Looking to study healthcare management? Already work in healthcare and want to progress to a management role? If so, Arden University’s Health and Care management course is the right step for you. Based at our Berlin campus in Germany, this degree offers a wealth of knowledge and skills you need to follow your passion and become an inspiring leader in healthcare management, while also immersing you in the exciting European lifestyle.
Throughout the course you’ll explore important concepts including social responsibility, policy making, and politics and ethics in the worlds of health and healthcare management. You’ll also develop a wide range of sought-after transferable skills such as health promotion, financial control, budgeting, and resource planning, while gaining a full appreciation of the challenges faced by today’s healthcare professionals.
So whether you’re thinking of starting a career in healthcare or are ready to step into a management position in your existing healthcare career, you’ll graduate from this course prepared to take on senior-level responsibilities in organisations across the globe.
Our health and care management course encompasses a wide variety of topics, including planning and managing resources, business analysis and inclusive practice.
The knowledge and skills you acquire throughout your time studying will leave you thoroughly prepared to fill a management position in the area of healthcare that interests you most.>
I chose to study with Arden University because the staff members were really supportive and nice. The course also fitted around my job. With Arden, I’ve finally learned to cope and understand my learning pattern, and my dyslexia. I’m on a Blended Learning degree, which involves a couple of days a week in the classroom with other students and tutors at Arden’s University centre in Ealing, West London plus fully supported online study.
You have 3-9 years to complete this healthcare management degree, meaning that you can take up to three years to complete each level; however, most of our students complete the course within 3-6 years.
On this blended learning healthcare management course, we choose a range of methods to keep track of how well you are progressing. These include:
At Arden University we consider applications on a case by case basis. If you have significant work experience, have qualifications you have gained elsewhere, or a degree or qualification that isn't a clear pathway to this degree - we are more than happy to discuss your application.
To be eligible to study this degree, we need to see that you have:
We also usually ask you for a personal statement that demonstrates your motivations to study the course. We may also want references and evidence of relevant work experience.
We also offer an internal English test for applicants who are unable to provide an English Proficiency letter. Get in touch to find out more.
Whilst you can read your study materials on your smart phone or tablet, to make the most of your learning experience, you will need access to a laptop or computer (we recommend one running the latest version of Windows), and a good stable internet connection.
A degree from Arden University is your first step towards a rewarding position in the healthcare field. Our health and social care academic staff members have years of experience working in, studying, and researching their fields. We bring our own first-hand knowledge and professional expertise to the course, which adds even more value to your learning experience. I look forward to welcoming you to the Arden University family.
The BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management provides learners with not only just a degree, but the CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management. This will allow learners to gain key qualifications and professional competence in health and care management and leadership to start or enhance their careers. This qualification is accepted by the CQC and Skills for Care in application for Registered Manager positions in social care, demonstrating the quality of the course from both a management and health and care perspective.
When you graduate with your bachelor’s in health and care management you will have a wide range of transferable professional skills to take with you into any role you pursue. As a graduate you’ll have gained knowledge of:
After earning your bachelor’s degree, you can go on to work in the private or nonprofit sectors in a position related to your degree. As a graduate from our Berlin campus, you’ll also have the chance to apply for an 18-month post-study residence permit to work in Germany.
With some additional training and education, you could enter positions including:
The aim of the Institute of Health & Social Care Management (IHSCM) is to create a supportive professional body that is relevant in its activities and modern in its approach.
The IHSCM works with Arden University to enable its members to contribute to curriculum development and delivery, as well as enrolling all of Arden University’s School of Healthcare Management students into the Institute. As an Arden student, you’ll enjoy unlimited access to the IHSCM’s diverse range of events, conferences, workshops and networks as well as opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
Recently announcing the IHSCM’s partnership with Arden University, the IHSCM’s CEO, Jon Wilks, said:
“This is a wonderful partnership in the full sense of the word, enabling our members and Arden’s students to enjoy learning and development opportunities together. We are delighted at the potential for further collaboration that it provides and believe that this is a great template for development of health and social care education.”
This course awards a CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) promotes excellence in UK management and leadership. The institute aims to boost career development across the management sector and connect you with like-minded professionals
Arden University is recognised as an Endorsed Provider of health and social care degree courses by Skills for Care, a trusted independent charity which works as a delivery partner for the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK. Endorsement by Skills for Care is a recognition of the quality and delivery of the learning you will have during your studies at Arden University.
Arden University’s Faculty of Business is an esteemed member institution of the Business Graduates Association (BGA).