Health Management

Programme Fact File

Study direction:
Management, Administration and Real Estate Management

Doctor's study programme
accredited until 25.11.2027.

Degree conferred / qualification obtained:
Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Social Sciences

Language: Latvian, English

Credit points/ECTS: 176/264

Study location: Rīga

4 years

Places:
6 full fee

Studiju Maksas

The implementation of the three-year-long Health Management doctoral programme will be suspended from the 2023/2024 academic year (from 2 October 2023) to ensure that students are transferred to the new sub-programme. The duration of studies in the new sub-programme is four years. Its contents have been developed in accordance with a Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 345 (25 June 2020) “On the Introduction of the New Doctoral Studies Model in Latvia”.

Aim

the aim of the programme is to enable motivated students to conduct innovative research in the field of health management, address conceptual issues in the health sector and find solutions to contemporary healthcare challenges in the context of an interdisciplinary approach.

Objectives

To provide doctoral students with the opportunity to acquire and develop evidence-based scientific knowledge in the field of health management, acquire the competences necessary for scientific research in order to conduct relevant, original and data-based innovative studies to address health management-related issues and increase scientific excellence at the level of scientific articles published in reputable international journals;
To provide doctoral students with the opportunity to acquire competence in the scientific substantiation of health management issues, the production and dissemination of knowledge to society at the national and international level;
To enable doctoral students to acquire the competence to independently upgrade their scientific qualification in order to implement and manage research and development projects meeting international criteria at the national and international level, including the application of new digital skills in research areas relevant to the health sector.

Doctoral students have the opportunity to go on an Erasmus+ exchange during their studies.
Erasmus+ conditions and RSU partner universities

Testimonials

The Health Management doctoral programme is for those who are committed to developing their knowledge and understanding of health systems management, understanding the foundations of evidence-based healthcare sustainability, and investing time and resources in exploring and developing theoretical conceptual approaches to health management.
Doctoral studies provide the opportunity to learn the theoretical aspects of health systems, understand the processes and conditions of their development, and provide an incentive and basic skills to implement new research approaches and ideas. These studies take place in a multidisciplinary environment, providing an exchange of experience and the opportunity to participate in various research projects at both national and international levels.
I invite you to pursue a rewarding challenge leading to your individual professional and academic development!
PhD Daiga Behmane, lecturer