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.

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.

In the MBA – Sports Management course, students not only gain comprehensive training in business administration and management, but also in-depth skills in the specialist areas of sports organizations, sports marketing and sports psychology. The students in the MBA - Sports Management acquire in-depth knowledge of current health systems and organizations and deal with the aspects of physical and mental health. Other focal points are topics from sports psychology, motivation theories, relaxation and stress management methods as well as the various training approaches. The graduates of the part-time distance learning MBA – Sports Management are trained for demanding management tasks in sports and leisure organizations and can develop suitable concepts within these organizations and lead their implementation.

In the part-time MBA – Marketing distance learning course, the focus is not only on imparting sound business knowledge, but also on acquiring extensive marketing skills. Market-oriented corporate management, marketing management, international marketing, online marketing as well as sales and price management are just a few of the many exciting subject areas that are dealt with and deepened in this master's degree. After successfully completing their studies, graduates of the MBA – Marketing can plan and implement comprehensive marketing strategies for companies, taking into account the various elements of the marketing mix. For this reason, special marketing disciplines such as online marketing and e-business are used in this extra-occupational distance learning course, as well as the special factors and challenges of international marketing.

The MBA – Tourism Management course conveys the basic tools of management coupled with the specific areas of tourism. In addition to the basics of business administration, topics such as organization, human resources management and corporate governance are taught in this distance learning course, as are methods and procedures for strategic decision-making. Students learn to design and implement marketing strategies in tourism. The creation of suitable product and service offers, the recognition of trends and development tendencies through to increasing competitiveness with well thought-out positioning and price strategies are further contents of the part-time master’s degree in tourism management. The distance learning MBA - Tourism Management prepares the students to take on responsible management tasks in the upscale hotel industry or in tourism organizations.

With the MBA – Energy and Environmental Management course, students acquire the tools to implement energy and environmental management concepts in companies and institutions and to manage projects to minimize energy and increase efficiency. Those responsible for energy and environmental management in organizations are significantly qualified to develop environmental and cost factors at management level. Efficiency, sustainability and dealing with alternative forms of energy are other exciting and promising contents in this part-time distance learning course. The students deal with methods and possibilities of energy transformation and energy demand coverage and analyze the influence of humans on climate change. After completing their MBA course in energy and environmental management, they are indispensable experts who, with a combination of entrepreneurial management knowledge and specialist knowledge of energy technology, advise organizations of all sizes and structures on the way to sustainable corporate policy.

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.

Organizing the human capital in a company is a major management challenge. With the MBA – Human Resource Management master's degree, students acquire well-founded and practice-oriented knowledge in relation to human resources development concepts as well as lead and team management. In addition to the basics of business administration and economics, innovation and project management are further content of this distance learning course. Here the focus is particularly on the creation of development plans for the staff in organizations and the examination of international human resource management. Responsible action with regard to ethical, economic and political requirements is always at the center of knowledge transfer in the part-time master’s degree in human resources management. Practical examples and case studies deepen knowledge and enable the transfer from theory to practice.

With their knowledge and wealth of experience, graduates of the distance learning MBA – Management Consulting make a valuable contribution to the success of the company. In their function as external consultants, they support companies in strengthening their position in today's and in the future economic world. In addition to general business administration and management content, the students of this master's program acquire sound knowledge in the areas of company foundation and management, marketing and financial management, which is not only taught theoretically, but is also applied in practical projects. After successfully completing the distance learning course, they can apply for a professional license for the “management consultancy” trade, which is regulated in Austria.

As part of the extra-occupational MBA – Logistics course, students receive a comprehensive insight into the various subject areas of logistics. You will learn to recognize the various challenges in this area of the company and to work in a solution-oriented manner. Not only are basic logistics functions such as procurement, production or disposal taught, but special disciplines such as logistic chains, supply chain management and process networks are also addressed. Another focus of this extra-occupational master’s degree is the topic of information logistics. Here, in particular, the areas of use of logistics applications and information systems are highlighted. The content conveyed in the MBA – Logistics distance learning course enables future managers to understand all fields of application in logistics and to develop and implement corresponding concepts.

In the MBA – Social Management distance learning course, students receive in-depth knowledge in the areas of social work, social policy and social planning. They also get to know the central legal norms that form the framework for social management. Trends in European integration as well as roles, interactions and economic control options of the system partners with a focus on Austria, Germany and Switzerland are conveyed. Students acquire management skills for managers in the social sector and deal with trends and specifics of the NPO sector, ethical concepts and their application in social work as well as intercultural aspects and special challenges such as crisis management and supervision. In this distance learning course, students work on current developments in the areas of digitization and data management in social management, medical and nursing developments, control and financing and other global developments affecting social work.

The MBA – Financial Management course provides students with well-founded theoretical and practical knowledge in business administration with a special focus on banking and insurance as well as capital and financial markets. The development of investment and hedging strategies is also part of this course, as is understanding the connections in national and international financial markets. In the distance learning MBA – financial management, students learn the basics of bookkeeping and cost accounting and how to use their results for business decisions. Furthermore, in the course of controlling, they learn how to analyze data from business accounting and derive actions for financial management from this. You can analyze and interpret balance sheets and can subsequently use them as a basis for future corporate decisions.

Managers who aspire to a career in top management must have broad knowledge and be able to apply it in practice. Additional skills such as being able to record, analyze and solve cross-departmental issues are further characteristics of a successful manager. As all-rounders, they play an important role in the company. The part-time distance learning MBA – General Management provides students with the skills and tools that are important for managerial tasks in well-known national and international companies. A sound business education serves as the basis. In addition, they get to know different management approaches and select the appropriate tools depending on the task at hand.

With the Flexible MBA, our students complete a master's degree that is individually tailored to them. In addition to the four compulsory modules, which convey business and management know-how, and the obligatory master's thesis, five elective modules can be taken from the various modules, which correspond to professional or personal interests. The specification modules of the MBA courses at Middlesex University / KMU Akademie are usually located in a specific subject area. With the flexible MBA course, on the other hand, modules can be chosen that are completely different in terms of subject. This offers students the opportunity to devote themselves to those topics and focal points that are important for their personal or professional development.