European Master of Medical Technology and Healthcare Business
This Master’s degree course revolves around what has become a leading national and international growth sector. Many key technologies in the field, such as physiological and technical control loops, medical imaging and assisted minimally invasive surgery, are still in their relative infancy and promise exciting developments and innovations in the increasingly globalised markets of the future.
The strong client/customer orientation at the heart of this degree course creates excellent employment and career prospects for our graduates, who leave us with comprehensive skills across a large and varied spectrum of roles and responsibilities:
- Research and development
- Product management
- Marketing and sales
- Quality management
- Maintenance and repair
- Education and training
- Hospital planning
- Safety advisor roles
Good reasons to study the European Master of Medical Technology and Healthcare Business at HAW Hamburg
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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 right course for you?
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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.
Course content and structure
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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.
Admission requirements
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For information about the admission requirements, please see the following page: https://master-emmah.eu/application-and-admission/application
Application process
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For information about the application process, please see the following page: https://master-emmah.eu/application-and-admission/application
Contact the department
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Departmental advisor EMMaH Hamburg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Flick
Ulmenliet 20, room N 5.07, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: + 49.40.428 75-6384
bernd.flick(@)haw-hamburg.de
At a glance
Degree
No. of semesters
Applications accepted
Language of instruction
Full-/part-time
Location
Do you have a first degree in biomedical engineering, hazard control, rescue engineering or a related discipline? With this course you can deepen your knowledge of the medical technology and healthcare business, a leading growth sector in national and global markets. Study technology at HAW Hamburg, obtain training in clinical application at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto and complete your business background courses at the University of Lille. You can choose your destination for the thesis.
EMMaH – one international Master's degree course taught at three universities of applied sciences in three European countries.
Hamburg, Germany: University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences
Lille, France: Université de Lille - Faculté Ingénierie et Management de la Santé
Porto, Portugal: Instituto Polytecnico do Porto-Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
In 2021, the steering committee decided to include a new partner to the EMMaH programme: Taipei Medical University in Taiwan (TMU) ; based on the already existing cooperation between TMU and ULille. A new cooperation agreement is currently being signed.
EMMaH is a joint and multidisciplinary master program held by four higher education institutions. EMMaH was created in 2015 by the three original funders (ULille, IPP Porto and HAW Hamburg) and enlarged with TMU Taipei in 2021. EMMaH was granted the prestigious ERASMUS MUNDUS Label in 2022 and the very first Mundus Cohort started in September 2023.
You will find all the information about EMMaH Erasmus Mundus and how to apply on the website https://master-emmah.eu/
No lectures are held at HAW Hamburg during the summer semester.
Study organisation
Contact information
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| Function | Name | Room | |
Student advisor | Prof. Dr. Bernd Flick | N5.07 | bernd.flick(@)haw-hamburg.de |
Chair of Examination Board | Prof. Dr. Julian Béthune | S2.24 | julien.bethune (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de |
Exam schedule
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Exam schedule (Updated: 3 April 2025)
Short-term room changes will be posted as usual on the faculty Infoboard! (in German only)
Module compendium
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Course and examination regulations
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Course regulations
- APSO-INGI Änderungen 2021 (in german)
- APSO-INGI2012 (in English)
- Course and examination regulations vom 26. Juni 2024 (in German)
valid from winter semester 2024/25
The expiring of the course and examination regulation.
Course and examination regulations vom 24. Februar 2022 (in German)
valid from winter semester 2022/2023. Sie tritt mit Ende des Sommersemesters 2028 außer Kraft
Course-specific examination and study regulations vom 24. Februar 2022 (in English)
valid from winter semester 2022/2023. This regulation ended in the summer semester of 2028.
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Course and examination regulations 2017 (in German)
Course-specific examination and study regulations 2017 (in English)
It will expire at the end of the summer semester 2026. It is not possible to change from the expiring course-specific examination and study regulations to the course-specific examination and study regulations mentioned in paragraph 1 until the end of the summer semester 2026
Dates and deadlines
Lecture and semester dates
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Winter semester 2024/25: 1 Oktober 2024 – 31 March 2025
Lecture period: 7 October 2024 – 15 February 2025 (including the three-week examination period)
First day of lectures: 7 October 2024
Last day of lectures: 15 February 2025
Christmas Holidays: 21 Dezember 2024 – 5 January 2025
Summer semester 2025: 1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April 2025 – 2 August 2025 (including the three-week examination period)
Winter semester 2025/26: 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
Lecture period: 6 October 2025 – 14 February 2026 (including the three-week examination period)
Christmas Holidays: 20 Dezember 2025 – 4 January 2026
Summer semester 2026: 1 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Lecture period: 6 April 2026 – 1 August 2026 (including the three-week examination period)
Winter semester 2026/27: 1 Oktober 2026 – 31 March 2027
Lecture period: 5 Oktober 2026 – 13 February 2027 (including the three-week examination period)
Christmas Holidays: 21 Dezember 2026 – 3 January 2027
Summer semester 2027: 1 April 2027 – 30 September 2027
Lecture period: 5 April 2027 – 31.July 2027 (including the three-week examination period)
Semester date details for summer semester 2025
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Departments Bt, Mt, Ut, Vt
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
1st half of the semester (E): 7 April – 24 May 2025
2nd half of the semester (Z): 26 May– 11 July 2025
Examination period: 14 July – 1 October 2025
Department Öt und Gw
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
1st half of the semester (E): 7 April – 24 May 2025
2nd half of the semester (Z): 26 May– 11 July 2025
Examination period: 14 July – 25 July 2025
Teaching/vocational training
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
Pentecost holidays: 24.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
Department HWI
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
Pentecost holidays: 24.05.2025 – 01.06.2025
Course times
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1st quarter: 8:30 am–10:00 am
2nd quarter: 10:15 am–11:45 am
3rd quarter: 12:30 pm–2:00 pm
4th quarter: 2:30 pm–4:00 pm
5th quarter: 4:15 pm–5:45 pm
6th quarter: 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
7th quarter: 7:45 pm–9:15 pm
Re-registration
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To re-register for the new semester, please pay the semester contribution by bank transfer within the re-registration period. Please do not pay before the start of the re-registration period as the final amount will not be determined before this period begins.
The semester contribution for summer semester 2024 is €331.
Please also transfer the amount even if you are blocked from re-registering. The block can only be lifted if you have paid the semester contribution.
New re-registration deadlines as of summer semester 2024
Winter semester: 1 July –15 September
Summer semester: 1 January –15 March
Further information can be found at the Student Center under the menu item: re-registration
If you are financially unable to pay the semester contribution, you may contact the Students' Union (AStA). In warranted cases it can provide you with a loan.
All the necessary information about the current semester contribution and your payment status is available through the myHAW campus management system.
Student advisor
Department Medizintechnik
Ulmenliet 20, Room N5.07
21033 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-6384
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