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MSc Medical Process Management (MPM) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany

Programme overview

Medical Process Management (MPM) is a Master’s degree course (full-time study, 120 ECTS) for students with a first university degree. It lasts three semesters plus the time required to complete the Master’s thesis. This course imparts medical knowledge, knowledge of the healthcare system, healthcare IT and skills in quality and process management.

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Below you will find a detailed list of the modules covered in the degree program.

Career pathways

Needs-based healthcare and insurance systems: process management in hospitals, medical practices, laboratories, and healthcare networks; case management for health insurers. Health economics or health systems research: service catalogues of statutory health insurance; portfolio management of healthcare providers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission: Master: Qualification assessment. Application deadline: Winter semester: 15.07.; Summer semester: not possible. Requirements: Completion of a relevant degree – A first professionally qualification from a university in fields such as, for example: – Economics and social sciences (e.g., health economics, public health, social economics, industrial engineering) – Computer science, engineering or technology (e.g., medical technology, medical informatics, biomedical technology) Above-average academic success – final grade of at least 2.0 („good“) or ranking among the top 50% of the year – for other grading systems: a comparable grade („good pass“). Applicants with an overall grade between 2.01 and 3.00 will be invited to an oral qualification assessment. Applicants with an overall grade lower than 3.00 will typically receive a rejection notice with reasons and instructions on legal remedies. Implementation of a procedure to determine the qualification Admission possible before completion of the Bachelor’s degree p Language: German and English are required for the degree program. Further criteria can be found in the general admission requirements. The application deadline for the winter semester is from February 15 to July 15 each year. The admissions committee reviews and evaluates all applications in August. You will then receive either a decision or an invitation to the qualification assessment test. The qualification assessment procedure is described in detail in Annex 2 of the examination regulations for the master’s degree program in Medical Process Management. Please apply via the FAU application portal. General admission requirements Information for international applicants

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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