FAQ

The master degree programme Digital Healthcare allows you to design technological innovations in the healthcare sector. You become part of a dynamic field that continually comes up with new possibilities for improvements in healthcare provision. You develop concrete solutions for various areas including disease prevention, diagnostics, therapy, and care.

Prospective students of this programme need to have completed a bachelor degree programme in a relevant discipline at a university of applied sciences or an equivalent study programme at a recognised Austrian or international higher education institution.

The programme admits technology graduates (Technology Experts) from the fields of media or information and communication technologies as well as healthcare graduates (Health Experts) from the medical-technical services, the higher-level healthcare and nursing services (“Gehobener Dienst für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege”), and related disciplines.

Here you can find the applicable technical admission requirements for Digital Healthcare in detail. 

The specialist competencies of our graduates are needed in the broad spectrum of the healthcare sector, for example in social insurance companies, hospitals, industrial and research institutions, and IT-oriented healthcare companies.

On the other hand, our graduates contribute their expertise to their source professions. On the other hand, the digitalisation in the healthcare sector opens up entirely new possibilities such as positions as digital health officers or in start-ups.

English language skills at level B2 at least are required for this study programme.

Blended Learning is the combination of traditional on-site teaching and e-learning sessions. Apart from on-site classes in two-week intervals, additional teaching units are held via virtual seminar rooms.