*Translated: Health Management. Language: German.
Health management enables people to convince themselves to maintain and improve their health.
In the Health Management degree programme at the IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), you will acquire business and social skills in addition to industry-specific technical and methodological knowledge. As a result of the digitalisation of the health market, efficiency pressure and constantly new challenges, innovative and holistic approaches are needed, which your health management studies can teach you. In order to meet these challenges of the future, the industry needs young leaders like you, who will learn how to plan, control and monitor processes in health care facilities after completing their Bachelor of Arts in Health Care Management.
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Your studies in Health Management are opening a whole new range of opportunities for you and your career. Be ready to make an impact and to work in an industry as diverse as your learned skills.
You are the strategic mastermind in healthcare, bearing responsibility to ensure hospitals not only treat people but also remain economically healthy. As staff in central services in hospitals, you collect valuable key figures, develop action recommendations from these, and significantly steer the course in hospital management. Put your commitment to excellence into practice and shape high-performance medical care with a strong team behind you.
The healthcare sector is constantly evolving – as an advisor, you are the source for fresh ideas and the driving force behind implementation of the latest legislative changes. Your expertise in project management and data handling lays the groundwork for better health policy. In dialogue with professionals from the healthcare sector, you bring innovative concepts to fruition and ensure that the course is set correctly for future-proof care.
In outpatient and inpatient care, you lay the foundation for high-quality care and ensure an environment where both clients and staff feel comfortable. With legal expertise and organisational skill, you ensure smooth processes and bear legal responsibility. Prepare to actively shape the future of the care sector.
You can study your Bachelor of Health Management in various study forms. This depends entirely on how your individual everyday life looks like and what prerequisites you have when you begin your studies. Here you find a good overview about the benefits of the different forms of study and which model will support you best on your personal path.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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Good news: The IU is dispensing completely with a numerus clausus (NC). You don't have to go through an exhausting selection process or get credit for waiting semesters, because none of our degree programmes have a NC. We prefer to talk to you personally and together we can find out where your talents and strengths are. And most importantly, the goals you are pursuing with your studies.
You can study the Health Management bachelor’s degree through the distance learning programme completely on your own terms and with 100% flexibility. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online courses, your IU studies can be completed entirely independent of time and place.
You can pursue the Health Management bachelor’s degree in the dual study programme at the following study locations: Hamburg, Leipzig, München, or at the Virtual Campus, which makes your dual study programme possible anywhere in Germany.
Yes, we also make that possible at the IU. Alongside the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, prospective students without an Abitur also have the opportunity to enter our bachelor’s programme. You can study Health Management without an Abitur if you are a state-certified technician/business economist, have a master craftsman's certificate or have at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of subsequent professional experience.
The bachelor’s degree in Health Management through the distance learning programme lasts 36, 48, or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose.
The dual study programme usually takes 7 semesters. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, that’s absolutely no problem.
In six semesters, you will dedicate yourself to a wide range of topics so that your specialist knowledge is as diversified as possible after your graduation. The combination of business knowledge with industry-specific knowledge of the health sector ensures that you will have increased opportunities on the labour market in the future and that you will be ideally positioned in the industry. In the Bachelor of Health Management, you acquire knowledge in modules such as "Medicine for non-medical professionals", "Economics and the market", "Intercultural and ethical skills" or "Marketing". In the fifth semester, you can choose between modules such as "Applied Health Psychology", "The Therapeutic Branch", "Fitness and Sports Management", "Social and Health Policy" and many more for your compulsory elective module.
Our free student advisory service has all the answers for you! We take the time to advise you individually and without obligation.
A university degree can open various doors for you and creates more opportunities for growth and freedom in your future. You can have more career opportunities than you would have without, and you will move up the career ladder much faster because you will be taught certain key skills that will be incredibly helpful in your specific field. Furthermore, some companies prefer academics for higher positions. Under the aspect of lifelong learning, you mainly invest in yourself and in your professional competences in the future. Plus: studying can be fun - in particular when education (like at the IU) is provided the way you want it to be.
In addition to the technical specialisation in health science topics, the focus during the Bachelor of Health Management is on the development of your management and administrative skills. Ethical and psychosocial skills with patients and staff are also part of the curriculum. The programme includes Medicine for non-medical professionals, Law in the health sector, E-health, Project management or Health & Prevention. Furthermore, you will train your soft skills, which will make you fit for a managerial position in a hospital or other health care facilities.
In the Bachelor's degree programme in Health Management, you will be trained as a future specialist and manager in a way that will allow you to face the rapid growth in the health market with confidence. After all: digitalisation in medical care, new services and increasing health awareness among the population require innovative and holistic approaches. At the same time, pressure for efficiency is growing. More than ever, a well-founded basic knowledge of Business Administration is required - and especially medical as well as socio-political knowledge. With your studies to become a health manager, you can start out as a health expert in Administration, Human Resources or the education sector.
