Doctorate in AI Leadership and Emerging Technologies
A three-year, 100% online doctorate that builds advanced expertise in the leadership, governance, and critical evaluation of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Candidates produce original, research-driven knowledge that addresses the strategic, ethical, and socio-technical challenges of AI transformation. Through rigorous, supervised research, graduates generate impactful work that advances AI leadership and supports evidence-based decision-making.
- Duration
36 Months
- Modules
6 Core Modules
- Assignments
Research Projects
- Format
Blended Learning
- Projects
Thesis Research
- Level
Doctoral
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A Next-Generation Doctorate from the University for the 21st Century
The Doctorate in AI Leadership and Emerging Technologies places a strong emphasis on advanced research capability. Candidates design, conduct, and disseminate rigorous doctoral research, applying diverse methodologies, critically reviewing literature, and identifying meaningful research gaps. Through sustained inquiry and data-informed analysis, graduates generate impactful research that advances AI leadership, contributes to academic knowledge, and supports evidence-based decision-making in rapidly evolving technological environments.
Course Modules
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Learn from Industry Leaders & Experts
Learn from distinguished doctoral supervisors, industry leaders, and AI researchers from top organizations. Our world-class faculty combines advanced academic credentials with extensive industry experience, bringing cutting-edge research expertise and practical insights to guide your doctoral journey in AI and technology management.
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Students from 60+ Countries Worldwide
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about our Doctorate in AI Leadership and Emerging Technologies. Learn about admissions, research structure, and outcomes.
This doctorate prepares you to lead AI transformation at the highest level. It combines strategic leadership, governance, and emerging-technology expertise with rigorous doctoral research, so you graduate able to produce original knowledge and influence policy, practice, and academic debate in fast-moving technological environments.
The programme centres on advanced research capability. You design and conduct original research into the leadership, governance, and socio-technical impact of AI and emerging technologies, applying diverse methodologies, critically reviewing literature, and identifying meaningful research gaps that contribute to scholarship and evidence-based decision-making.
The doctorate runs over three years and 180 ECTS. Year 1 delivers six taught modules (60 ECTS) covering research design, strategic leadership, theories of AI change, governance and ethics, intelligent systems, and the doctoral research proposal. Year 2 (60 ECTS) covers the proposal defence, thesis progression, and research engagement, and Year 3 (60 ECTS) culminates in thesis submission, presentation, and the viva voce examination.
Entry requires a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university. Candidates are selected on the strength of their academic background and research interest, alongside their motivation to undertake doctoral-level research in AI leadership and emerging technologies.
It is designed for experienced professionals, academic leaders, and researchers from backgrounds such as technology leadership, data science, consulting, research, and academia who want to advance their expertise and undertake rigorous doctoral research into AI and emerging technologies.
Graduates are equipped for senior leadership, advisory, policy, and research roles where they shape responsible AI adoption. The doctorate also supports academic careers, enabling you to contribute original research, publish, and inform scholarly debate on AI leadership and technological change.
The programme is delivered with UTAMED (Universidad Tecnologica Atlantico Mediterraneo), Spain, an established, fully online university based in Malaga. It reflects UTAMED’s commitment to skills-based, research-informed education that bridges research, innovation, and industry.
Yes. The doctorate is 100% online and structured around supervised, self-directed research, making it well suited to working professionals who need to balance demanding roles with rigorous doctoral study.
The thesis is your original contribution to knowledge, developed through supervised research across the three years. In the final stage you submit the thesis, present your work, and defend it in a viva voce examination, an oral examination before examiners that assesses the depth, rigour, and originality of your research.
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