About the degree program
The Master’s program in health care management prepares you for challenging leadership roles in one of Europe’s most important and dynamic growth industries. You’ll develop a deep understanding of the complex interrelationships within the healthcare sector and acquire the necessary skills to design and implement sustainable healthcare strategies—whether in clinical settings, preventive care, or workplace health management.
Practical Expertise for the Healthcare Sector
In this Master’s program, you’ll deepen your knowledge and practical skills in these key areas:
- Occupational Health Management and Health-Oriented Leadership
- Health Economics Evaluation and Controlling in Hospitals
- Risk management and quality assurance in healthcare facilities
- Fundamentals of social psychology and health-related communication
- Prevention strategies and salutogenic approaches
- Research Methods and Evidence-Based Practice Development
You’ll learn how modern health concepts are developed and implemented and how to design health promotion initiatives at various levels. There is a special focus on linking theory and practice: In small groups, you’ll work on real-world projects, engage in in-depth discussions with faculty and fellow students, and apply your knowledge to specific case studies. Through group work, simulation exercises, and practical activities, content is not only taught theoretically but also brought to life—an ideal way to understand complex concepts and anchor them in your memory for the long term.
Study details
The most important facts at a glance:
| Faculty: | Managerial and Cultural Studies |
| Location: | Görlitz |
| Degree: | Master of Arts |
| Standard period of study: | 4 semesters |
| ECTS points: | 120 |
| Teaching language: | German |
| Enrolment for: | Winter semester |
| Application: 1.5. to 30.09. (WS) | Start of studies: October |
| Admission restriction: | open admission (without NC) Details |
| No pre-study internship | to the student advisory service |
| Accreditation status: | accredited |
Course content
The Master’s program in health care management provides you with a comprehensive qualification for leadership positions in the healthcare sector over the course of four semesters. The program combines the fundamentals of business administration with healthcare-specific expertise and teaches you modern management methods for the healthcare sector.
In the first semester, you’ll gain a solid foundation in areas such as empirical social research, statistics, and human resources management in the healthcare sector. You’ll explore the fundamentals of health sciences and learn about the specifics of financing and Controlling in healthcare. The second semester deepens your knowledge with modules on clinical risk management, communication, and health economics. In a research workshop, you’ll develop your own concepts for prevention and health management. In the third semester, you’ll expand your expertise in areas such as medical controlling, integrated health management, and health economic evaluation. Legal aspects and a research seminar on health-oriented corporate management round out your profile. You will devote the entire fourth semester to your master’s thesis, in which you will conduct academic research on a topic of your choice.
- Methods of empirical social research
- statistics
- Social psychology
- Personnel management and leadership in the healthcare sector
- Financing and Controlling in the healthcare sector
- Health sciences
- Clinical risk management
- Communication and conflict management
- Special aspects of health economics
- Market-oriented corporate management and business model transformation
- Prevention and health management research workshop
- Medical controlling
- Integral health management, team and organizational development
- Health economic evaluation
- Research seminar - Health-oriented corporate management
- Medical law and labor law
- Final module (Master's thesis and defense)
Career opportunities
Professional areas where you can get started
Workplace Health Management
You develop and implement comprehensive health strategies in companies. You analyze health risk factors, design preventive measures, and support executives in establishing and sustainably embedding a health-promoting corporate culture.
Medical controlling
You control and optimize medical and economic processes in healthcare facilities. You will analyze performance data, identify potential for improvement and develop strategies to increase efficiency while maintaining a high quality of treatment for patients.
Quality and Risk Management
You are responsible for systematic quality assurance in hospitals or other healthcare facilities. You identify potential risks, develop preventive measures, and implement processes that sustainably improve both patient safety and the quality of care.
Health Economics Evaluation
You analyze and evaluate medical interventions and care models from an economic perspective. You conduct cost-benefit analyses, evaluate new treatment methods, and support evidence-based decision-making processes in the healthcare sector.
Project Management in Healthcare
You plan and manage complex change projects in healthcare organizations. You coordinate interdisciplinary teams, implement new care models, and support transformation processes in hospitals, long-term care facilities, or public health departments.
Management consulting
You advise healthcare facilities on strategic and operational issues. You analyze business models, identify optimization potential and develop customized concepts to improve organization, processes and profitability in the healthcare sector.
You will find even more opportunities with us in the following related degree programs:
Related degree programs
- Bachelor's degree in health care management
- Bachelor's degree in health care management part-time
- Bachelor of Applied Nursing Science dual
Not sure yet? If you have any questions, please contact our student advisory service. We are at your side when it comes to choosing a course.
Admission requirements
Admission to this consecutive Master's degree program requires a Bachelor's or Diplom degree with at least 180 ECTS. Accepted fields of study include:
- Health Management, Health Economics & Health Sciences
- Sports science & medical-therapeutic degree programs
- Nursing & similar medical bachelor's degrees
- Business administration (BWL), economics (VWL) & related economics degree programs
Unsure whether your degree will be recognized?
If in doubt, you can contact the head of degree course, Prof. Saatkamp, at any time to have your individual suitability checked.
What our students say about our university
- Module handbook (course content and procedure)
- Study program flyer
- Website of the faculty
- Application information
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Our promise to you
Studying in the wild east?
Studying with us is different. Above all, better. Why? We have a family atmosphere. There are small study groups and the lecturers are always there for you. There is a close connection to practice in all degree courses. And finding affordable accommodation is no problem here.
There are many other reasons, such as university sports or the student representatives, clubs and societies. Campus life in Zittau and Görlitz, the wild east, is unique.