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Online Postgraduate in Health Economics (in English)
Online Postgraduate in Health Economics (in English)
With the Postgraduate Course in Health Economics, you will specialize in the economics and management of health services and medicine, while being trained to professionally manage the health services of any administration, organization, or health insurance, whether public or private .
This program is part of the University Master's Degree in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics. Its topic is oriented to health policy and management, with a focus on the economic evaluation of drugs and medical technologies, economics and financing policies, and their application to the market of health economics (supply and demand).
Why choose this program
Gain a prestigious international degree
We offer a prestigious degree, backed by the international recognition of UPF, the number 1 university in Spain, which will allow you to differentiate yourself and meet new professional challenges. The qualification does not mention the online study methodology of the postgraduate course.
Academic excellence at your fingertips
We will connect you with professors of the highest academic level and recognized international trajectory, led by Jaume Puig-Junoy and Carlos Campillo, academics and professionals with extensive experience and recognition in the field of health economics. They will support you and inspire you to achieve your professional goals.
We adapt to you
We offer you flexible and dynamic online training of the highest quality, fully compatible with your work and family responsibilities. Also, you will learn, connecting with international students, at your own pace and from anywhere in the world.
Get current relevant content for the sector
With more than 20 editions and a 92% satisfaction rate, it is part of the training agenda of important multinational companies in the health sector, thanks to a global and rigorous approach with content adapted to the current workplace reality.
Who is it for?
The program is aimed at both professionals with management responsibilities, as well as graduates who want to acquire the necessary skills for the management of hospitals, clinical laboratories, public and private health centres, public administrations in charge of the management or financing of medicines and health services, private insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, training centres in drug management and health services, among others.
Curriculum
The Online Postgraduate in Health Economics is part of the Master's Degree in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics and covers subjects 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the that course, whose focus is Health Policy and Management (economic evaluation of medicines and medical technologies, economics and financing policies, and their application to the market of health economics, supply and demand).
To facilitate day-to-day management and the achievement of your academic goals, the program is structured in teaching units, with which you will acquire instrumental, attitude and conceptual skills. You will have available, in each of them, a progress bar that will indicate the status of completion of the tasks and a recovery period in case you need more time to complete them.
The duration of each teaching unit will be two weeks. Each didactic unit is taught from Wednesday to Tuesday, so that the student can, if they wish, take advantage of the weekend to carry out the activities. A special period will be established to carry out the recovery exercises corresponding to the teaching units that have not been passed.
Each subject is organized into 4 teaching units that combine different methodologies: didactic content (interactive and downloadable materials, cases, video tutorials), introductory test, self-assessment activities, practical activities, and personalized access to the tutors through the forum of discussion, and other complementary resources of the learning (complimentary bibliography and related articles).
Complementary activities
Students must have (or acquire at the beginning of the program) knowledge in global health, statistics, and economics to ensure that they make the most of the program. For this reason, 3 initial leveling training complements are proposed in these areas. These courses will be carried out in parallel to the first subject to level the academic profiles of the students at the beginning of the master's.
In addition, the course includes the online module BSM Inside:
BSM Inside is a transversal and interdisciplinary module, common to all master's and postgraduate degrees at UPF Barcelona School of Management, which has been conceived to work on a set of key competencies for professional development in conjunction with the real needs of today's organizations.
This module extends throughout the academic year and is made up of 3 areas of knowledge that constitute the identity traits of the UPF-BSM: Communication; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Planetary Well-being and Humanities.
All the subjects of the BSM Inside module are 100% online and have been designed as self-learning subjects: from the first day of the subject until the end of the term you will have all the teaching materials available on the eCampus and you can work with the material and the different activities that it contains at your own pace, according to your availability and in a self-organized way.
Qualification obtained
Once you have passed the program, you will be awarded the degree of Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics, issued by Pompeu Fabra University.
Faculty
The program is lead by Jaume Puig-Junoy and Carlos Campillo, academics and professionals with extensive experience and recognition in the field of health economics and the Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES-UPF).
The course proposes a double approach:
- Academic: thanks to a faculty made up of doctors in medicine, economics, statistics, and pharmacy, who will transfer the knowledge and rigour of several of the most important universities in the country.
- Professional: due to the participation of professionals from the health sector, who provide a clear vision of the market and the application of this knowledge to the current reality of companies.
Academic directors
Academic Director
Adjunct professor BSM
Coordinator
Teaching Assistant BSM
Faculty
Adjunct professor BSM
Academic Director
- Carles Murillo
Co-founder of the program and academic advisor. - Carlos Crespo Palomo
Professor at the Departament of Statistics at the University of Barcelona
PhD in Statistics from the University of Barcelona. He also has a Master in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics from Pompeu Fabra University. - Jaime Pinilla Domínguez
Professor of Applied Economics of the Quantitative Methods in Economy and Management Department at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University. - José Manuel Rodríguez Barrios
Health Economics Lead at Novartis Pharmaceuticals
PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from Rey Juan Carlos University. He collaborates with the Research Centre for Health and Economics (CRES) and has the Master in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics from UPF-IDEC. - Marisol Rodríguez Martínez
Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona.
MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. She is also a Researcher at the Center for Research in Welfare Economics (CREB) of the University of Barcelona and Associate Researcher in the Research Center for Health and Economics (CRES) of the Pompeu Fabra University. - Lluís Segú Tolsa
Primary Healthcare Pharmacist.
Master in Health Economics and Health Management from the University of Barcelona. Degree in Pharmacy.
Methodology
At the UPF Barcelona School of Management we are committed to a flexible and dynamic online model, whose aim is to place you as a participant at the centre of the process allowing you to be the owner of the development of your learning.
In order to facilitate day-to-day management and the achievement of your academic goals, the program is structured in subjects, with which you will acquire knowledge, and instrumental and aptitude skills.
All this with 24/7 access to the virtual environment so that you can organize your study without schedules and at your own pace. In this way, you can combine it with your work and personal life, making the most of the time you have for it.
Didactic and interactive teaching materials
You will have access to materials in various formats to make your experience more motivating and dynamic: content maps, interactive and downloadable teaching materials, study cases, video tutorials, and additional readings. These materials are designed and periodically updated by professionals and experts in the field for you to have at your disposal the latest knowledge, skills, and tools at your fingertips to take your career to the next level.
Active and collaborative learning
Participation and discussion with your classmates and teachers are essential and enriching for the collaborative learning process. We will provide you with various tools such as the Discussion Forum, where you can propose new topics for debate, comment on and answer questions presented by the teacher or give feedback to interesting comments.
Personalized support
To make your experience more tangible and immediate, you will have the support of fundamental people such as the teacher or expert tutor, who will guide you through the subjects of the program. The program manager will help you in the monitoring and general operation of the program, as well as in the management of procedures or access to other services of the university. And the professional career advisor will guide you in improving your personal brand and in the search for professional opportunities.
Evaluation
The evaluation of each subject will be carried out as follows:
- 75% of the qualification will correspond to the average of the scores obtained in the final exercises of each of the four teaching units. To pass each module, the participant must have a score equal to or greater than 5 in three of the four final exercises of each didactic unit. The final exercise is considered passed if the participant obtains a minimum of 5 answers out of 10 (or equivalent figure if the number of questions is other than 10). In the event that at least the final exercises of three didactic units have not been passed, the module is automatically pending.
- 25% of the grade will correspond to the grade obtained in the individual or group activity established for each module.
- In the case of not passing the module, a period of time will be established during the academic year during which the student will have the possibility of doing, for the second and last time, another final exercise for the teaching units not passed. The individual or group activity carried out for each module will not have a recovery period.
Tools
The learning process is characterized by its flexibility, since, in the virtual learning environment, the structure of the school calendar and the diversity of multimedia resources which are made available to the student allows them to acquire knowledge in a self-regulated manner.
The support of the teaching staff and interaction with classmates is carried out by making use of a wide variety of communication channels that facilitate proximity and didactic dialogue.
Professional Future
The Online Postgraduate in Health Economics provides specialized training in health policy and management. Health management is understood in the broadest sense and includes the services of the Public Administration, the centres and services of the health institutions at any of the levels of care, the providers of pharmaceutical services, the evaluation agencies of medicines and medical technologies, as well as the pharmaceutical industry and distributors, insurance companies and consultancies in this sector.
Student profile
The Online Postgraduate Course in Health Economics is taught in conjunction with the Online Master's Degree in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics, so it brings together professionals of more than 20 nationalities, from the health and pharmaceutical sectors, as well as professionals from the economic and business area.
The program is adapted to the needs and requirements of experienced professionals and recent graduates who wish to expand their knowledge in these areas, so it does not require students to have previous knowledge of economics.
Due to the high international participation, the program offers great networking opportunities with other professionals in the sector, in order to create links and working synergies with experts and colleagues.
Career opportunities
You can count on our Talent UP professional development program from Careers, a training complement designed to increase the value and positioning of our students in the professional market. This program provides you with tools and resources, through individual career counselling, training activities, company events, and career opportunities.
The program is designed to complement the training of professionals with management responsibilities and graduates interested in acquiring the necessary skills to take on such responsibilities in:
- Hospitals, clinical laboratories, and public and private health centres.
- Public bodies responsible for managing and/or funding pharmaceuticals and health services.
- Private insurance companies.
- Pharmaceutical companies and companies related to the distribution of pharmaceuticals.
- Pharmaceutical and health service management training centres.
- Consultancy and advisory firms related to the health sector, etc.
Admission and enrolment
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.
Who can apply?
Academic and professional background:
- Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in health, pharmaceutical, health sciences, or economics.
- Graduates from other fields will also be taken into consideration.
- Candidates without a Bachelor´s degree will be able to apply based on their professional and academic achievements.
- A minimum experience of two years in these fields will be positively valued, both nationally and internationally.
Proficiency in English:
In order to be admitted, proof of English level is required:
- TOEFL IBT: > 72
- CAE: B2
- IELTS: > 5.0
- Duolingo: > 115
- Employer letter: HR department letter stating English as the official language of the company, or that the candidate uses English on a daily basis.
*Applicants whose mother tongue is English do not need to present the aforementioned certificate.
*Applicants who have completed their full Bachelor's Degree or any other higher education studies at an English-speaking university must submit written evidence that English was the language of instruction.
*Depending on the undergraduate degree of the participants, additional training will be required. Students will be required to take additional courses that should be done during the first weeks of the Master and do not involve an additional cost. The courses will be in the areas of Global Health, Statistics, and Economics.
How to apply?
To apply for admission to this program, students must read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Contract once they start the application for admission through the following form.
Application for admission
Complete your application within the next admission rounds:
| Round | Application deadline | Admission resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11/11/2020 | 26/11/2020 |
| 2 | 03/12/2020 | 18/12/2020 |
| 3 | 17/12/2020 | 31/12/2020 |
| 4 | 12/01/2021 | 28/01/2021 |
| 5 | 02/02/2021 | 17/02/2021 |
| 6 | 23/02/2021 | 10/03/2021 |
| 7 | 16/03/2021 | 31/03/2021 |
| 8 | 08/04/2021 | 23/04/2021 |
| 9 | 27/04/2021 | 12/05/2021 |
| 10 | 13/05/2021 | 28/05/2021 |
| 11 | 27/05/2021 | 11/06/2021 |
| 12 | 08/06/2021 | 23/06/2021 |
| 13 | 22/06/2021 | 07/07/2021 |
| 14 | 06/07/2021 | 21/07/2021 |
| 15 | 20/07/2021 | 30/07/2021 |
| 16 | 02/09/2021 | 17/09/2021 |
| 17 | 16/09/2021 | 01/10/2021 |
| 18 | 05/10/2021 | 20/10/2021 |
| 19 | 21/10/2021 | 05/11/2021 |
Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:
- Complete the online admission form.
- Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.
- Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
- Presentation letter or video
- CV
- Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)
- Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport
- Passport-size photo (jpg format)
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases.
Application rounds are subject to the number of places available on the program.
Admission
- The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.
- You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.
Enrolment
- Registration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.
- Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.
- If you have a foreign degree you may need to submit additional documents.
- Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place
- If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is 2100.
- The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Grants, scholarships and financing
Scholarships
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Grants and discounts
Funding
Financing simulator
You can choose how to finance your studies by consulting our simulator and receive an answer in less than 24 hours.
Collaborating entities
In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management collaborates with various banks and financial entities which provide study loans on favorable terms. For more information you can contact any of the following links (in Spanish).
Note, however, that in order to benefit from these special conditions you must have a NIE if you are not a European Citizen. Therefore, UPF Barcelona School of Management strongly recommends international students to seek first for students loans at bank entities of their country of origin, or to search for funding opportunities through international entities.
The Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of Catalonia (AGAUR, in Spanish) also offers loans to university students with legal residence in Catalonia through the PREPOST program.
Language: English
Price: 4850€