European Master of Medical Technology and Healthcare Business

This is a truly international degree course which offers a grounding in technology, clinical issues and business management. You’ll acquire professional skills alongside methodological and personal competencies in a European environment. The real-world engineering and research skills with which you’ll leave us will open doors to careers in the development and improvement of technical and organisational healthcare solutions.

The course places strong emphasis on inter-professional collaboration, including with physicians, nurses, therapists and technicians. This Master of Science degree qualifies graduates for positions in research and development and delivers skills required for effective scientific work in further, including doctoral, studies.

The European Master in Medical Technology and Healthcare Business is aimed primarily at those with a first degree in medical technology, biomedical engineering, emergency response/rescue engineering or hazard control, or in a related discipline. Applicants should be motivated to acquire skills relevant to competent work with cutting-edge biomedical devices in a range of application contexts and to carrying out innovative R&D.

Three countries, three institutions, one degree:

Hamburg, Germany: HAW Hamburg, Faculty of Life Sciences
Lille, France: Université de Lille II, Faculté Ingénierie et Management de la Santé (ILIS)
Porto, Portugal; Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto (IPP)

The course’s first semester, focusing on technological learning, takes place in Hamburg. The core curriculum consists of modules in data acquisition and processing, advanced biosignal processing, modelling medical systems, simulation and VR in medicine, health technology assessment/regulatory affairs, and an engineering project seminar.

You’ll move to Porto for the second semester, during which you’ll explore the clinical application of technical know-how. The core curriculum encompasses a health project seminar and modules in medical imaging technologies and devices, medical measurement techniques, applied clinical imaging, applied clinical signals, and human-technology interaction in the clinical environment.

Semester 3 covers the business side and takes place in Lille. The core curriculum comprises the following modules: healthcare business project seminar, principles of marketing in the healthcare business, international healthcare marketing and business, marketing for innovative medical technology, legal and regulatory considerations in the healthcare industry and industrial purchasing, and outsourcing in the healthcare industry.

You’ll complete your degree in your fourth semester by writing your Master's thesis, the aim of which is to enable you to demonstrate your research and development expertise, preferably in an interdisciplinary setting. You have free choice of institution and supervisor for your thesis.

All courses and examinations take place in English only.

Fees and financing

For information about the admission requirements, please see the following page:  https://master-emmah.eu

For information about the application process, please see the following page: https://master-emmah.eu