• The duration of the course is for an year.
  • This course has been designed to fulfil the specific needs of graduates interested in a management or leadership role within the complex health service sector. 
  • You will explore the principles, approaches, strategies and techniques to understand, model, analyse and manage complex healthcare systems.
  • You will also learn to measure efficiency and improve effectiveness and productivity, without compromising quality or safety.
  • Ultimately, you will gain the essential knowledge to manage the integration of people, systems, and technologies to ensure the delivery of consistent, high quality, person centric care.  
  • The course is suitable for graduates from a broad range of academic disciplines across technical, scientific, medical, management, and social sciences. Strong quantitative skills will be required.
  • The course is suitable for graduates from a broad range of academic disciplines across technical, scientific, medical, management, and social sciences. Strong quantitative skills will be required.
  • For the taught component, we blend lectures with seminars, syndicate exercises, simulations, and case studies.
  • In addition to your taught modules, you will undertake a major project as part of your Masters’ degree. which will develop your research and analytical skills and enable you to specialise.
  • You will be expected to engage regularly with your Project Supervisor and to provide progress updates and drafts of your work to an agreed schedule.
  • Overall this course can accommodate up to 25 students.
  • As a graduate of the MSc in Healthcare Operational Management, you will have a broad range of career opportunities open to you within managerial or organisational leadership roles.
  • With additional experience, you would expect to progress into a key executive role in the healthcare sector, which would involve leading and overseeing programmes, service transformation and policy.