Master of Science in Health Economics & Health Care Management Postgraduate Program By Universität Hamburg |Top Universities

Master of Science in Health Economics & Health Care Management

Main Subject Area

Health/HealthcareMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

High-quality health care and prevention with the highest possible profitability and cost efficiency - the health system is facing major challenges. The goal of the master’s program in Health Economics & Health Care Management is to analyze these scientifically and to develop proposals for solutions. It imparts methodological skills and the ability to apply them to health care issues. Students learn to understand the complex interactions in healthcare and to put this knowledge into practice.


The course, whose courses are held in German and English, is organized by the Department of Social Economics at Universität Hamburg in close cooperation with the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE). The HCHE, joint center of the economics and social science faculty of the University of Hamburg and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), is one of the largest centers for health economic research in Europe.


Students can choose courses from the fields of Health Economics and Health Care Management in a specialization area and freely combine them. This enables an individual focus:


The field of Health Economics - the health care system from an economic perspective is aimed at students with a scientific interest in health economic issues and professional orientation in the direction of ministries, authorities, associations and economic research institutes. Contents are the design of the healthcare system, such as the remuneration of service providers or the regulation of the healthcare system as part of the social security system. 


The areaHealth care management – ​​the health care system from a business perspective is aimed at students with an academic interest in business management issues in the health care system and professional orientation in the direction of hospitals, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical technology and their associations. Health topics are combined with subject-specific events such as marketing, controlling, technology and innovation management.

Program overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

High-quality health care and prevention with the highest possible profitability and cost efficiency - the health system is facing major challenges. The goal of the master’s program in Health Economics & Health Care Management is to analyze these scientifically and to develop proposals for solutions. It imparts methodological skills and the ability to apply them to health care issues. Students learn to understand the complex interactions in healthcare and to put this knowledge into practice.


The course, whose courses are held in German and English, is organized by the Department of Social Economics at Universität Hamburg in close cooperation with the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE). The HCHE, joint center of the economics and social science faculty of the University of Hamburg and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), is one of the largest centers for health economic research in Europe.


Students can choose courses from the fields of Health Economics and Health Care Management in a specialization area and freely combine them. This enables an individual focus:


The field of Health Economics - the health care system from an economic perspective is aimed at students with a scientific interest in health economic issues and professional orientation in the direction of ministries, authorities, associations and economic research institutes. Contents are the design of the healthcare system, such as the remuneration of service providers or the regulation of the healthcare system as part of the social security system. 


The areaHealth care management – ​​the health care system from a business perspective is aimed at students with an academic interest in business management issues in the health care system and professional orientation in the direction of hospitals, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical technology and their associations. Health topics are combined with subject-specific events such as marketing, controlling, technology and innovation management.

Admission requirements

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Most undergraduate degrees take 3 years. All programs are divided into an introductory phase (first year), an in-depth phase (second year), and an advanced phase (third year). The final phase is dedicated to writing the bachelor’s thesis. A bachelor’s degree qualifies you to pursue certain careers and apply for graduate programs.

Your choice of subject determines the degree awarded: subjects in the humanities generally award a Bachelor of Arts, subjects in the natural sciences award a Bachelor of Science, and our two interdisciplinary law programs offer a Bachelor of Laws. Teacher training programs also award a special bachelor’s degree.

A Bachelor of Arts program is structured as follows:

  • 1 major (50% or 90 achievement points)
  • 1 minor (25% or 45 achievement points)
  • general professional skills (ABK) courses (15% or 27 credit points)
  • elective courses (10% or 18 credit points).


Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws programs is structured as follows:

  • 1 major (75% or more)
  • general professional skills (15% or less)
  • elective courses (10% or less).


Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws degree programs do not contain a minor component.

Further information and details on applying: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung.html

After completing a bachelor’s degree, graduates can pursue a Master of Arts or a Master of Science straight away, or take a break and enroll at a later date. As a rule, it takes 5 years to complete a bachelor’s followed by a master’s degree. Universität Hamburg offers two different types of master’s degree. Consecutive master’s programs deepen knowledge and skills acquired during a bachelor’s degree and graduates may commence these programs straight after graduation. Professional master’s degree programs are graduate programs that develop existing professional skills in a particular field. Applicants must thus demonstrate at least 1 year of professional experience. The requirements and qualifications are the same for both types of degree.

Master’s programs may have admission restrictions and individual subjects also have different admission requirements. You can find more information about master’s programs in our German-language information sheet on master’s and professional master’s degree programs (Master- und Aufbaustudiengänge) or in the bilingual online guide to degree programs at Universität Hamburg.

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