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Course overview
Influence the future of healthcare with an Online MBA in Healthcare Management.
Designed for driven professionals, this programme combines expert insights with specialised modules in healthcare innovation, strategic management, and performance optimisation.
You’ll gain the skills to lead markets with impact — whether you’re shaping policy, managing organisations, or driving technological advancements.
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this degree, you should be able to:
- Understand global healthcare: Demonstrate a critical and systematic understanding of global healthcare markets including a critical appreciation of healthcare policy and regulatory issues, and the role of innovation, especially digital, as a driver of disruptive change within the sector.
- Apply your financial skills: Understand and be able to apply financial principles to organisations, appreciate the sources and management of finance within the healthcare sector as well as financial and managerial reporting requirements.
- Find innovative solutions: Develop inquiring professionals that are able to challenge and extend knowledge and practice in healthcare management in different contexts.
- Become a professional role model: Enhance career prospects in the global labour market by developing skilled healthcare managers who can contribute effectively to organisations.
- Combine business and healthcare: Provide a rigorous and coherent approach to managerial decision-making underpinned by relevant theory and its application to specific healthcare management projects or simulations.
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 2 years part-time
Entry requirements
Higher education requirements:
To be eligible for this online degree, you should hold a second-class honours degree of any background from a recognised university. However, the University of Roehampton encourages non-graduates with appropriate professional qualifications and those with third-class honours degrees to apply.
Language requirements:
This programme 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, such as IELTS, that is no older than two years from the date of issue.
How to apply
- Academic qualifications (certificate or transcript)
- Valid English language qualification
- Personal statement
- Two references
Course features
- Earn a globally respected qualification: Boost your career prospects with our Online MBA in Healthcare Management, designed to enhance your credibility in the competitive healthcare industry.
- Develop specialised expertise: Build essential business knowledge, strategic skills, and industry-specific competencies to stand out and excel in your field.
- Apply knowledge in practice: Move beyond theory and tackle real-world healthcare challenges through practical, hands-on learning experiences.
- Broaden your global outlook: Connect with a diverse network of professionals and gain insights into international healthcare practices from industry experts.
- Secure your future in healthcare: Stay ahead of industry trends and position yourself for new opportunities with cutting-edge knowledge and expert support.
- Available to all: Accessible to learners of all backgrounds, this course is well-suited for ambitious professionals from non-business backgrounds aiming for competitive positions.
- Learn on a global stage: Join an international cohort of peers, offering fresh perspectives, cross-cultural collaboration, and a broader professional network.
- Career-focused project: Undertake a consultancy or applied research project that addresses a live business challenge, ensuring your work is relevant, impactful, and career-enhancing.
- Comprehensive support: Accessible support resources – including academic guidance, career counselling, and learning tools – are available on-demand to ensure students have everything they need to succeed.
Why join this programme?
Study 100% online
With Roehampton’s MBA, you will access your course content through our learner-friendly virtual platform. From anywhere, you’ll be able to see lectures, case studies, seminars, and other interactive activities to keep things interesting.
Learn business-ready skills
This postgraduate degree is designed to strengthen your skills with management and business topics applied within the business context. You’ll be ready to put your enhanced business acumen to the test in your current role or on the first day of your new job.
Gain leadership confidence
Master the latest techniques used in management to cultivate an innovative and efficient team within your organisation. Our experienced faculty will help you learn to lead for change.
Subjects
We make learning possible anywhere, anytime, and in any way. On this programme, you’ll work through forward-looking, research-driven modules tailored for the real world — all at your own pace. Sharpen your professional skills and get ready for the real world as you experience a dynamic approach to learning through hands-on projects, innovative assessments, a practical dissertation, and on-demand support — all on our cutting-edge virtual learning platform.
Master financial management in healthcare by exploring performance optimisation, budgeting, and control practices. Learn advanced strategies to align financial goals with organisational objectives.
Learn how healthcare organisations adapt to change using tools like PESTLE, the Boston Box, and the Balanced Scorecard. Develop strategic growth plans for real-world challenges.
Explore how innovation and digital trends like AI and telemedicine are transforming healthcare. Understand their practical applications and theoretical foundations.
Develop leadership skills and strategies to address the unique challenges in healthcare and social care. Gain tools to lead effectively across diverse contexts.
Discover how global organisations build marketing strategies to drive customer value and competitive advantage. Apply key concepts to real-world business scenarios.
Gain essential project management skills, including planning, execution, and change management. Tackle global project challenges with confidence.
Enhance your ability to solve complex problems and conduct impactful research. Master analytical skills and methodologies to support managerial decision-making.
Apply your knowledge to a focused study or consultancy project, showcasing your expertise and consolidating your learning from the programme.
About University of Roehampton Online
The University of Roehampton has been shaping futures since the 1840s, earning a reputation as one of London’s leading higher education institutions.
For over 10 years, we’ve pioneered online learning, offering flexible, expert-led courses that fit around your life.
Ranked in the top 15% of young universities worldwide (THE Young University Rankings 2024) and among the top 10 UK universities for postgraduate satisfaction two years running (PTES),
Roehampton combines academic excellence with a student-first approach to our online business, marketing, and computing degrees.
