Health and Service Management

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Study Health and Service Management in Groningen and Porto to gain knowledge about the structuring and dynamics of the health sector and excel as a service management expert.

Price

from €22,800

Level

Academic master

Kind

Course

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Description

In this 2-year double degree master's programme, you will start with a semester in Groningen, where you dive into the particularities of the health sector and the managerial and innovation challenges involved. Next, you move to Porto for a semester of core management competencies and then specialize in service management at Católica Porto School of Business and Economics (Católica Porto SBE) for another semester. In Porto, you will specialise in service management, and get to understand the specificities of services requiring differentiating management approaches, while also mastering the concepts, practices and tools that will enable you to impact the management of service activities and organisations. Upon returning to Groningen for your last semester, you will continue to study how to analyze and deal with strategic tensions in the health sector, such as meeting the quantitatively and qualitatively increasing demand for care. You will also face workforce shortages and the need to control costs. The programme integrates a multidisciplinary approach with special attention to relevant themes related to health and healthcare in our society, one of which you will focus on in your m