3 MBA Degree Programs in Austria

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 Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a program taught fully in English designed especially for industry professionals wanting to advance their careers. The program is taught in blocked seminars, two to four days on campus or online once a month. The program concentrates on strategic analysis and planning, interdisciplinary skills, value-based management, and critical thinking. Students will advance their knowledge in core business disciplines including human resource management, organizational behavior, accounting and finance, marketing and operations, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Out-of-the-box thinking challenges existing limits and thought patterns.

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.