Business Administration: Health
Study Business Administration - Health in Groningen to gain a specialised approach to health care management and health economics, and make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.
Can a manager make a significant influence in the healthcare sector? A high-quality health system is of major importance, as it directly influences citizens’ well-being and the overall functioning of our society. As a healthcare manager, health policymaker, health economist, or consultant , you will be vital in improving and innovating healthcare or our public health at all levels.
In the one-year MSc Business Administration - Health, you can take a multidisciplinary approach , combining the latest academic theory with practice to give you the best foundation to start your career. You will gain expertise in healthcare management and health economics to understand best and tackle the challenges facing the health sector today.
Make your study programme unique to you :
- Customise your programme further with a wide variety of elective courses.
- Take an extra Master's internship in the second semester of your studies and apply what you have learned to add value to practice already.
- Join our diverse community of students with backgrounds in business, economics, health sciences, and a range of (para-)medic disciplines.
- Study abroad by joining the double degree master's with our partner Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal , which broadens your scope to health and service management.
IELTS Academic overall score 6.5 (Speaking 6, Writing 6.5); TOEFL internet-based overall score 90 (Speaking 20, Writing 24); Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency (overall score 176, Speaking 169, Writing 176); LanguageCert Academic: overall score 70 (min. 65 in Speaking, 70 in Writing); Pearson PTE Academic (min. 56 in Speaking, 70 in Writing).
To be eligible for admission to this Master, you need to hold an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree from a research university in one of the following - or closely related - fields: Business Administration,Business Economics, Econometrics and Operations Research, Economics and Business Economics, International Business, Technology Management.
Checklist including brief description (max. 20 pages) of relevant courses you have taken in the field of the specific Master programme you are applying for, and of any courses in research methods and statistics. Course descriptions must include a description of topics covered in the course, learning objectives and a literature list of the course book(s) used in each course.
Job examples
- Consultant specialized in the health sector
- Management trainee in a larger healthcare organization
- Healthcare purchaser, e.g. for a municipality or health insurer
- Project or account manager for a health insurance company
- Policy analyst or advisor within a government agency
- Policy researcher in a pharmaceutical company
- Support staff manager within a healthcare organization, such as a hospital, mental health institute, nursing home, or primary care network
