The one-year master programme Health and Environmental Economics comprises 60 higher education credits and leads to a one-year master’s degree with a major in economics.

There is an international as well as a domestic job market for advisors and analysts with advanced knowledge within the health and environmental economics fields. Job opportunities can be found within both the public and the commercial sector. Boosted by demographic factors, wage developments and medical-technical advances that have led to more numerous and increasingly effective treatment possibilities, increased costs within medicine and healthcare have resulted in a greater need for methods applicable to and knowledge concerning issues of prioritising, delegation, control, evaluation and development. In the environmental field, the climate issue, in conjunction with many other minor and major environmental concerns, constitutes a considerable challenge for companies, organisations, governments, municipalities and individuals. Finding and practising methods and knowledge for prioritising, delegation, control, evaluation and development are of crucial importance also in this field.

Methods for prioritising and of evaluation include the social-economic cost-benefit analysis and/or the cost-efficiency analysis. These methods require an understanding of effect correlation and of citizen/patient/customer preferences. Principles for delegation and control can be drawn from the social-economic micro theory, including game theory, principal-agent theory, and the theory of fiscal federalism (i.e. relations between the local, national and supranational levels).

The programme objective is for students to acquire the knowledge offered on the advanced level in economics, combined with an opportunity to practise independent and critical analysis based on scientific principles, both of which are required for working as a health and/or environmental economist.

The programme has primarily a vocational focus, but it also targets students who are interested in pursuing further studies on the doctoral level.

Programme Syllabus

Entry requirements

The applicant must have a Bachelor's degree (a Swedish Kandidatexamen) or equivalent academic qualifications from an internationally recognised university. The university has to be listed in the latest edition of the International Handbook of Universities.

The applicant must have proof of skills in English, the requirement is English course B. This is normally attested by means of an internationally recognised test, e.g. TOEFL, IELTS or the equivalent.

Specific entry requirements
The Bachelor degree must consist of at least 90 credits in economics with increasingly in-depth studies, and 15 credits in statistics, or a corresponding qualification.

Master's level English requirements and exemptions

Selection

The selection of qualified applicants to the programme is based on their grades received in economics courses.

Application and documentation

Applications can only be made on the online application service.

Information about the online application process
Information about supporting documentation

Application deadline

January 17th, 2011

Start date

August 29th, 2011

Issuing department

Swedish Business School at Örebro University

Degree awarded

Degree of Master [One Years] with a major in Economics

Contact

For information about the programme, please contact the Swedish Business School at Örebro University.
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If you have questions about the application procedure please submit your question by filling out the online questionnaire.