Why choose the Graduate School of Business
In the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2025, our business and management courses rank in the top 10 in their subject field for teaching; skills development; organisation and feedback; sense of community; and dissertation experience.
Flexible courses designed to accommodate your work and life commitments with block delivery and different entry points through the year.
Assessments linked to live projects where you engage with industry professionals and find real business solutions; also opens up opportunities for networking and work placements.
About the course
This full-time, 22-month MBA with data analytics and a specialism in hospital and health services management accelerates career growth by refining leadership and strategic management skills. Tailored for students with a passion for healthcare management, it equips you to navigate organisational change in a global context, applying data analysis to real-world projects. With six entry points through the year, the point at which you join the course determines the order of the units you study.
For further course information, contact Dr Emma Buick at emma.buick@beds.ac.uk
Facilities and specialist equipment
- Access our state-of-the-art data lab, equipped with top-tier business analytics software and platforms, including Vensim simulation software, allowing hands-on learning and exploration
- Benefit from a range of learning resources, such as Harvard Business simulations and Oracle OPERA, to support you on your learning journey
Your student experience
The course is tailored for students with a passion for healthcare management combined with data analytics, equipping you to navigate organisational change in a global context.
Learn from our highly experienced academic team of industry experts engaged in consultancy, business involvement and social impact.
Learning supported by extensive Harvard Business Publication simulations.
Acquire essential professional skills aligned with bodies like the Chartered Management Institute.
Join our Global Guest Speaker series, featuring academics, industry leaders, and professionals from organisations like Luton Borough Council, the European Commission, and bodies such as the Association of Project Management (APM).
Gain first-hand industry insights in field trips to exhibitions like the Great Business Exhibition and Tech Show London as well as industry visits to companies like TUI.
Solve real-life problems working with the University’s Research and Innovation Service (RIS) where you can assist local businesses and SMEs to up-skill and innovate.
Contemporary healthcare management
A comprehensive overview of the field, ensuring you are equipped to navigate and lead in an evolving healthcare landscape. You develop your broader understanding of the context in which healthcare services operate while exploring in the latest research in the field of healthcare management.
Managerial perspectives in health informatics
An in-depth exploration of how informatics may be used in contemporary healthcare. You gain the knowledge and understanding to navigate the intersections between technology, data and healthcare, for effective management and delivery of healthcare services.
Responsible leadership and sustainable management
Develop a skillset that merges theoretical knowledge and practical application, positioning you as a valuable asset in any professional setting. This unit will empower you to effectively address the diverse demands of today's business environment.
Strategy analysis and practice
Build skills that are highly valued by modern organisations including critical thinking, effective communication, adaptability and ethical decision-making.
Digital business analytics
Developing key employability skills, you evaluate and apply commonly used digital business analytics tools and techniques and digital analytical methodologies, including AI and machine learning.
Applied data analytics
This unit takes a practical approach to learning data-mining techniques, emphasising their importance in constructing effective solutions for business problems. It underscores the significance of data-driven decision-making in the modern world. The curriculum covers various techniques and tools for collecting, visualising, pre-processing and analysing data while applying data-mining models in real-world scenarios. You learn SAS Viya, a cloud-enabled analytics engine that provides a modern platform for advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Knowledge discovery and management
A comprehensive exploration of how knowledge discovery and management may be utilised in contemporary business. You gain the knowledge and understanding you need to navigate the intersections between technology, data and informatics for effective organisational management.
MBA applied project
All students on taught MBAs participate in the applied project as the culmination of your course. It is designed to support your employability and transition into the professional work environment through the application of management education to management practice, integrating the best available scientific, organisational and experiential evidence.
The MBA (Hospital and Health Services Management) with Data Analytics adopts a block teaching and guided learning approach using latest approaches including flipped classroom to support the practice-led curriculum for early career leaders and managers aspiring to develop as global citizens and with an emphasis on internationalisation and employability. Units are delivered in 6-week blocks with a focus on the impact of management education on your career through the application of research to management practice. This energetic and active approach to learning will enhance your confidence and self-esteem and support your development as an autonomous learner and innovative business practitioner.
Careers
On completing your MBA, you will be well placed to fill a wide range of positions particularly within the health sector. Your team-working skills, analytical abilities and understanding of management will be attractive to employers. You would be expected to enter into mid-level management careers in SMEs and larger organisations or start your own business. Your data analytics skills open the way to roles as an expert data analyst in the wider healthcare industry – such as insurance companies or medical organisations - or joining a data company with a healthcare portfolio.
If you wish at a later point in your career you may like to pursue a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA).
Entry Requirements
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Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.
For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees
If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
