Population Health Management (MSc)

Today's health care system faces many challenges. The interdisciplinary two-year Master PHM will train you to contribute to a more integrated health care system.

Megan Currie

BSc Biomedical Sciences | PHM student

“After my bachelor's degree, I wanted to broaden my knowledge about healthcare and learn more about the different domains that need to be considered in order to create a more integrated system. Population Health Management offers me the interdisciplinary foundation and additional freedom to build my own healthcare vision upon.”

What does this Master’s programme entail?

Our health care system is under pressure due to rising costs, staff shortages, fragmented care provision, and the increasing complexity of medical technologies and IT systems. To address these challenges, the master Population Health Management tackles these challenges in a broad sense and has emerged as an important strategy for health care worldwide. Knowledge from epidemiology, data analysis in healthcare, medicine, public administration and behavioural sciences are combined into a globally unique programme.

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Reasons to choose Population Health Management

Develop a broad range of competences in health care governance, data analysis and the clustering of health-related problems.
Learn and grow together with fellow students during the on-campus week. Work from home during the online weeks.
Design your own programme for the second year of your studies. Focus on the field of your interest and gain valuable experience during an internship of your choice.
Bring your knowledge into practice in multidisciplinary project cases.
Excellent career opportunities and access to a wide network of employers such as hospitals, care organizations and research institutions.
Our study programme has global connections that could assist you in finding a project or accommodation abroad. We even offer a jointly delivered master's programme together with the University of Birmingham.

Students of Population Health Management in the Hague

Career opportunities after graduation

The interdisciplinary character of the programme makes for excellent career opportunities with a wide range of employers. There are opportunities within the Netherlands but also in Europe and across the globe.

Possible careers:

Consultant in the health care sector
Researcher at a university or RIVM
Healthcare purchaser at a health insurer
Advisor in for instance health care, youth care or medicine
PhD and teacher
Project manager for a European organization in Brussel
Policy advisor at the municipality or national level
Data researcher at the municipal health center (GGD)

Your student life starts in the vibrant city of The Hague

Video: Study in The Hague

Want to know more?

Visit the Master’s Open Day on 6 February! More information to come.