Health Business & Management – Shaping the Future of Healthcare. This Major offers a unique development space for those who want to help shape the healthcare system of tomorrow. The focus is on entrepreneurial thinking, digital competence, and social responsibility.
Everyone talks about transformation in healthcare. We make it real – through projects, labs, and organizations ready to move from ideas to action.
The Master of Science in Business Administration with a Major in Health Business & Management at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) is designed for people who want to take responsibility, think differently, and create measurable impact – in hospitals, practices, companies, or health organizations.
Here, you’ll learn to turn ideas into impact – patient-centred, data-driven, financially sound, and socially responsible. Students learn how to navigate a complex, data-driven and evolving healthcare system with confidence.
Details:
Time model
- full-time, part-time and work-study
- The majority of lectures take place on two days of the week on which attendance is required (currently Monday and Tuesday).
Tuition fees
- Annual tuition for Swiss students: CHF 1,600
- Annual tuition EEA: CHF 2,600
- Annual tuition non-EEA: CHF 2,600
Duration
- 2 years (standard duration of studies)
- It is possible to complete the programme in 3 semesters or up to 6 semesters
Four reasons for the Major:
- Shape health holistically – creating value across all 5 Ps: Patients, Providers, Payers, Policy Makers, and Industry Partners: Our Health Business 5.0 approach connects every perspective. You’ll learn to view health as a value-creation system, balancing patient benefit, economic sustainability, and social responsibility.
- From idea to implementation – learning in an experimental setup: In our Experimental Lab, you’ll tackle real-world challenges with hospitals, insurers, start-ups, and public institutions. Whether launching a practice, leading a robotics project, or redesigning care pathways — you’ll test what works and learn how to implement meaningful change, not just design it.
- Lead where change happens – Leadership & New Work: Leadership in healthcare means developing people and systems. You’ll learn to lead with empathy, diversity, and courage — seeing leadership as a mindset, not a title. New Work, self-leadership, psychological safety, and co-creation help you empower teams across disciplines and hierarchies.
- Shape the future – Digitalisation, Robotics & Innovation: The future of healthcare is driven by data, technology, and accountability. You’ll explore how to apply digital and AI-based solutions responsibly and patient-centrically — from digital hospitals to connected care systems. You’ll identify transformation triggers and design innovations that improve care, optimise resources, and open new business models.
What you will learn:
Leadership & Change in Healthcare:
- Leading in complex, inter-professional organisations
- New Work, self-leadership, diversity & psychological safety
- Leadership simulations & communication in change processes
Patient- and Value-Driven Health Management:
- Patient Value Management: quality, outcomes & experience
- Financing, reimbursement & efficiency — thinking economically, acting responsibly
- Designing business and care models across all stakeholders
Transformation & Innovation – Making the Future Work
- Digital transformation, robotics, automation & AI in healthcare
- Design Thinking, Lean Start-up & agile methods for Health Business 5.0
- Turning ideas into impact — implementation with real partner organisations
System Thinking & Implementation Skills
- Interplay between politics, economy, society & healthcare
- Strategic network & ecosystem management
- Transformation through real projects — from concept to measurable outcomes
Career prospects:
Graduates take on leadership, project, and transformation roles at the intersection of business, health, and society — for example as:
- Project Manager Health & Digitalisation
- Corporate Development Manager
- Health Innovation Manager
- Digital Health Consultant
- Business Development Manager (Healthcare/MedTech)
- Chief of Staff / Strategic Assistant to Executive Management
- Manager Public Health & Digital Transformation
- E-Health Specialist
- Strategy Consultant Healthcare
- Product Manager for new and digital services
- Programme Manager Health (NGO or Foundation)
- Coordinator of cross-sectoral health projects
- Entrepreneur in the healthcare sector
- Head of Digital Transformation (e.g. hospital or insurer)
