problems for actual clients.
• Widen your horizon and heighten your global perspectives by working and interacting with foreign counterparts through overseas projects, cultural exchanges and international competitions.
• As DBA is well-recognised by both local and overseas universities, many graduates earn prestigious scholarships to pursue business-related degrees. Our graduates may be granted up to one and a half years exemption from typical three-year business-related degree courses by overseas universities. Find out more.
• Get a head start for your career in business and commerce. Find out about the career options and pathways available to DBA graduates here.

In Their Own Words

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