MASTER International Health Care Management at IU International University of Applied Sciences

Make a difference

Whether it is in hospitals, outpatient care, medical tourism or health or long-term care insurance: Doctors, nurses and the entire healthcare sector are becoming increasingly international.

This Master’s degree programme provides you with the necessary leadership skills to start or boost your management career in the German and European healthcare sector. During your studies, you deal with the complex relationships between business activities and the resulting ethical and social consequences. After graduating, you will be able to successfully fill leadership positions in healthcare companies such as hospitals and nursing homes, as well as consulting firms and medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

What you will learn from us

The International Health Care Management Master’s degree programme gives you excellent preparation for your career in the healthcare sector – an industry with great development potential and very good job prospects:

• You deal intensively with the complex processes of healthcare management.
• You deal with common state and private healthcare systems as well as with the planning, development and implementation of clinical processes.
• You identify the most important requirements in strategic management and learn how to implement them using the most important management tools.
• You deepen your knowledge of quality-management instruments such as audits, risk management, controlling and monitoring.
• You learn about the foundations of HR management – especially against the background of increasing staff shortages, e.g. in the healthcare sector.

What are my prospects?

With an MBA degree in Health Care Management, you acquire the specialist knowledge you will need as a successful leader in the healthcare industry. Your potential employers include healthcare and care insurance providers, medical facilities, pharmaceutical companies and health tourism institutions. After graduation, for example, you can work as a ...

• Occupational Health Management Consultant
• Hospital Account Manager
• Healthcare Business Consultant