Master Health and Digital Transformation
Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences
Key Information
Campus location
Maastricht, Netherlands
Languages
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Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,314 / per year **
Application deadline
01 May 2024*
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* for non-EU applicants | June 1 for EU applicants
** statutory fee | € 18,400 institutional fee
Introduction
Are you interested in digital technology and healthcare? Do you want to help translate and facilitate healthcare innovations for patients, citizens, and professionals? If so, this master's program is the right fit for you. You'll have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills directly in practice and advise organizations on how to navigate through digital challenges.
Fast facts
- Unique master's program
- Focus on the digital transformation in healthcare
- Practice-based, interprofessional and interactive
- Registration deadline: 1 July 2023
- Registration deadline non-EU: 1 June 2023
Why this program?
There is a need to transform healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development and use of digital technology and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare. Healthcare organizations, citizens, patients and healthcare professionals need to adapt to a new way of healthcare.
The transition to a more digital healthcare process is not self-evident
Technical and digital applications in healthcare often fail to get off the ground. To make the most of technology in healthcare, it is essential that applications meet user needs, work correctly, are usable, feasible, and beneficial, that technical systems are connected, relevant information is exchanged quickly and securely, and digital applications are seamlessly integrated into the healthcare process.
The best of both worlds
The digital transformation of healthcare requires individuals who can bridge the gap between technology, data science and the healthcare industry. This program emphasizes practice-based, interprofessional education and research, with a focus on healthcare, data science, law, information science, nursing, and technical medicine. As digital intelligence becomes an increasingly important skill in the workforce, this program will provide you with the opportunity to develop in unprecedented ways
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
It is Maastricht University’s (UM) mission to offer students from all over the world the opportunity to develop into active, globally oriented thinkers that are ready to make a positive contribution to their societies.
UM’s high-quality, innovative education based on small-scale Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in an international and intercultural setting prepares students for this purpose.
As an open and accessible academic community, UM offers several scholarships to support top-performing undergraduate and graduate students with personal development potential that are experiencing financial difficulties to pursue a degree at UM. UM scholarship students function as important ambassadors of the university during and after their studies.UM scholarship students are selected on the basis of their academic excellence, extracurricular engagement, active citizenship and financial need. As the number of scholarships is limited, the selection process is highly competitive.
Before applying for a UM scholarship, please take into account the factors summed up below. Read these carefully, to make sure that the valuable time you invest in applying pays off:
- You will have to apply for a study program at UM before applying for a scholarship;
- You are only allowed to apply for one UM scholarship, multiple applications will be disqualified;
- Verify if your nationality is eligible for the scholarship;
- Verify whether your study program is participating in the scholarship;
- Ensure that if the scholarship covers only the tuition fees, you are able to finance your own living expenses (rent, food and insurances) for the complete duration of your studies.
Curriculum
- Data and Technology in Healthcare HDT4001
- The Multimodality of a Digital Society HDT4002
- Technical Evaluations of AI Algorithms HDT4003
- Making Sense of Digital Technology in Healthcare HDT4004
- Thesis Preparation HDT4005
- Digital Technology as a Medical Device HDT4006
- Digital Strategies For Disrupting Healthcare Systems HDT4007
- Placement and Thesis HDT4051
- Interdisciplinary Project HDT4050
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The opportunities for Health and Digital Transformation experts are expected to grow substantially over the coming years as more experts are needed who understand the possibilities but also the limitations of digital technology to help transform healthcare in an innovative and sustainable way. After your Master's degree, there are a lot of options for your future career.
- With this multidisciplinary background, graduates will find employment in a wide range of sectors, such as healthcare, consultancy, business, industry and government.
- Within healthcare organizations, graduates can be involved in the selection, use and safety aspects of (medical) digital aids and technological innovations.
- As a consultant, they may connect developers of technology with the healthcare market. They can advise healthcare organizations, healthcare providers and clients/patients on a variety of issues related to the implementation of digital innovations in healthcare.
- As a project manager within the business community or at health insurance companies, they can initiate the development of novel digital products for clients/patients.
- As policy advisors, they can also assist and advise organizations in strategically navigating the digital transformation of healthcare.
- As a researcher (within universities, hospitals, health insurers or health tech companies), research can be done into the implementation, testing and evaluation of innovative digital technologies. Finally, as entrepreneurs, they may start their own healthtech start-up to bring a (digital) innovation to the market.