MSc International Health Management

at Imperial College Business School

Core modules

You will study eleven taught modules across the year, starting with a focus on the principles of management and moving increasingly towards a focus on healthcare. In the summer term you will undertake applied modules, encouraging you to utilise the skills you have gained so far.

Autumn term

• Accounting
• Business Strategy for Global Healthcare
• Global Healthcare Marketing
• Managing Change and Innovation in Healthcare
• Organisational Behaviour

Spring term

• Contemporary Topics in Health Policy
• Health Economics
• Health Systems, Policy and Financing
• Health and Environment
• Health Management in Practice

Summer term

• Business Plan Competition
• Entrepreneurship

Academic requirement – undergraduate degree at First or 2:1 Honours (or international equivalent)

To apply for MSc International Health Management, you should preferably have a First or Upper Second Class Honours undergraduate degree from a recognised university or the international equivalent in a relevant discipline such as:

• Medicine
• Health sciences
• Social sciences
• Physical sciences
• Engineering
• Informatics

However, a Lower Second Class Honours may be considered in some circumstances.

Prerequisite knowledge requirements

MSc International Health Management is not a highly quantitative programme and is open to graduates from a variety of disciplines but candidates are expected to be familiar with a basic knowledge of maths before the start of the programme. Successful candidates will be provided with access to online primer courses in basic quantitative skills and accounting to prepare you for the programme from July onwards. Please familiarise yourself with the online primer content prior to applying so that you are clear about the topics you will be covering in the early stages of the programme.

Although there are not specific quantitative prerequisites, it is useful for the selection committee to have an understanding of the level of your experience to date. You should use the ‘Quantitative Experience Statement’ on the application form to list the most advanced quantitative courses that you have taken in your academic career to date and to provide brief examples of the relevant topics covered by the course.

English language requirement

• IELTS (academic): A minimum score of 7.0 with minimum scores of 6.5 in all elements.
• TOEFL iBT: A minimum score of 100 overall with minimum scores of 22 in all elements.

Fees: £31,800

Our Employer Relations team is responsible for building and developing sustainable relationships with top employers that our students aspire to work for. We pride ourselves on offering a first-class service to our corporate contacts, students and alumni, and host a number of events to help students gain the commercial awareness they will require to be successful through the assessment process and beyond.

We work closely with a number of large employers such as Amazon, Apple, Morgan Stanley, Dyson, McKinsey, LVMH, Kraft-Heinz, and JP Morgan, alongside small and medium-sized firms and start-ups.