College of Health Sciences

About the Program

The Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program aims to qualify students for leadership roles in the health care sector. The program promotes leadership, cognitive skills and analytical capabilities using a global perspective and enables students with administrative skill sets necessary for effective and efficient leadership and management of health care institutions in both public and private sectors. Students gain the ability to work with policies, laws, problems and issues facing health care with a focus on areas of quality assurance, risk management and insurance, health care laws and regulations, ethics and other methods and modern practices in managing the health care environment. This program builds the capacity of health practitioners to lead and work in the field of health care administration, and upskilling them to meet and exceed the conditions of the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development and the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for an additional degree in the career ladder or a higher professional degree.

Admission requirements

General Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from a MOE-recognized university. If the certificate is obtained from abroad, it must be accredited according to the equivalency program provided by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
- Applicant's cumulative GPA in the bachelor’s degree should not be less than (2.00 out of 4.00 or 3.00 out of 5.00) or its equivalent based on the available seats and shortlisting results. The College Council may waive this condition provided that the applicant's GPA is not less than (1.5 out of 4.00 or 2.5 out of 5.00) or its equivalent based on the available seats and shortlisting results.
- Submit the result of one of the approved English language tests:
- IELTS-Academic only: with a score of no less than 5
- STEP: with a score of no less than 76
- TOEFL_IBT: with a score of no less than 45.
- SEU graduates are exempted from this condition provided that their bachelor’s program was taught in English, and a with a cumulative GPA of no less than (3.5 out of 4.00) or higher.
- Students who have obtained a bachelor’s degree from universities in countries where the native language is English* and the universities are recognized by the Ministry of Education are exempted.
* USA - Canada – UK - Australia - New Zealand.
- The validity period of the approved English language tests:
- TOEFL_IBT: 2 Years
- STEP: 3 Years
- IELTS Academic only: 3 Years
- Applicants need to submit only one English language test.
- The applicant must be a Saudi or non-Saudi (residing within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a valid Iqama)

Master in Healthcare Administration

Program-specific Requirements:

- Accepted Bachelor's majors: Medical and Health majors and Health administration.

- The classification of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties is required for applicants of scientific majors.

- It is preferable to submit documents of work experience in the field of healthcare as support for acceptance when preference is given to applicants.

Branches:

Riyadh (Male – Female) , Jeddah ( Male – Female), Dammam ( Male – Female), Abha ( Male- Female)

 

 

 

Program Duration

4 semesters (successful completion of 36 credit hours.)