Calwest University has a standard academic calendar of three intakes for its MBA degree program.
| Intake Period 1: | February 1 – April 30 | (enrollment period 1 Feb – 31 March) |
| Intake Period 2: | May 1 – July 31 | (enrollment period 1 May – 30 June) |
| Intake Period 3: | August 1 – October 31 | (enrollment period 1 Aug - 30 Sept) |
| Intake Period 4: | November 1 – January 31 | (enrollment period 1 Nov - 31 Dec) |
No enrollments will be accepted once an Enrollment Period ends, unless special permission has been obtained.
Students need special permission from student administration to enroll after Enroillment Period end.
There is no deadline date for starting the DBA degree program.
Course credits will be earned on a semester equivalency basis.
Courses can be started at any time after a student enrolls in a degree program.
MBA Program
The four compulsory 'Core Building Blocks" Tubeclasses courses that are compulsory in the MBA program at Calwest are:
Students work at their own pace. The method of assessment is via an online examination or assignment when the students are confident that they are ready to be assessed. For online exams, these will be available automatically once all the Topic Quizzes have been completed.
An MBA degree will be awarded by Calwest University upon the successful completion of 12 Courses (36 Credit points). This is expected to take 2 years (full time) and 4 years (part time) after the start date.
DBA Program
Those without an accredited MBA will need to undertake eleven core business courses and three research courses. As such, it is advised to undertake the MBA for CMAs first.
The three research courses are:
DBA813 Research Proposal
DBA814 Research Thesis
DBA801 Research Methods
A DBA degree will be awarded by Calwest University upon the successful completion of 60 Credit points. This is expected to take 3 years (full time) and 6 years (part time) after the start date.
On the successful completion of the DBA, the prefix 'Dr.' can be used before your name as a professional title, and you can legally describe yourself as a Doctor of Business Administration.
Credits Earned in a Compressed Time Period
Due to the 24-hour, 7-day-a-week nature of a campus in the cloud, it is possible that students may learn at different paces, and some may be able to compress the time period in which they earn a degree. However, Calwest will not permit a program compression that enables students to complete in less than one year for a MBA degree. Special permission on a case-by-case basis will need to be obtained by students who wish to compress their courses in time periods less than this and would usually pertain to those coming with significant credit for prior learning in an equivalent program.
Calwest University is an USA based institution that specializes in providing distance learning programs via the Internet to a global audience. Its global education programs are approved by the Australian Education Standards Credentials Agency (AECSA).