Taught at the world’s first business school dedicated to health within a global top 10 university (QS World University Rankings 2027), this course offers the opportunity to learn from leading academics and industry experts while developing skills in healthcare management, data analytics and strategic decision-making. Healthcare organisations anchored by strategic leadership and managers with specialist skills will form the future of improved healthcare delivery across the world. Many global healthcare systems were feeling the pressure before the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, now is a critical time to push forward systems thinking and universal best practices. Equipping you with a critical foundation in the theories, principles and practices underpinning healthcare management, the Global Healthcare Management MSc empowers future healthcare managers and leaders with knowledge. Learning about global differences and interconnections, quality improvement, patient safety and workforce management are also fundamentals of this course. A group business project ensures that problem-solving and innovation in the healthcare context are qualities instilled in all students. As a result, our Global Healthcare Management MSc course produces graduates who are versatile, enterprising, and highly employable healthcare management experts. This course is taught from UCL’s state-of-the-art bespoke facilities on our UCL East campus , on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. The UCL Global Business School for Health (UCL GBSH) is situated in the award-winning Marshgate building (RIBA London Building of the Year 2026) with access to hi-tech teaching areas and collaboration spaces, a library, and a refectory.
Our Global Healthcare Management MSc course is ideal for individuals who strive to become excellent managers and changemakers within healthcare settings. You may be a new or recent graduate in a health, science or business field, or you may have some relevant work experience in healthcare that you want to build on to take your career to the next level. For application to the leadership specialism, we would additionally encourage an interest and aptitude for systematic decision-making, as well as developing soft skills for working across organisations, workplaces and stakeholders.
Graduates of this MSc can expect to gain a range of directly transferable skills relevant to working in the health and healthcare sector.
All graduates of this course will gain an in-depth understanding of healthcare management as a discipline, as well as the current topics pushing forward transformational global healthcare, including the growing reliance on information systems and technological databases. Graduates will be able to apply significant research and analytical skills to support data-driven healthcare management, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills. They will also develop an ability to assess value for patients, organisations and society as a whole in relation to healthcare. This capability is also an asset to future employers.*
Public, private, or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the health and healthcare space. Healthcare specialisms in professional services, e.g. accountancy, insurance, or legal firms. Government and public bodies.