MBA Healthcare Management

Strengthen your skills in management and emerge as a leader capable of driving the future of healthcare forward with the University of Roehampton.

MBA Healthcare Management

Masters Degree (Postgraduate)

Time investment

2.5 years part time

Language

English

Location

Online

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Course Overview

  • Develop healthcare solutions
    Utilise advanced strategic tools to design and implement effective healthcare strategies, enhancing organisational performance and patient outcomes.
  • Lead successful projects
    Combine project management tools and top-notch interpersonal skills to drive healthcare projects.
  • Optimise financial performance
    Gain expertise in financial management to improve resource allocation and organisational efficiency.
  • Drive innovation
    Lead healthcare initiatives using cutting-edge technologies that enhance services and patient care.
  • Manage change
    Utilise advanced leadership practices and change management techniques to build resilient teams.
  • Conquer healthcare challenges
    Hone problem-solving and research skills to address complex healthcare issues and deliver effective, data-driven solutions.
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Course Details

The global healthcare industry is a multi-trillion dollar industry, with market growth projections expected to soar in the next decade. Lock in your career within this growing industry with a specialised MBA Healthcare Management from the University of Roehampton.

On this flexible, online MBA, you’ll develop essential managerial skills and understand how to apply them specifically to healthcare challenges and contexts. By mastering financial performance techniques to enhance healthcare operations and grasping change management to advance the industry, you will develop a comprehensive skill set. This equips you to lead more effectively and adapt to the constantly evolving healthcare landscape.

Whether you’re looking to advance in hospital administration, healthcare consulting, or policy-making, this MBA in Healthcare Management will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions that enhance patient care, optimise operational efficiency, foster health innovation, and grow your career.

Essential to any healthcare organisation is a well-operated management team. On this MBA, you’ll learn how to develop and implement strategies for healthcare service providers, as well as pharma and medical technology businesses. You’ll apply theoretical insights to real situations through case studies.  

As a healthcare manager, you’ll also need to understand the financials of your organisation. This MBA offers an overview of financial best practices to reach operational performance goals.

The healthcare industry is evolving rapidly. To ensure you can adapt and stay ahead of the curve, dive into change management and the role you’ll play in fostering innovation within your organisation and the wider industry.

As part of your degree, you’ll tackle an identified business problem, critique it, and offer a theory-driven solution. This module provides a valuable opportunity to apply your knowledge and theory to real-world challenges, either through consultancy for a specific organisation or applied research addressing pressing business issues.

Earn a degree that makes you feel empowered to step into senior leadership positions with the critical business skills demanded by today’s top healthcare employers. 

By the end of this programme, you’ll be an expert in strategic healthcare leadership, financial management, project management, organisational change, and more.

You’ll gain these competencies by working through engaging modules, hands-on projects, and real-world case studies, designed to transform you into a global healthcare leader of tomorrow.

With their cutting-edge digital learning platforms, comprehensive learning modules, unmatched student support, and widespread global alumni network, Roehampton has propelled itself into top 10 status. 

Ranked in the top 15% of young universities worldwide (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings), Roehampton is a university of choice for modern day business leaders.

Roehampton’s Online MBA in Healthcare Management programme has been engineered for the everyday working professional. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll be able to progress your studies – and your career – with flexible learning options that fit seamlessly into your busy schedule, providing you with the tools and knowledge to advance in the global business arena. 

You’ll collaborate with industry-leading educators and seasoned experts on modules that challenge your critical thinking, develop essential skills, and foster practical application. Plus, you’ll benefit from personalised guidance and unmatched support throughout your online journey.

Additional information

To be eligible for Roehampton’s Online MBA Healthcare Management, you should hold a second-class honours degree from a recognised university. However, Roehampton encourages non-graduates with appropriate professional qualifications and those with third-class honours degrees to apply as well.

This degree is delivered in English. If you’re a non-native English speaker, you’ll need to demonstrate a minimum standard of English language proficiency through a valid English language qualification that is no older than two years from the date of issue.

Accepted language tests and scores for postgraduate degrees include:

  • IELTS Academic – 6.5 overall
  • Roehampton’s English Language Test – 6.5 overall
  • Kaplan Test of English – 478-509 overall (equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall)
  • TOEFL IBT – 89 overall
  • PTE Academic – 59 overall
  • Cambridge – 176 overall

This 180-credit MBA is a part-time degree that spans two years. Each 20-credit module runs for about 10 weeks, challenging you to stretch your professional skills and gain real-world applications you can immediately use on the job. 

You’ll work through a variety of assessments, collaborate with a global network of peers, and engage in interactive discussions, all designed to deepen your expertise and broaden your perspectives.

  • Strategic Healthcare Planning
  • Leadership in Healthcare
  • Healthcare Policy Analysis
  • Financial Acumen in Healthcare
  • Innovation and Change Management

Upon completing your advanced online qualification from the University of Roehampton, you’ll walk away ready to take on a range of roles within and across industries, including:

  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Health Services Manager
  • Clinical Manager
  • Healthcare Consultant
  • Pharmaceutical Project Manager
  • Academic qualifications (certificate or transcript)
  • Valid English language qualification 
  • Personal statement 
  • Two references

Your Questions

It couldn’t be easier!

Step 1.
Select the course you would like to enrol on and pay online via our online secure payment system.

Step 2.
You will then receive an email containing a registration link and password

Step 3.
Using that login, complete and return the registration paperwork along with your proof of ID and send it through to [email protected]

Step 4.
Within 72 hours you will then receive another email containing your login details to our e-learning platform Moodle, all your tutor details and learner support information.

Step 5.
Your tutor will then arrange your full induction to discuss your support needs and course study details.

You’re now on your way to completing your next qualification!

All our online courses come with the offer of a payment plan if the value is over £199. With an initial deposit of only £199, why not take advantage of our interest-free payment today? You will find the payment plan breakdown for each individual course on the course page itself. Our public or open courses are required to be paid upfront.

• 121 Tutor support for all online courses
• Access to fully interactive online digital resources (including CMI’s management Direct)
• Flexible course start dates to suit you
• Learning and development that fits in with your lifestyle and work commitments
• Interest-free payment plans are available for all courses
• Nationally accredited, locally delivered.
• Excellent awarding body audit reports
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That all depends on what route you decide to take. Our clients that join our public courses or dedicated blended programs will gain their qualification at the end of the course. With online distance learning, it depends on the qualification being undertaken. Please click here for a guide of how long each of our courses should take.

The E-Learning portal is a web-based learning platform that we have invested in to give our learners the best possible experience. Fully customised for BBE, its based on the award-winning Moodle software.

Learners can complete and upload or download and complete offline before uploading to their login area. All work is marked and assessed from within the learning platform with allowing tutors and learners to automatically notify each other when a process has been completed. It stores all communication centrally and is the system that allows learners to be able to work on any device by downloading the App.

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Who are the awarding body?

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is an accredited professional institution for management based in the UK. Their corporate strategy is to create the better led and managed organisations by increasing the number and standard of professionally qualified managers. A CMI qualification will help managers who want to sharpen their professional edge and enhance their effectiveness, membership offers access to qualifications, courses & mentoring. You can also achieve the ultimate management accolade, Chartered Manager status. Uniquely we provide unrivalled leaner support as every customer gains access to CMI Management Direct.

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