Business Management in the Health Sector (B.A.)
Bachelor of Arts
Balancing patient care and cost-efficiency: Shape the healthcare system of tomorrow
Do you want to learn how the healthcare system works and how to apply business principles for the benefit of patients?
Our Business Management in the Health Sector (BIG) Bachelor's degree program lays the foundation for your career as a specialist or manager in healthcare facilities—an innovative and secure sector. You will gain the skills needed to successfully tackle the unique challenges of hospital management, health insurance funds, consultancies, and other healthcare organizations. We prepare you for the future through practice-oriented learning, including projects with industry partners, field trips, conference visits, and opportunities to exchange experiences with our alumni.
Join the BIG community: Benefit from our decades of experience and extensive professional network—together, we are making the healthcare sector fit for the future!
Degree program at a glance
- Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Type of study
First degree
- Start of studies
Summer and winter semester
- Standard period of study
6 semesters
- Admission restriction
No
- Location
Osnabrück – Caprivi Campus
Career prospects
The degree program qualifies you to work in the administrative field in healthcare facilities. These include, in particular, hospitals, health insurance companies, rehabilitation centres, care facilities, consulting companies, pharmaceutical companies, associations and authorities. As a graduate of the degree programme, you will take on specialist and management tasks in various departments, such as:
- Finance and accounting
- Controlling
- Purchasing and logistics
- Human resource management
- Marketing and public relations
- Quality and risk management
- Company management
The career prospects for graduates are good and demand on the labour market remains high. The degree program's high profile, the teaching concept and the more than 1,500 graduates contribute to the fact that students regularly receive job offers during their studies.
Contact
Would you like to talk to someone about the Business Management in the Health Sector degree program, ask specific questions or simply find out more? Then we look forward to hearing from you via one of the following contact options.
Advice and information
Program coordinator
Here you can reach the program coordinator and get advice about the program:
Phone: 0541 969-2212
E-mail: big@hs-osnabrueck.de
Program management
Program director
Application, admission and exams
Registrar's office