About the Program
Cyprus International University Health Care Organizations Management Master’s Program was founded in parallel with the development and evolution of healthcare organizations management all over the world. The program aims to improve the knowledge of the administration of health services and institutions by offering education, training, and research at the postgraduate level. The program maintains the title of being the first and leading department in this field in North Cyprus. The program aims to educate students who can contribute to solving the problems of the healthcare sector; are decision making-focused (management of healthcare organizations, marketing, financial management, human resources management, research methods and statistics, relations with medical staff, organization relations with its environment,), and are practice-focused (coordination and teamwork skills, interpersonal relations, following the behaviors and practices of successful healthcare managers).
Education Opportunities
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Health Care Organizations Management Program is offered in both Turkish and English either as thesis and non-thesis programs. The thesis program consists of 7 courses, a seminar, and a thesis; while, the non-thesis program comprises 10 courses and a graduation project. In both programs, students are offered courses on management duties in health institutions to advance in their management levels or to open the way for building an academic career. These courses include Health Care Organizations Management, Marketing in Health Care Organizations, Human Resources Management in Health Care Organizations, Financial Management in Health Care Organizations, Quality Management and Accreditation in Health Care Organizations, Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations, Quantitative Decision Making Techniques in Health Care Organizations, Research Methods and Statistics for Health Care Services, Business Economics, Professional Ethics in Health Care Services. Health Care Organizations Management and Marketing in Health Care Organizations as compulsory courses with more courses as electives.
Career Areas
Our students who graduate from the Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Health Care Organizations Management Program can be assigned to various positions in the healthcare sector. Our graduates can work in the organizations aiming to treat and protect health; in relevant units of the Ministry of Health; in healthcare units of public institutions and private sector organizations; in institutions producing healthcare materials for the health sector; in institutions that produce or supply medication, medical devices and consumable materials used in healthcare services; in the center of healthcare research and development as managers, marketing directors, financial specialists, human resources directors, public relations directors or as administrative officers in different positions offered by the hospitals. Our graduates would also be very effective in the quality management and accreditation of healthcare organizations. Our graduates also have the opportunity to continue their doctoral studies to pursue an academic career.