Programme structure from autumn 2026
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design | HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation | HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II | Elective course | ||
| 2nd semester | Economic Evaluation and Decision-Analytic Modeling in Healthcare | ${include:ref referencetype=[emne] id=[HMET4220} | Elective course | |||
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | Introduction to Health Care System and Health Management | Introduction to Research Methods | Linear Regression Analysis | ||
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
Elective courses:
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 10 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
- Health Economics
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Health System Coordination: Policy Analysis and Implementation
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment
- Courses from the other programs at the Institute of Health and Society (HELSAM)
Programme structure from 2022 - 2025
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design | HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II | HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care | HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I | HMET4220 – Applied Micro Econometrics | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine | HMET4101 – Fundamentals of statistics | |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 10 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
- HECON4210 – Demand for health and health insurance
- HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
- HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
- HMET5140 – Non-parametric methods
- HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation
- HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment
- HECON4250– Cost and efficiency analyses of health care providers
Programme structure from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design * | HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II | HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) | Elective course | ||
| 2nd semester | HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care | HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose 15 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 5 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
- HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance
- HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care
- HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued)
- HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
- HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation - a course description will be available before Autumn 2020.
- HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
- HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Programme structure from 2017 - 2018
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design * | HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II | HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) | Complementary course | ||
| 2nd semester | HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care | HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | Complementary course | Elective course | Elective course |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Complementary courses:
You must choose between 5 credits in complementary courses in the 2nd semester and 5 credits in the 3rd semester:
- HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance
- HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued)
- HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Complementary courses may be used as elective courses if not already chosen.
Elective courses:
You must choose 10 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester:
- HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation (discontinued)
- HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers
- HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment
- HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued)
Programme structure from 2013 - 2016
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design * | HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued) | HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II | HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) or complementary course | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course |
| 2nd semester | HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care | HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | Elective course |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine** |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
** if you have already taken HMED1101 – Helsefaglig grunnkunnskap og nomenklatur, you may replace the course with:
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued)
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Specialisation
In order to specialise you must take 40 credits within the selected specialisation. You must also write your thesis within the field that you choose (30 credits). The obligatory courses in the specialisation Economic Evaluation are:
- HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I
- HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II
- HMET4210 – Research Design
- HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued)
- HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) (only for class of 2016)*
You must also choose 10 credits from this complementary course list:
- HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance
- HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation
- HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) (class of 2015 and earlier)*
* HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) was obligatory for class of 2016. They must only choose 5 credits from the complementary course list above.
Elective courses
The remainder of credits must be chosen from the courses available for the master students at the Institute of Health and Society. To choose courses, use the list of courses available at master's level.
You may apply to get other relevant courses approved as elective courses. The application should include a course description or supplementary information. Applications are submitted to: postmottak@medisin.uio.no. If the Institute of Health and Society approve of the course, you may apply for the course through Studentweb. If the course is not available in Studentweb, you must contact the department which offers the course.