Management and Quality Development in the Health Sector, M.Sc.
ASH Berlin has been qualifying specialists for managerial positions in healthcare and nursing facilities since 1994. With the conversion of the former diploma course in nursing/care management from 2005 into the graded forms of bachelor's and master's studies, a consecutive master's course was designed for further academic qualification. Since the summer semester of 2008, this master's course has offered the opportunity to expand and deepen the knowledge and skills acquired in the bachelor's course, especially in the areas of management in the health care system, quality development in the health care system and the skills for independent research. It is aimed at university graduates who have completed a bachelor's degree in the field of health and care management, physiotherapy/ergotherapy or a comparable degree.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time, Part-Time |
| Start | Summer semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €311.19 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
Curriculum related to the four-semester full-time course:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The following fields of activity are open to graduates of the Management and Quality Development course:
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- Entrepreneurial management, e.g. in the form of corporate development, quality management and personnel management
- Representative work in the healthcare sector, e.g. at a health insurance company, a professional association or specialist societies and interest groups
- Science, e.g. as a research assistant or project worker
- Occupational management, e.g. as area manager, ward manager, nursing service manager, therapeutic manager or training manager
- A job as a freelance lecturer, in corporate or organizational consulting or founding your own company
The employers are hospitals and clinics, universities and colleges as well as health insurance companies and authorities, district offices or state associations. Furthermore, activities in management consulting or in start-up companies are widespread. In addition, care facilities as well as institutes, teaching facilities and practices are possible employers.
The career prospects can be found in more detail in the graduate survey on career planning.
*The requirements for taking on management activities in outpatient and inpatient (care) facilities are nationwide in SGB XI (§71) and for the home area are state-specific (e.g. for Berlin in the WTG and the WTG -PersVO) regulated. I.e.: In addition to the management-related, nursing and business administration qualifications acquired through the course of study, immediate or later management activity is possible depending on the individual professional biography (SGB XI: 2 years of employment after the recognized nursing training).
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Berlin), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €311.19 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The programme is aimed at graduates of Bachelor’s programmes with a minimum of 180 credit points (ECTS) in the following areas: Healthcare and nursing management Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy or a comparable programme in which the basic qualifications for the Master´s programme Management and Quality Development in the Health Sector were acquired. |
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| Language | German C1, English B1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.