17 Healthcare Masters Degree Programs in Austria

Do you have a bachelor's degree in a subject-related health or social sciences discipline or digital technologies - and would like to develop innovative solutions for people-centered digital healthcare? In our European Joint Master's program, you will acquire skills that will be crucial in the healthcare sector of tomorrow.

The International Health & Social Management program combines aspects of health and social services with the fundamentals of economics, political sciences, and international management. The program – taught entirely in English – targets the future requirements of international cooperation in the health and social sectors, considering that the demand for qualified experts in these fields is on the rise. In addition to receiving practical training, students are given the opportunity to improve their soft skills as well as their research methods.

The healthcare and life science ecosystem is undergoing rapid transformation, creating a dynamic landscape filled with both challenges and unprecedented opportunities. In an era of groundbreaking medical advancements, digital transformation, and shifting regulatory frameworks, strategic leadership is essential. Our new Vienna Executive MBA Life Science & Health Care Management is designed to empower leaders to thrive in this complex, future-shaping ecosystem.

The European Health Economics Management (Eu-HEM) Master’s degree offered by Management Center Innsbruck, the Universities of Bologna and Oslo, as well as Erasmus University Rotterdam, equips students with everything they need for a career in an international environment. The program was introduced in 2012 and, already in 2015, attained accreditation as well as quality assessment by respective bodies in Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, and Norway. All four members of the consortium thus, recognize the joint degree and joint diploma awarded upon completion of the program.

The MCI presents an entrepreneurial, English master’s degree program that focuses on the technological aspects of medicine, health, rehabilitation, prevention, and sports. Innovative methods from digitalization, robotics and artificial intelligence enable students to master challenges in both medical technology and sports technology and allow students to choose a specialization according to their personal interests. At the time of application, students choose between specializing in Medical Technology or Sports Technology. However, all students graduate with a Master of Science in Engineering Medical & Sports Technologies, regardless of their choice of specialization.

Food technology is an interdisciplinary, technological field with closely interlinked areas of knowledge. The focus is on the new and further development of technologies and products. The conservation of natural resources, process optimization and production efficiency are the driving forces in the food industry in order to be able to offer the healthiest possible products at competitive prices and at the same time the highest possible quality.

The Department of Public Policy (DPP) at Central European University (CEU) offers a one-year MA in Public Policy (one-year MAPP) degree program that seeks to provide students a solid foundation in theories, which contribute to our understanding of the design, development, and reform of public policies in different institutional contexts, and at various levels of governance.

The international Master's degree programme Medical Engineering equips the students for engineering innovative medical devices. Furthermore students gain information how to place them into markets.

An innovative master's degree program between two universities of applied sciences covers the interface between technology and medicine. Students acquire technical knowledge for medical diagnostics and learn to develop innovative products and meet legal requirements. Practical tasks help them to practice dealing with regulations.

The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP) provides a detailed and systematic understanding of how political institutions, processes, and public policies operate and interact from the global political economy to national and local levels with a direct focus on European engagements at these levels of governance.

In the MBA – Health Management distance learning course, the term health is dealt with in its entirety. It not only addresses topics such as physical, psychological, public and mental health, but also various health systems, organizations and influencing factors. The financing of health systems and political discussions in the health sector are also part of the course. In addition to a basic education in economics, organization and human resources management, the most important tools and instruments of management in the health care system are also used in the part-time master’s degree in health management. Successful completion of the degree enables graduates of the MBA – Health Management to evaluate and further develop health concepts. You will assume managerial positions in healthcare organizations and support them in decision-making in a wide variety of areas.

The Postgraduate School of the Medical University of Graz has been offering this master’s course since 2013 and is aimed at existing managers from the entire healthcare system and cooperating stakeholders who want to deepen their know-how or are preparing for such a career. It was redesigned in 2017 on the basis of national and international developments and is still based on the four proven pillars - general management, hospital management, public health, and leadership - supplemented by especially application-oriented aspects and a science module based on the master's thesis and other publications prepared.

The courses are in English in Copenhagen and focus on physiotherapists and medical doctors. After having successfully completed the 40 modules you get, after 4 years, the Master of Science in Osteopathy.

The part-time Master of Science (MSc) distance learning course in business psychology imparts practice-oriented knowledge from current business life and trains future managers for a wide variety of areas of application. In addition to competencies in human resource and change management, training and coaching, areas such as marketing and market research are also used in this master's degree. The aim is to examine the “human factor” in depth and in a differentiated way from a business psychological point of view. Psychological and business issues are taken into account. Contents of the distance learning Master of Science (MSc) in Business Psychology are not only general and differential psychology but also specific business psychology fields such as industrial and organizational psychology and market and consumer psychology. The economic perspective is conveyed by the economics and business administration subjects as well as content from human resources management and marketing.

In addition to the training in business administration and management, the students in the part-time master’s degree MBA – Business Psychology are given a sound basis of knowledge from general and differential psychology. During your studies you deal with various theories, models and methods, you can describe their core statements and meaning and transfer them to case studies. They are also able to analyze and assess interactions between environmental influences and personality factors. In the subject-specific business psychological application area of work and organizational psychology, the focus is on teaching methods and concepts and the ability to view them critically. The students learn to understand psychological components in personnel management and employee development and to take them into account when planning measures.