100% online MBA with Healthcare Management

Fulfil your potential as a leader in healthcare with a life-changing MBA from a global university

Apply By 31 December 2024

To Start 7 January 2025

180 credits •
Complete within 12 months •
£9,146 total fees •
Research with 'world-leading' impact

Why Sunderland?

100% online MBA – complete within 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
5 star rating for teaching, inclusiveness, employability and facilities*
Top 40 UK University**
Member of AACSB, CABS, EFMD and PRIME
70% of university research rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’***
£9,146 total fees, option to pay £762 per module

*QS Stars World University Rankings 2023
**Guardian University Guide 2025
***Research Excellence Framework 2021

An online MBA that develops transformational healthcare leaders

The 100% online MBA with Healthcare Management from the University of Sunderland has been created for leaders and aspiring leaders who are in the healthcare sector or are seeking a career move into the healthcare sector. The MBA degree has been specifically designed to develop sector-specific management and leadership skills in the healthcare context.

You will explore leadership in national and global health and social care settings with a critical appreciation of the issues, trends and ethical and diversity perspectives that impact on decision making. The MBA with Healthcare Management will help grow your confidence as a leader, develop your data analysis, problem solving and innovation skills, and equip you to guide strategic direction in the healthcare sector.

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The innovative and flexible online MBA uninhibited by time or geography

One of the key benefits of the 100% online MBA with Healthcare Management from the University of Sunderland is that it can be studied and completed remotely from anywhere in the world, without ever visiting campus. You can study this MBA entirely online and have the option to graduate on campus.

The flexible design of the academic content and delivery of the MBA with Healthcare Management ensures that you can fit your studies around your work and family commitments, studying at the times that work for you.

In a carefully designed and interactive online learning environment you will study with and learn from fellow online MBA with Healthcare Management students from across the world, providing you with a wealth of opportunities to expand your global professional network. You will collaborate with fellow professionals in group learning activities and interact with peers and tutors on discussion boards. You will also be allocated a dedicated Student Success Coordinator, to support you with your studies from the moment you enrol to the moment you graduate.

We have six start dates a year so you can begin your studies within weeks, and if you choose to study full-time you can complete this MBA within 12 months, fast-tracking your potential career progression.

A University recognised for excellence in teaching, research and skills development

Our research-active academics at the University of Sunderland are at the forefront of important research in their fields. This is exemplified by elements of the research at the University of Sunderland Business School which have been recognised as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally important’ in the latest Research Excellence Framework. We have been ranked internationally as a leading university, receiving five stars for teaching, inclusiveness, employability and facilities in the QS World University Rankings 2023.

Business graduates from Sunderland have secured roles in organisations including Facebook, Microsoft, Sage, HSBC, IBM, Enterprise, Nissan, Accenture, Procter & Gamble, Merck & Co, Barclays, Nissan, Marriott Hotels, Viacom 18, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Adidas.

What will you study?

On the MBA with Healthcare Management you will explore organisational development and its purpose in health and social care organisations, evaluating leadership and management theories and models that are appropriate for a healthcare environment.

You will study leadership in national and global health and social care contexts and will build a broad-based knowledge base and skill set across business and management.

Key knowledge and skills taught on this course:

Management in health and social care contexts
Organisational development in health and social care
Global corporate strategy
Operations management
Financial management
Organisational behaviour and cultural change
Big data analytics
International trade
International marketing

A University with a global footprint and real expertise in online learning

The international credentials of the University of Sunderland are manifested in our campuses in Hong Kong, Sunderland and London, as well as our key international partnerships across the world including in the Caribbean, Greece, Kenya, Malaysia, Lanka, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tashkent and Vietnam. A key element of our identity as a university, something that we are immensely proud of, is that we are a university that proactively encourages diverse learner cohorts so that they can learn from fellow students from diverse cultures and backgrounds and are able to grow their global professional networks.

There is a high percentage of international students at University of Sunderland, and we have students studying by distance learning around the world. Sunderland is also one of the UK’s leading widening participation Universities and is 7th in UK for social inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).

Our expertise, our sophisticated use of technology and our vast experience in delivering excellent online learning experiences to global students is key to what sets the University of Sunderland and our online MBA with Healthcare Management apart.

Admission requirements

Applicants must be of age 19 and above and should have or be about to complete:

At least a UK 2.2 undergraduate degree plus a minimum of two years’ relevant work experience

A UK master’s degree (or international equivalent) plus a minimum of two years’ relevant work experience

A third-class honours degree or an ordinary degree (without honours) or UK equivalent professional qualification with a minimum of three years’ appropriate work experience

Applicants who do not hold a recognised degree will be asked to provide evidence which demonstrates a minimum of three years’ relevant organisational experience

The work experience must be at a graduate level, in either a managerial or professional capacity which may include voluntary work, placements, internships, or project management

Fees

Total course fees: £9,146
Per 15-credit module fee: £762

If you are based in the UK, you may be eligible for a government-backed postgraduate loan to cover the full costs of the course.

In addition, if you have successfully completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Sunderland, you are eligible for a 10% tuition fees reduction on our postgraduate programmes.

You pay tuition fees for each module taken, either module-by-module or in full at the start of your course.

If you pay module-by-module, you will pay in instalments of £762.

Modules

Developing Skills for Business Leadership

Becoming self-aware, reflecting and appreciating personal strengths and weaknesses supports self-development and leads to skills improvement. Pivotal to successful and effective management and leadership is an appreciation that professionals have different approaches to their work, originating from a range of diverse personality traits, attributes and beliefs. This module helps you to understand these and how they are determinants of an individual’s effectiveness and enables you to develop and enhance your ability to manage and lead others.

Developing Management in Health and Social Care Settings

In this module you will explore the role of leadership in improving the quality of health or social care. The module provides you with a critical understanding of leadership identity and the impact on people and organisations. You will evaluate the adoption of leadership techniques to improve care provision and gain an appreciation of the key issues, trends and ethical and diversity perspectives that impact on decision making.

Organisational Development in Health and Social Care

In this module you will explore organisational development and its purpose in the health and social care setting. The module will evaluate the adoption of organisational development to improve care provision between organisations and individuals and organisations and environments. You will learn how the impacts of both company and individual performance and development can enable organisations and their individual members to deliver increasingly effective and efficient services; anticipating, initiating and managing change.

International Trade

Walking into a supermarket and finding bananas and coffee from South America, wine from California and New Zealand and cocoa from Nigeria is a result of international trade. This module will provide you with an understanding of how countries expand their markets for both goods and services that otherwise may not have been available domestically. It will explore how international trade leads to greater competition and competitive pricing and how this affects the consumer. You will understand the flow of goods and services across international boundaries from supply and demand factors, economic integration, and policy variables.

Financial Management and Control

This module explains how to measure and compare financial performance and use knowledge of an entity’s cost in operational and strategic management. It explores cost management and analysis, costing methods and control, strategic planning, decision making and budgeting. You will consider budgetary preparation and financial control, develop an understanding of how to appraise investment opportunities and make business financing decisions and of the role of working capital.

Global Corporate Strategy

Business is increasingly becoming global. The global view relates not only to an assessment of competitors but also the geographic and demographic arenas in which they function. This module examines key contemporary issues surrounding international and global strategic management. A framework will be established to enable you to understand the strategic management and strategic leadership processes involved in organisations. In this context, strategy can only be analysed and understood when the various stakeholders and their complex relationships are considered as part of the management of multinational enterprises (MNEs). This is achieved by examining the design of strategic management and leadership processes and how strategic decisions affect the functioning of organisations operating in both domestic and international markets.

Operations Management

Operations management is the administration of business practices designed to establish the highest level of efficiency within an organisation. You will learn how to focus on the conversion of materials and labour into goods and services as effectively and efficiently as possible in order to maximise profit. You will also gain an understanding of the theory and practice behind the balancing of costs with revenue in order to achieve the highest possible operating profit.

Marketing in a Digitally Connected World

Against a backdrop of new technologies and a proliferation of fast developing marketing channels, effective marketing requires an understanding and ability to design complex solutions that engage effectively with the customer journey. This module explores current marketing theory and how offline and online technologies interact with customers through a myriad of touchpoints. Customers are considered from a range of market perspectives and the application of holistic marketing approaches as a means of supporting ‘needs satisfaction’ and attaining customer loyalty is explored.

Organisational Behaviour and Cultural Change

Organisational behaviour is the study of human behaviour in organisational settings, exploring the interface between human behaviour and the organisation, and the organisation itself. A variety of factors influence organisational behaviour, including structure, policies, processes and management. You will gain knowledge of how companies can manage and lead change effectively, and by understanding organisational behaviour you will support your personal development and ability to set the standard for accepting, negotiating, and implementing change.

Global Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics

This module develops critical insights into corporate social and environmental responsibility. Corporations have a clear ability to influence and shape the environment, our choices as consumers, the rules of government and the quality of our working lives. In recognition of this power there have been increasing calls for corporate social responsibility at national and international levels. The module examines contemporary themes using case studies to illustrate the complex relationship between business and society and the alternative frameworks through which the subject can be considered. It explores the issues of accountability and regulation and considers alternative forms of organising such as co-operatives and partnerships in order to question whether these structures enable organisations to engage with the broader aims of corporate social and environmental responsibility.

Big Data in Organisations

In this module you will investigate techniques that organisations use for performing simple analysis of data for a variety of business applications. You will develop an understanding of the types of data used in business, the differences between structured and unstructured data and how tools can be used to represent and analyse different types of data, including big data, in various contexts.
You will gain an appreciation of how data analytics can enhance business processes, for improved decision making in marketing, customer relationships, sales and forecasting. You will also learn how to apply simple analytical techniques to present information using data visualisation tools.

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Enterprise and entrepreneurial skills are highly valued by employers and by enterprising individuals who are interested in starting a new business or in exploiting a unique business idea. This module enables you to seize opportunities, mitigate risks, be creative and develop problem solving skills. It provides you with the knowledge and understanding to drive your business ideas forward and overcome hurdles with the aim of successfully launching new business ventures.