Overview
Designed specifically for the international student market, this postgraduate course aims to advance your knowledge of responsible and sustainable leadership and management within the global healthcare sector.
The global healthcare management sector is a vast and complex market. It has been identified as among the most important and fastest growing industries worldwide. Research argues that responsible leadership and management capabilities are increasingly important to enhancing the development and management of healthcare, healthcare systems and ultimately enhancing improved patient outcomes.
This course aims to help you develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to meaningfully engage with and respond to the impacts of climate change, an ageing society and advances in technology in the promotion of economic, social and environmental sustainability within the global healthcare sector.
Course Details
What you will learn
The MSc Global Healthcare Management has been designed for administrators, managerial staff and clinical professionals working in generic business environments and in private and national healthcare systems and settings.
The course is suitable for undergraduates in business, allied health professions, social and health sciences who are interested in progressing their management and leadership careers in healthcare settings that are primarily set in an international context.
The course covers the following:
- An understanding of the changing nature of business within global healthcare sector, the wider business and external environments in which they operate including in relation to sustainability, and of their impact on society;
- Responsible leadership and management within the healthcare sector. This includes skills in relation to people management, problem solving and critical analysis, enhancing commercial acumen, developing research skills, innovation, abilities to manage complexity and change, to build responsible and ethical working cultures, professional networking, effective communication skills and abilities for self-reflection;
- Critical thinking skills and ability to synthesise and apply relevant theory to practice;
- Ability to analyse, interpret and resolve complex business issues relevant to the healthcare sector;
- Recognition for the importance of collaboration, and the skills necessary to build effective internal and external relationships with stakeholders;
- Ability to self-evaluate professional practice through critical reflection and constructive feedback and identify learning and development needs for future practice;
- Ability to appreciate how international dynamics, the differences and similarities in global health care systems, impact on strategic decision-making and management within healthcare settings.
How you will be assessed
You will be assessed through a combination of assignments including essays, reports, presentations, case studies and market analyses.
Study Time
This course includes a variety of learning and teaching methodologies that will include blended learning, action learning and problem-based learning.
Each unit is 200 hours, including contact time, independent learning and guided tutor hours.
Unit Breakdown
Units 
The course includes the following core units:
- Global Health and Healthcare Management Challenges: Context and Implications
- People Strategy and Management
- Strategic Leadership and Management
- Health Policy: Politics and Power
- Finance, Accounting and Health Economics
- Applied Research Methods
- Dissertation or Consultancy Project
The following optional units are also available:
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Innovation and Digital Transformation
- Sustainability in the Healthcare Sector.
Entry Requirements
What grades do I need?
A first or second class (2:1 or 2:2) BSc (Hons) degree.
Examples of relevant subjects include at least one of the key topics in generic or specific health business management degrees (inc. Human Resources, Leadership and Strategy, Accounting and Finance, Digital Technologies, Project and/or Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development and Businesses), an allied health science degree, studies in medicine, nursing, pharmacology, occupational health, osteopathy, physiotherapy, psychology, and chiropractic.
Other, relevant, degrees in social, political, economic, life or environmental sciences may also be considered.
Download a list of accepted academic qualifications by country
Is there anything else that is required?
Please note to be accepted onto this course; you will also need to demonstrate that you meet the minimum standards of English. Applicants are required to achieve the equivalent of an IELTS (academic) score of 6.0 or above with no less than 5.5 in each section.
Download a list of accepted English Language Requirements for this course
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International Students
International Students
This course is only open to international applicants. All students will need to demonstrate they have the right to study in the UK. More information on can be found on our Visas and immigration page.
Please note:
To be accepted onto this course; you will also need to demonstrate that you meet the minimum standards of English (see ‘Is there anything else that is required?’ above).
Course Leader
Dr Adetola Adekunle
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, Health Business School
Adetola is a Senior Lecturer in the Health Business School with management oversight of our flagship MSc Global Healthcare Management programme as Course Leader.
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Course Fees
Tuition Fees
£15,000. A Vice-Chancellor’s Bursary of £2,500 is available for international students, reducing the payable fee to £12,500. The bursary will be applied automatically to tuition fees for eligible students.
International students will be required to pay a tuition fee deposit to secure their place on the course.
For more information about payment of tuition fees including deposits please read our Deposit Payment and Refund Policy available on our Student Money Matters page.
Please note:
These fees are for the 2025-26 academic year only and may be subject to increase in subsequent years.
Additional Course Costs
There may be additional costs you need to budget for in order to get the maximum benefit from your time at HSU.
For more information visit our Additional Costs page.
Further information
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Why choose Health Sciences University
There are many benefits to studying at Health Sciences University, from our expertise and history in teaching health sciences, to our state-of-the-art facilities, on-site clinical training, and of course our location on the beautiful Bournemouth coast.
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