Postgraduate courses - Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Overview

The Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management) provides a comprehensive foundation in core business principles, with a specialisation in healthcare management. With sustainability built-in to every topic, industries 4.0 and 5.0 will come to life beyond the concepts.

This specialisation is designed to prepare aspiring leaders to learn the latest concepts which can be applied to health and aged care settings. You will deepen your knowledge of advanced healthcare management and how to use them to drive improved performance.

The MBA (Healthcare Management) is designed for the future, with sustainability built in. You will learn how to take advantage of technology to test and better manage quality and safe care whilst tackling the challenges of the digital age. This MBA course has industry engagement embedded, with a total of up to 36 weeks of experience available through Work Integrated Learning and industry programs.

Healthcare managers are the professionals who are involved in decision-making in hospitals, aged care, or other health related organisations. Healthcare managers are responsible for designing policies, managing human resources, improving the business unit, and managing the operations including the procurement and supply of hospital equipment in addition to improving the quality of patient care.

Courses

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Duration: 1 year

Delivery mode:
In person
Online

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
February
July
October

Annual indicative fees (2024):
$35,700 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Duration: 2 years

Delivery mode:
In person
Online

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
February
July
October

Annual indicative fees (2024):
$35,700 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

What you will study

Entry requirements

How to apply

Your career

Take charge of your career, learn how to lead a health workforce, apply emotional intelligence, use data and privacy, and best manage patient care in health and aged care settings. The MBA (Healthcare Management) prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities in areas including public and private hospitals, aged care institutions, private and public sector organisations.

Potential occupations include:

medical practitioners
nursing professionals
allied health professionals
chief operating officer
chief robotics officer
director of nursing
artificial intelligence architect
program director
information managers
aged care manager
senior business development manager.

Potential employers include:

public and private hospitals
aged care institutions
community health centres
private practice
government departments
corporate agencies
medical technology companies
digital health institutes
disability sector
Not-for-profit organisations.

What you will study

The Graduate Diploma and MBA courses provide a structured pathway containing 16 topics. There is flexibility in the course but generally students undertake 8 business and management core topics, four elective topics and four topics relevant to healthcare management.

First year (and the Graduate Diploma) contains study in human resource management, marketing, economics, finance, ethics, sustainability, and the law. Second year introduces health and aged care operations, health and aged care systems and policy, and leading organisations in health and aged care.

You can also choose an industry placement instead of one core topic. And you could also extend your industry exposure by electing to undertake an industry entrepreneurial program: FOMENT (a wine, viticulture and tourism program), or the IMA (Innovative Manufacturing Accelerator).

You will also undertake a major industry project which will bring together everything you have learnt over the course and put it into practice.

View the program of study

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Entry requirements

Graduate Diploma

Applicants must either:

hold a degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution OR
hold the Flinders University Graduate Certificate in Business Administration.

Master

Applicants must either hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification; or hold the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.

Application requirements

Applicants must provide an electronic copy of either their original or certified copy of their Official Academic Transcript for all qualifications relevant to their application.

Unofficial academic transcripts, statement of results, exam slips, screen shots of grades, AHEGS etc. will not be accepted.

If academic transcripts are in a language other than English, applicants must submit copies of both the original documents and full translations. Translations must show results for all subjects undertaken and be certified by an independent accredited translator. It is an applicant’s responsibility to comply with requests to provide further documentation, either in the original language or English translation.

Flinders graduates of a Bachelor degree or Flinders students currently completing their Bachelor degree at Flinders are not required to provide a copy of their official transcript for their Flinders course.

An application can be made for up to 3 courses in order of preference. You will be assessed for entry to the course you are eligible for as per your preferences.

Applicants must provide details of their professional work experience in their application.