Master of Health Administration

Newly Condensed Program! Success in Health Management

Get a competitive edge with Dalhousie’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) — an internationally recognized program that opens doors and increases the range of professional career options available to you. Condensed by one semester, it offers the same competencies and high-quality programing as our existing MHA program.

Start in September and finish in 16 months. (three academic semesters plus a summer residency)

The new MHA is comprised of 15 three-credit hour courses and a six-credit hour Health Administration Residency (most students even receive a stipend). This program will provide you with comprehensive, hands-on training, and help you develop the diverse skills necessary for managing modern health care systems.

Develop leadership competencies

Using the NCHL Health Leadership Competency Model^TM the MHA curriculum has been carefully crafted to prepare qualified and motivated students to succeed in entry to mid-level leadership positions in health care. The NCHL is the leading competency model in use by CAHME accredited graduate programs with four domains relevant to graduates in health administration: Communication and Interpersonal Effectiveness; Management and Leadership; Critical Thinking, Analysis and Problem Solving; and Professionalism and Ethics. Covering all components of the NCHL competencies, the breadth of Dalhousie’s MHA program sets it apart. Read more about the NCHL Competency Model here https://www.nchl.org/page?page=272

Open doors to a new career

The MHA program is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Our recent statistics indicate 85% of our students were employed at graduation or within the first three months following graduation (2018-2020).

Our MHA graduates are in health leadership positions across Canada and the US. They find success in other areas too, such as medical school, PhD programs, research groups, non-profit organizations and public policy offices, just to name a few.

You don’t need professional experience for admission

Many students come straight from undergraduate programs, such as arts, science, commerce, economics. Others are professionals from a variety of backgrounds, including medicine, accounting, architecture, nursing, rehabilitation and engineering. If you’d like to develop a healthcare niche and find new job opportunities, the MHA is for you.

Collaborative environment

As a student of Dalhousie’s MHA program, you’ll develop partnerships and networks both on- and off-site. Interprofessional health education (IPHE) is a unique component of the MHA program as it prepares graduates for the reality of today’s collaborative care team models. Many MHA courses are in the held in the new, state-of-the-art Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB), a shared space with Health, Dentistry and Medicine.