- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Essen
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All obligatory courses and by far most of elective courses are held in English.
Some possible elective courses (mostly from medical science and business) may be held in German and are free to choose.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- For the winter semester:
German/EU applicants: 1 June to 15 July
Non-EU applicants: 1 May to 31 July
For the summer semester:
German/EU applicants: 1 December to 15 January
Non-EU applicants: 1 November to 31 January
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- MSc Health Economics is a full-time, four-semester, English-language Master’s programme at the University of Duisburg-Essen. This research-oriented programme addresses some of the most significant challenges facing modern societies across the globe: the causes of population ageing and its consequences for different sectors of the economy; socioeconomic inequality in health and the interplay between health, education, and labour-market outcomes; the funding of healthcare and how the reimbursement of healthcare providers affects their incentives to provide care on equitable grounds.