Overview

The Master of Health Service Management from Massey University gives you the advanced skills to enable you to manage contemporary health issues.

If you work or plan to work in the health or disability sector, this qualification will give you an employment advantage.

Key facts

You will:

Examine contemporary, relevant issues in health service management
Learn to use the tools available to mitigate or deal with these issues
Gain in-depth knowledge of areas such as health systems management, policy, economics, information management and informatics
Gain skills in clearly and concisely communicating findings in oral and written form.

All your courses may contribute to educational requirements for continuing competence for medical and nursing health professional groups as required under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

Your Massey lecturers and staff are actively researching and have a wide range of experience. Not only across disciplines - like medical, nursing, health informatics, management and policy development, but across community, primary and secondary care.

They will bring this new thinking and practical relevance to your study.

A professional practice applied research project is part of this programme. You may choose to focus on an area of relevance to you. You will gain excellent research skills that can be applied to any health environment.

You will learn how to work independently and with teams. You'll improve your interactions with colleagues, clients and other professionals in the field.

Your new knowledge and skills will be relevant to the health sector globally.

Career

Join one of the largest and most rapidly expanding fields of employment anywhere in the world.

International trends are for employers to reward postgraduate study well, especially in larger enterprises. The skills you learn are increasingly recognised as setting you apart from other potential employees.

This qualification is relevant to you if you are working in, or aiming to work in, management or clinical leadership roles in any part of the health sector.

In the management area, you may be working in general management, human resources, operations management and logistics, digital health or information technology. This is not an exhaustive list.

Clinical leads could be from medical, nursing, pharmacy or other allied health areas in District Health Boards (DHBs), Primary Health Organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Health Systems Management

Health Information Management

Leading and Changing Organisations

Health Law and Policy

Contemporary Issues in Health Service Management

Health Research Design and Method
Health Economics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 15 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-06-19 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-02-05 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Palmerston North, New Zealand

Disciplines

Public Health Health Administration View 10 other Masters in Public Health in New Zealand

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

a relevant bachelor’s degree, having achieved a grade average of at least a B- in the highest level courses, or equivalent, or
a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Service Management with a B- grade average, or equivalent.
You will need to provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.
You must meet Massey University's English language standards.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

39840 NZD / year

≈ 39840 NZD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

10652 NZD / year

≈ 10652 NZD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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