An executive master's degree for people who run hospitals, clinics, laboratories and care networks — operations, quality, finance and compliance in one program.
About the program
The Master of Health Administration is the operational counterpart to the university's law and economics degrees. It trains the person responsible for the department, the site or the network: staffing, patient flow, quality, safety, revenue and the regulator's next visit.
Every course produces an artefact a provider organisation uses — a capacity model, a quality improvement charter, a compliance plan, a payer contract analysis — so coursework can be applied directly in the student's own workplace.
The degree is delivered fully online with no compulsory synchronous attendance, which allows clinicians and administrators to study alongside shift-based work.
Fully online, asynchronous study with scheduled tutorial consultations and operations labs
Bachelor's degree, or at least three years of clinical, administrative or managerial experience in a health care organisation
Learning outcomes
Full syllabus
Structure, finance and law of care delivery
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Provider types, referral and continuity of care, integration models, workforce roles and the structural drivers of cost and access.
Assessment: Pathway analysis (60%) and examination (40%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Service-line costing, DRG and fee schedules, coding and documentation, denials management, capital budgeting for equipment.
Assessment: Service-line financial review (70%) and examination (30%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Provider liability, informed consent, HIPAA and GDPR obligations, fraud and abuse rules, accreditation and licensing requirements.
Assessment: Compliance plan (60%) and incident exercise (40%)
Running the service
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Queueing and variability, bed and theatre scheduling, bottleneck analysis, lean methods and demand-capacity modelling.
Assessment: Capacity model with implementation note (100%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Measurement for improvement, control charts, root cause and FMEA analysis, incident reporting culture and the design of safety systems.
Assessment: Improvement project charter and results (100%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
EHR workflow design, interoperability, telehealth operations, clinical decision support and the safe introduction of digital tools.
Assessment: Digital implementation plan (100%)
Leading people and negotiating value
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Professional autonomy and management authority, burnout and retention, performance conversations, conflict and change leadership.
Assessment: Leadership case portfolio (100%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Service portfolio decisions, payer contracting and value-based arrangements, community needs assessment and population health programmes.
Assessment: Contract analysis (50%) and strategy paper (50%)
10 credits
250 hours total workload
Evaluation design in provider settings, routine data, survey and interview methods, and preparation of the capstone protocol.
Assessment: Approved capstone protocol (100%)
Improvement in a real organisation
30 credits
750 hours total workload
An independent 15,000–18,000 word project that diagnoses, implements and evaluates an improvement in a real provider organisation.
Assessment: Capstone project (80%) and oral defence (20%)
PDF downloads
Videos & podcasts
A short preview of the recording style used across the MHA. The full library holds 12 video lectures — one masterclass per course plus thesis, assessment and career sessions — released to enrolled students in the study portal.
10 audio episodes in English, downloadable for offline listening on the commute — course conversations, thesis guidance and student and alumni panels.
Resource Library
MCP resources
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Capacity models, improvement charters, compliance plans and contract analyses.
Open-book examinations in delivery systems, finance and provider law.
Privacy incident exercise, accreditation walkthrough and recorded project defences.
Real-organisation improvement project with evaluation and oral defence.
Final independent work
The MHA capstone is a 15,000–18,000 word improvement project carried out in a real provider organisation. It must contain a data-based diagnosis, an intervention specification, an evaluation plan and a financial impact estimate.
Fees
Total tuition
USD USD 4,999
Total tuition for the complete Master of Health Administration, including all study materials, tutorial consultations, examinations and the capstone defence.
Tuition is quoted in United States dollars. Payment schedules are agreed in writing with the Student Affairs Office before enrolment.
Questions
No. Clinical, administrative or managerial experience in a health care organisation is accepted, as is a bachelor's degree without experience.
The MHA is operational and provider-specific; the MBA is a general management degree with a health care law and business specialisation.
Yes. Most students do, with a short sponsor agreement signed before the protocol is approved.
No. Spreadsheet tools are sufficient for all operational and quality analysis in the program.
The Student Affairs Office answers curriculum, admission and enrolment questions in English.
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