Gesundheitsmanagement und Digital Health

Do you want to understand our healthcare system and actively improve it using smart technologies? With a bachelor's degree in Gesundheitsmanagement und Digital Health, you’ll combine medical expertise with IT skills and management expertise. From AI in diagnostics to digital patient portals: you’ll learn how digital solutions make a tangible difference in the daily lives of patients and healthcare professionals. Become a professional at the intersection of medicine and Informatik.

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Degree
Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.)

Study Language
German

Standard period of study
7 Semester (inkl. 1 Praxissemester)

Starts of study
Winter semester

Application deadline
September 18

Admission requirements
General or technical university entrance qualification, technical college entrance qualification

ECTS
210 Credits

Place of study
Campus Offenburg

Everything You Need to Know

Course Content

Our healthcare system is on the verge of a transformation. You’ll learn how to design and implement digital solutions for hospitals, medical practices, and health insurance companies. From developing digital patient portals to diagnostic apps: Your degree program is practice-oriented and equips you with knowledge in medicine, management, and computer science.

Imagine...

… a patient walks into a doctor’s office. The waiting room is empty because appointment scheduling is fully automated and perfectly timed via an app. Instead of filling out paper forms, the patient scans a QR code. At that moment, their data is securely synced with the practice’s system. The doctor immediately sees the latest readings from the patient’s wearable device and receives direct insights into hidden trends through an AI analysis. Treatment begins without delay because all information is already flowing digitally.

What you’ll learn with us:

During your studies, you’ll learn how to build exactly this kind of infrastructure. In computer science, you’ll learn how to securely store data in the cloud and digitize processes. In the field of digital health technologies, you’ll understand how wearables and medical apps transform technical data into valuable insights. And in management, you’ll learn how to integrate these complex systems into the daily routine of clinics and medical practices in a way that provides real added value for everyone.

The practical semester can be completed at any institution within the healthcare system, such as hospitals, medical care centers, outpatient healthcare facilities, long-term care facilities, health insurance companies, medical engineering companies, and software companies in the healthcare sector.

Perspectives

After graduation, you’ll begin your career in the healthcare sector. You’ll be a specialist at the intersection of medicine and IT and will help improve healthcare.

Possible places of employment:

Hospitals and healthcare centers
Health insurance companies and associations
Medical engineering and software companies
Healthcare management consulting firms
Startups specializing in e-health solutions

Career paths waiting for you:

Digital Health Manager: You plan, support, and monitor digital health services and programs. In doing so, you actively help shape the digital transformation of healthcare organizations—all the way up to the executive level.
Digital Health Consultant: You advise organizations and teams on how to best implement digital health technologies and use them in their daily work.
Health IT Specialist: You develop and implement smart solutions such as e-health platforms, electronic health records, or medical software.
Digital Health Consultant: You help healthcare organizations find suitable digital solutions and develop sustainable digital health strategies.
Healthcare Data Protection Officer: You keep a close eye on data security and ensure that all laws protecting patient data are complied with.
Medical Informatics Specialist: You combine your medical expertise with IT skills to optimize clinical processes and lay the groundwork for better medical decisions.
Telemedicine Specialist: You design and implement solutions for remote care, such as video conferencing systems or tools for digital remote monitoring.
Health Data Analyst: You analyze and interpret health data to improve medical care through evidence-based insights.
E-Health Marketing Specialist: You’ll develop creative marketing strategies for digital health products so that your target audiences can find exactly the solutions they need.

Fees and Funding

Semester Tuition and Fees

Hochschule Offenburg charges an administrative fee of 80.00 euros per semester and a social contribution of 65.00 euros for the Studierendenwerk Freiburg. In addition, the University’s student body charges all enrolled students a student body fee of 25.00 euros per semester to fulfill its responsibilities. Students on leave of absence from their studies are also required to pay these fees; however, foreign students enrolled on a temporary basis are exempt pursuant to Section 60(1), sentence 2, of the Higher Education Act (LHG).

= 170 euros per semester

Additional costs for PLUS Education degree programs (degree programs with a teaching certification option)

For students in the following bachelor's programs

Elektrotechnik/Informationstechnik PLUS Pädagogik
Mechatronik PLUS Pädagogik
Media Technology/Business PLUS Education
Wirtschaftsinformatik PLUS Pädagogik

an additional fee of 28.00 euros for local public transportation (semester ticket) applies, in accordance with the fees regulations of the Freiburg Studierendenwerk.

Note: You pay the semester fee to Hochschule Offenburg; however, you are enrolled at both Hochschule Offenburg and Freiburg University of Education.

Additional Costs for International Master's Programs

Students in international master's programs must also pay a flat-rate service fee of 150.00 euros per semester.

Tuition Fees for International Students and Students Pursuing a Second Degree

Since the 2017/18 winter semester, universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg have been charging international students tuition fees of 1,500.00 euros per semester and students pursuing a second degree 650.00 euros per semester.

You can find more information about these fees here:

https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-HSchulGebGBWrahmen

https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/universities-studies/studying-in-bw/studying-financing/fees-for international students and second studies/faqs?highlight=Studying-fees

http://www.bw-studyguide.de/en/studying/finance-and-funding.html

Exceptions to Tuition Fees for International Students:

According to Section 3 of the LHGebG, international students who are not citizens of an EU/EEA country and do not hold a German university entrance qualification are required to pay tuition fees. However, the law provides for a few exceptions.

To determine whether you are required to pay tuition fees, you can use the following information form and send it, completed and accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, to studiengebuehren@hs-offenburg.de:

Tuition Fee Information Form (PDF)

To apply for an exemption from tuition fees, please use the corresponding application form:

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for International Students (PDF)

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for a Second Degree Program (PDF)

Pursuant to Section 6, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the LHGebG, Hochschule Offenburg may fully or partially exempt a limited number of international students from tuition fees if it deems them to be particularly gifted. The requirements, etc., are set forth in the bylaws governing tuition fee exemptions for international students based on exceptional talent. Students at the University can find more detailed information in the relevant announcement on the intranet.

BAföG

Information about BAföG is available on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. If you have any questions about BAföG, the Freiburg-Schwarzwald Studierendenwerk—which is responsible for Hochschule Offenburg—will also be happy to assist you under the “Money” section. You can submit applications for financial aid at the Studierendenwerk’s branch office on the Offenburg campus.

Studierendenwerk Branch Office

Badstraße 24, 77652 Offenburg

Phone: 0781 205-328

Office hours:
Mon and Wed from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.,
as well as by telephone appointment

Here you’ll find a PDF in which we’ve summarized the criteria for what are known as “standard achievements”—the requirements you must demonstrate to continue receiving funding after two years of BAföG support.

EMI Contact Person

BAföG Coordinator, EMI Department

Meier, Sven

Prof. Dr.-Ing.

+49 781 205-219

sven.meier@hs-offenburg.de

Scholarships

A scholarship takes the financial pressure off you. Find the right support in our overview of scholarship programs.

Application

Would you like to submit an application for this degree program?

Applications will not be accepted again until the 2027/28 winter semester.

Would you like to find out now which documents you’ll need to submit for an application or later enrollment? You can find the relevant information in these two checklists:

Checklist for programs with admission quotas (PDF)

Checklist for programs without an admission cap (PDF)

We look forward to receiving your application or direct enrollment for the 2027/28 winter semester!