Program Overview
The Master's Programme in Health Informatics is for students who are interested in information technology and its application to the fields of medicine and healthcare. You will learn methods to make healthcare safer, more efficient and of higher quality through computer-based information and knowledge management.
Key Program Features
- Immersive On-Campus Experience: In-person seminars, laboratory sessions, and professional networking at University of Sk\xc3\xb6vde.
- Expert Faculty: Taught by research-active academics and practitioners with deep expertise in Computer Science & IT.
- Diverse International Cohort: Study alongside students from around the world, broadening your global professional network.
- Research-Informed Curriculum: Content grounded in the latest academic research and real-world industry practice.
- Dissertation / Capstone Project: Culminating independent project applying your expertise to an original research question or industry challenge.
- Dedicated Career Support: Access to career coaching, employer networking events, and job placement assistance.
- 24 months Duration: Part-time and accelerated options may be available — enquire with the admissions office.
Career Opportunities
Career
IT implementation in healthcare requires people with a solid understanding of both the needs of the healthcare sector and the strengths and limitations of technology. As a health informatician, your unique interdisciplinary expertise makes you particularly suited to assume a coordinating and bridging role between these two areas. Many health informaticians work as project managers. Other common roles are CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer) or CCIO (Chief Clinical Information Officer), IT managers, clinical informaticians, application experts, requirements analysts, system specialists, system developers, interaction designers, evaluators and researchers.
Program Curriculum
Study plan with constituent courses
Term Name of the course Credits Main field of study Cycle and depth of the course (for first cycle courses within the main field of study) 1 Health informatics needs, objectives and limitations 5 Health informatics First (G2) KI 1 Bridging courses:
• Supplementary course in computer and systems science (15cr) 15 -- First SU
• Basic medical science 7,5 -- First KI
• Health care organisation and management 7,5 -- First KI
1 Computer applications in health care and biomedicine 10 Health informatics Second KI
2 User needs, requirements engineering and evaluation 10 Health informatics Second KI 2 Standardisation within health informatics 5 Health informatics Second KI 2 Data science for health informatics 7.5 Health informatics Second SU 2 Scientific research methods 7.5 Health informatics Second KI
3 Project management and tools for health informatics 7.5 Health informatics Second SU 3 Current research and trends in health informatics 15 Health informatics Second KI 3 Introduction to information security 7,5 -- Second SU
Entrepreneurship in the digital society 7.5 -- Second SU
Admission Requirements
Specific eligibility
A Bachelor's degree or a professional degree equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits in healthcare, biomedicine, medical technology, computer and systems sciences, informatics or the equivalent. And proficiency in English equivalent to English B/English 6.
Documentation requirements
Document your studies
Please follow the documentation requirements on the page Provide application documents at universityadmissions.se .
If you are in your final year of a degree equivalent to a Swedish bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits, you may be conditionally admitted. Please read the instructions on how to document your ongoing studies on the page Final year of bachelor's studies at universityadmissions.se .
Document your English language proficiency
You will find instructions on how to meet the English language requirement of English B/English 6 on the page English language requirements at universityadmissions.se .
Selection
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
EUR 13,260/year (international)
Fees
If you have citizenship within the EU/EEA, or Switzerland, you are not required to pay application or tuition fees. For further details see the page Find out if you need to pay fees at universityadmissions.se .
Application fee
Tuition fee
Total amount: 330 000 SEK First instalment: 82 500 SEK Tuition fees Scholarships
Application process
Read more on entry requirements, documentation requirements and the selection process on the page Apply for a master's programme
Application
You apply via universityadmissions.se.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Financial Aid & Funding Opportunities
A range of funding options may be available to students enrolling at University of Sk\xc3\xb6vde. Explore all options early — many scholarships have deadlines months before programme start.
- University Scholarships: University of Sk\xc3\xb6vde may offer merit-based, need-based, or programme-specific scholarships for postgraduate students. Contact the international or financial aid office for current awards.
- Government Scholarships (): National governments often fund outbound and inbound student mobility. Check your home country's government scholarship schemes (e.g., national student loan bodies, ministry of education awards).
- International Scholarships: Major funders include: Commonwealth Scholarships, Fulbright (USA programmes), Chevening (UK), Erasmus+ (Europe), DAAD (Germany), Campus France, Australia Awards, and many more.
- Employer Sponsorship: Professionals returning to study may negotiate tuition sponsorship with their employer, particularly for MBA or executive programmes.
- Graduate Assistantships / Fellowships: Some universities offer funded research or teaching assistant positions that include a stipend and partial or full tuition waiver.
- External Foundations: Rotary Foundation, Aga Khan Foundation, Ford Foundation, and many discipline-specific bodies fund postgraduate study globally.
- Payment Plans: Flexible instalment plans may allow you to spread tuition payments across the academic year.
About University of Sk\xc3\xb6vde
University of Sk\xc3\xb6vde
Botswana, Botswana
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University Profile- Application Deadline 2018-01-16
- Start Date 2018-08-28
- Language English
- Duration 24 months
- Credits 120 ECTS / 360 credits (2-year programme)
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