Programme structure
The master's degree programme in Health Economics, Policy and Management is a full time programme. The programme is organised into mandatory?and elective courses.
New programme structure starting autumn 2026
From autumn 2026 you will have a choice of selecting between four different specialisations. The first semester is aimed at acquiring fundamentals of economics, management, policy, medicine and research methods relevant to the healthcare sector and you will follow the same courses regardless of which specialisation you choose. All fundamental courses need to be passed in order to start the second semester courses. The second and third semesters are devoted to the development of advanced and specialised skills on current issues in the healthcare sector.
Management of healthcare institutions
| 4th. semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | ||||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | |||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | |||
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the second semester and 15 credits?in the third semester from this list:
HECON4270 – Health Economics – Incentives and Contracts HEVAL4210 – Economic Evaluation and Decision-Analytic Modelling in Healthcare HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation HMAN4230 – Internship HMET4220 – Applied Micro Econometrics - Courses from the other programs at the Institute of Health and Society (HELSAM)
Economic evaluation in healthcare
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the second semester and 10 credits in the third semester from this list:
HECON4270 – Health Economics – Incentives and Contracts HMAN5190 – Health System Coordination: Policy Analysis and Implementation HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment - Courses from the other programs at the Institute of Health and Society (HELSAM)
Health economics and policy
| 4th semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | ||
| 2nd semester | ||||
| 1st semester | ||||
| Credits | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | |
You must choose elective courses in the third semester with total 20 credits from this list:
HMAN5190 – Health System Coordination: Policy Analysis and Implementation - Courses from the other programs at?the Institute of Health and Society (HELSAM)
General programme
| 4th semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective courses | Elective courses | Elective courses | |
| 2nd semester | Elective courses | Elective courses | Elective courses | |
| 1st semester | ||||
| Credits | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | 10 ECTS | |
You must choose 30 elective credits in the second and 25 elective credits in the third semester:
- At least 40 credits from the program Health Economics, Policy, and Management
- Courses from the other programs at?the Institute of Health and Society (HELSAM)
Programme structure until class 2025
If you started the programme in 2025 or earlier, you will find the programme structure that applies to you below.
Changes in study portfolio at Institute of Health and Society
The Institute of Health and Society is revising its study portfolio. This means that there will be changes in courses and study programmes offered.?
Overview of the phasing out of courses.
Management of healthcare institutions
Programme structure from 2022 - 2025
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | |||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 15 credits?in the 3rd semester from this list:
Programme structure from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 2nd semester | Methods course | Elective course | ||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
*?begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
Methods course:
You?must choose one of these methods courses:
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 15 credits?in the 3rd semester from this list:
HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued) HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) HMAN4230 – Internship HMET5120 – Qualitative methods HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Programme structure from 2017 - 2018
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary course | Complementary course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | Methods course | Elective course | ||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
Class of 2018 have two obligatory?courses with 10 credits each in the 2nd semester:
Class of 2017 have four obligatory courses with 5 credits each in the 2nd semester:
- HFIN4210 - Finance (old version - 5 credits)
HFIN4220 – Investments (discontinued) - HMAN4210 - Leadership and Management (old version - 5 credits)
HMAN4220 – Health organization development and design (discontinued)
Methods course:
You?must choose one of these methods courses:
Complementary courses:
You must choose between 10 credits in complementary courses in the 3rd semester:
HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued) HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued) HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5150 – Management in practice (HR-management) (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
Complementary courses may be used as elective courses if not already chosen.
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 15 credits?in the 3rd semester (depending on credits taken as complementary courses):
HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation HFIN4240 – Budgeting (discontinued) HGOV5200 – Topics in Health Policy (discontinued) HMET5120 – Qualitative methods HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Programme structure from 2013 - 2016
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | HMAN4210 - Leadership and Management | Methods course | Complementary course or elective course | |||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
** if you have already taken HMED1101 – Helsefaglig grunnkunnskap og nomenklatur, you may?replace the course?with:
HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
Specialisation
In order to specialise you must take?40 credits?within the selected specialisation. You?must also write your thesis within the?field that you choose?(30 credits). The obligatory courses in the specialisation Health Management are:
- HMAN4210 - Leadership and Management (old version - 5 credits)
HMAN4220 – Health organization development and design (discontinued) HFIN4220 – Investments (discontinued) HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued) HMET4210 – Research Design
You must also choose 10 credits from this complementary course list:
- HFIN4210 - Finance (old version - 5 credits)
HFIN4240 – Budgeting (discontinued) HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models HMAN5150 – Management in practice (HR-management) (discontinued)
and one of these methods courses:
Elective courses
The remainder of credits must be chosen from the courses available from?the Institute of Health and Society's portfolio. To choose courses, use the list of courses available at master's level.
You may apply to get other relevant courses approved as elective courses. The application should include a course description or supplementary information. Applications are submitted to: postmottak@medisin.uio.no. If the?Institute of Health and Society?approve of the course, you may apply for the course through Studentweb. If the course?is not available in Studentweb, you must contact the?department which offers the course.
Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
Programme structure from 2022 - 2025
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | ||||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | Elective course | ||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 10 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
?
- HECON4210?– Demand for health and health insurance
- HECON4220?– Paying Providers of Health Care
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230?– Internship
- HMAN5160?– Integrated Care Models
- HMET5120?– Qualitative methods
- HMET5140?– Non-parametric methods
- HMAN5180?– Policy analysis and evaluation
- HFIN4210?– Finance and Investment
- HECON4250– Cost and efficiency analyses of health care providers
Programme structure from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | |||||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose 15 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 5 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued) HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation ?- a course description will be available before Autumn 2020.HMET5120 – Qualitative methods HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Programme structure from 2017 - 2018
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary?course | |||||
| 2nd semester | Complementary course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Complementary courses:
You must choose between 5 credits in complementary courses in the 2nd semester and 5 credits in the 3rd semester:
HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Complementary courses may be used as elective courses if not already chosen.
Elective courses:
You must choose 10 credits?in elective courses in the 2nd semester:
HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation (discontinued) HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued)
Programme structure? from 2013 - 2016
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | ||||
| 2nd semester | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | Elective course | |||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
** if you have already taken HMED1101 – Helsefaglig grunnkunnskap og nomenklatur, you may?replace the course?with:
HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Specialisation
In order to specialise you must take?40 credits?within the selected specialisation. You?must also write your thesis within the?field that you choose?(30 credits). The obligatory courses in the specialisation Economic Evaluation are:
HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II HMET4210 – Research Design HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) ?(only for class of 2016)*
You must also choose 10 credits from this complementary course list:
HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) ?(class of 2015 and earlier)*
* HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) was obligatory for class of 2016. They must only choose 5 credits from the complementary course list above.
Elective courses
The remainder of credits must be chosen from the courses available for?the master students at the Institute of Health and Society. To choose courses, use the list of courses available at master's level.
You may apply to get other relevant courses approved as elective courses. The application should include a course description or supplementary information. Applications are submitted to: postmottak@medisin.uio.no. If the?Institute of Health and Society?approve of the course, you may apply for the course through Studentweb. If the course?is not available in Studentweb, you must contact the?department which offers the course.
Health Economics and Policy
Programme structure from 2022 - 2025
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | ||
| 2nd semester | ||||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose elective courses in the 3rd semester with total 20 credits from this list:
HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II HMET5120 – Qualitative methods HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation
Programme structure from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | |||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 15 credits?in the 3rd semester from this list:
HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued) HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II HMET5120 – Qualitative methods HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development HMAN4230 – Internship HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation ? - a course description will be available before Autumn 2020.
Programme structure from?2017 - 2018
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary course | Elective course | Elective course | |||
| 2nd semester | Elective course | |||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
It is highly recommended to have the preliminary course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists if you choose this specialisation.
Complementary courses:
You must choose 5 credits in complementary courses in the 3rd semester:
HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HMAN4230 – Internship HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Complementary courses may be used as elective courses if not already chosen.
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits?in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 10 credits?in the 3rd semester:
HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued) HFIN4240 – Budgeting (discontinued) HGOV5200 – Topics in Health Policy (discontinued) HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5150 – Management in practice (HR-management) (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
Programme structure from 2013 - 2016
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | Complementary course or elective course | |||||
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
** if you have already taken HMED1101 – Helsefaglig grunnkunnskap og nomenklatur, you may?replace the course?with:
HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued) HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists?is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Specialisation
In order to specialise you must take?40 credits?within the selected specialisation. You?must also write your thesis within the?field that you choose?(30 credits). The obligatory courses in the specialisation Health Economics are:
HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation (discontinued) HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) ?(from class 2014 and later)*HMET4210 – Research Design HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued)
You must also choose?10 credits from this complementary course list:
HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued) - HEVAL5140 – Methods for estimating the effects of interventions (old version - 5 credits)
* HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (discontinued) was obligatory from class of 2014. Class of 2013 must choose 15 credits from the complementary course list above.
Elective courses
The remainder of credits must be chosen from the courses available from?the Institute of Health and Society's portfolio. To choose courses, use the list of courses available at master's level.
You may apply to get other relevant courses approved as elective courses. The application should include a course description or supplementary information. Applications are submitted to: postmottak@medisin.uio.no. If the?Institute of Health and Society?approve of the course, you may apply for the course through Studentweb. If the course?is not available in Studentweb, you must contact the?department which offers the course.
General programme
Programme structure from 2022 - 2025
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course |
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
Elective courses:
30 credits 2nd semester and 25 credits 3rd semester.
You register for courses from the?Department?of Health Management?and Health Economics' portfolio?in Studentweb.
Programme structure from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | Methods course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course |
| 1st semester | ||||||
| Credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits |
* begins teaching at the?end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is?assigned?to 3rd semester.
Methods course:
You must choose one of these methods courses in the 2nd semester:
Elective courses:
25 credits 2nd semester and 25 credits 3rd semester.
You register for courses from the?Department?of Health Management?and Health Economics' portfolio?in Studentweb.
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Honours certificate
Are you academically ambitious? It is possible to supplement your master's degree with an honours certificate worth 20 ECTS. You complete the certificate concurrently with the master's programme.
Application for recognition of education/credit transfer
If you have courses from other institutions, you can apply for these to be included in your degree.
Applications for recognition have to be submitted through the online form.
Application deadlines are September 1st and February 1st
Diploma and degree
This programme leads to the following degree: Master of Philosophy in Health Economics, Policy and Management
The diploma is issued when you have completed the courses that meet the requirements for a degree. Read more about diplomas.
Rules and Regulations for Master studies
As a student at UiO, you have rights and obligations, and it is important that you familiarize yourself with these. Read more about rules and regulations?at the Faculty of Medicine.