Interdisciplinary Healthcare and Management
The demographics of our populations are changing, as is the spectrum of diseases with which we are faced; medical and technical advances are matched by people’s increasing desire to take charge of their health and avail themselves of the latest treatments and therapies – in a situation of limited healthcare resources. All these factors and more challenge the healthcare world to change with our times.
In out- and inpatient care alike, interdisciplinary approaches are gaining in currency; we need to identify and shape points of intersection between professions in the sector if we are to adequately meet the growing need for information, advisory services and health promotion interventions tailored to specific target groups.
The purpose of this Bachelor’s degree course in Interdisciplinary Healthcare and Management is to provide qualified nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists with the tools to structure their day-to-day practice and attain management positions. The course is designed to be compatible with continued work in your profession.
The course will give you an academic foundation for exploring and implementing profession-specific and interdisciplinary methodologies and approaches and teach you to use targeted methods for planning healthcare services and managing resources. Further, you will interact with others across healthcare disciplines and leave us with the ability to engage actively in developing healthcare systems, taking a range of professional viewpoints into account.
Your future career
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Our graduates drive change in their professional settings, take on management and leadership roles, work on research projects, and fulfil organisational, planning and specialist functions in interdisciplinary healthcare delivery settings or in organisations shaping healthcare policy.
Examples of fields our graduates work in beyond their original area of professional practice include:
- Local and public health authorities and services
- Health and consumer advisory services
- Health insurers
- Professional associations
- Higher education and research institutions
Course content and structure
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This six-semester course builds on its students’ prior professional experience, keeping its classes relatively small to enable them to contribute their specific expertise and recognise its place in an interdisciplinary network of knowledge.
The first two semesters focus on healthcare professions as academic disciplines, public health, interdisciplinary communication and team-centred working, health economics, business administration, organisational principles, social security legislation, reflective practice and understanding specific cases, advice provision, communication and decision-making skills, ethics, and good academic and scientific practice.
Semesters 3 and 4 explore research methods, HR management, health systems and health policy, chronic diseases, and multimorbidity, and students spend a semester on a practical placement.
In their fifth and sixth semesters, students take in-depth courses on health promotion and preventive interventions, interdisciplinary models of healthcare, assessment and intervention, evidence-based practice, and communicating risk, and carry out a specialist project. The course concludes with a Bachelor thesis.
The course’s ultimate aim is to provide students with specific knowledge and skills in:
- science and research
- communication and advice provision
- health promotion and disease prevention
- health systems and health policy decision-making
- business administration
Your interests and skills
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You should be scientifically minded, interested in how health systems work and the political, societal and economic backdrop to those workings, and keen to help shape healthcare delivery processes.
We particularly welcome applications from professionals who aim to take on complex roles in designing and leading on healthcare delivery or support for pregnant women, their partners, and new parents.
Interested – but not quite sure yet whether this is the right course for you? Our self-assessment test can help you make up your mind. Take it here: HAW Navigator.
Admission requirements
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Did you complete your secondary education outside Germany?
- If you want to do your bachelor's degree in Germany, you need an academic qualification that corresponds to the German Abitur or Fachhochschulreife. Here you will find all the information for international prospective students.
- Please note that you must provide proof of German language skills at C1 level.
The following applies to all applicants:
- Prior qualification: In addition to your higher education entrance qualification, a state-accredited qualification in one of the professions in this list is a prerequisite for this course
Did you complete your secondary education in Germany?
You can apply directly for this course if you hold one of the following qualifications:
- Fachhochschulreife
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife
- Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (subject-specific HE entrance qualification)
- A similar qualification
You can find information about the selection process and the numerus clausus (NC) from the previous semester here: Applying for a Bachelor's degree course/Selection criteria
Application process
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We only accept online applications. Before applying, applicants must register with www.hochschulstart.de.
During the application period (for the winter semester: 1 June–15 July; for the summer semester: 1 December–15 January) you can find the online application and detailed information about the application process on the Applying for a Bachelor's degree course page.
International applicants are also required to apply during the application period.
To make the process easier for you, we have compiled a step-by-step checklist: International applicants
Questions about selecting a course, applications, admissions and degree courses
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Applications and admissions
Student Admissions and Registration Office (Studierendensekretariat)
Stiftstraße 69, 20099 Hamburg (ground floor)
T +49.40.428 75-9898
studierendensekretariat (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Contact us with your questions about applications and admissions
The Information Point is open at the following times:
Monday–Thursday: 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Friday: closed
In-person office hours:
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Telephone office hours:
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For general queries about HAW Hamburg degree courses and course choice
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20099 Hamburg
T +49 40 42875 9110
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Contact person for applicants with disabilities or chronic health conditions
Meike Butenob/Dieter Röh
Stiftstraße 69, Haus 3, room 37
Tel. +49.40.428 75-7220
inklusion (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Contact the department
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Specifically subject-related queries:
Studiengangskoordination
Patricia Sadre-Fischer
Tel +49 40 42875-7148
igm (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
