Health Business Administration

From the evaluated documents we could not derive a semester plan that matches the programme’s duration and ECTS – so the modules are listed without semesters. The university’s study plan is authoritative.

• Required modules1 modules

  • Master´s thesisSummary by OWWZ: Students independently investigate a subject-specific problem using academic methods and present their results in a written thesis.Thesis15 ECTS
• Elective areachoose 15 ECTS · 3 modules

  • Outpatient CareSummary by OWWZ: Explores outpatient care management: remuneration, practice costing and controlling, staff leadership, marketing, practice networks and medical centres, alongside integrated care, payment systems and IT-supported treatment processes.winter semester only–Required elective
  • Inpatient CareSummary by OWWZ: Covers hospital financing and management, focusing on process costing, service portfolios, quality and risk management, staffing, marketing, finance, materials and nursing management.winter semester only–Required elective
  • Pharmaceutical IndustrySummary by OWWZ: Analyses pharmaceutical economics, covering global markets, research, approval, patents, pricing, distribution, marketing and ethical questions in the pharmaceutical industry.winter semester only–Required elective
• Required elective from Pflichtmodule der ersten beiden Semesterchoose 30 ECTS · 4 modules

  • Business Administration ISummary by OWWZ: Introduces economic reasoning, legal foundations and business forms. Covers corporate objectives, logistics, production, marketing and investment decisions, applying business concepts to unfamiliar problems.winter semester only–
  • Business Administration IISummary by OWWZ: Covers finance, human resources, accounting, costing, taxation and decision theory, alongside management, organisation, communication and international business relationships.winter semester only–
  • Healthcare System ISummary by OWWZ: Examines healthcare systems from payers’ perspectives: statutory and private insurance, governance and reform, managed care, workplace health management and health-economic evaluation.summer semester only–
  • Healthcare System IISummary by OWWZ: Analyses structures and economic relationships in healthcare provision, covering outpatient, dental and hospital services, medicines, medical technology, emergency services, demographic change and operations research.summer semester only–

Curriculum sources

• Studien- und Prüfungsordnung: Health Business Administration (MHBA)Examination regulations · Version Vom 7. Dezember 2023, geändert durch Satzung vom 26. September 2024 · checked 15 October 2026
• Modulhandbuch Health Business AdministrationModule handbook · Version Wintersemester 2025/2026; Stand 01. Oktober 2025 · checked 15 October 2026