The Health Economics specialization is designed to equip postgraduate students with advanced knowledge and analytical skills to understand and evaluate health systems and policies at national and global levels. It integrates economic theory, quantitative methods, and interdisciplinary perspectives to address issues related to health care financing, resource allocation, regulation, and innovation. Through a structured mix of core and elective subjects, students gain both theoretical foundations and applied insights needed to analyse complex health-related economic challenges and support evidence-based policy decisions. Graduates of the Health Economics specialization are expected to develop competencies in health policy analysis, economic evaluation, and applied research. They will be able to assess health system performance, evaluate health technologies and interventions, and apply quantitative tools to practical health economics problems. The specialization prepares graduates for careers in health sector organizations, regulatory and financing institutions, development agencies, and research or academic settings, while also providing a foundation for further postgraduate and doctoral studies.
Programme Structure for the specialisation area: Health Economics (Option A)
Course Code
Course Name
Credit Value
Notional Hours
Status
Year I –Semester I
Students are required to complete three compulsory course units and select two optional courses from the list provided in Table 2. When choosing optional course units, they must ensure that at least one course unit is selected from the recommended optional course units in Table 2
MBE50320
Advanced Microeconomics
3
150
Compulsory
MBE50321
Research Methods
3
150
Compulsory
MBE50322
Applied Econometrics
3
150
Compulsory
Optional Course Unit
3
150
Optional
Optional Course Unit
3
150
Optional
Total No. of Credits – Semester I
15
Year I –Semester II
Students must complete two compulsory course units and three optional course units from the list in Table 2. When selecting optional course units, they must ensure that at least two course units are selected from the recommended optional course units in Table 2.
MBE50323
Strategic Management
3
150
Compulsory
MBE50324
Advanced Macroeconomics
3
150
Compulsory
Optional Course Unit
3
150
Optional
Optional Course Unit
3
150
Optional
Optional Course Unit
3
150
Optional
Total No. of Credits – Semester II
15
Year II –Semester I
MBE xxxx
Health Technology and Assessment (Economic Evaluation)
3
150
Compulsory
MBE xxxx
Seminar on health economics
3
150
Compulsory
Total No. of Credits – Semester I
6
Throughout Year II
MBEC62431
Dissertation and viva *
Compulsory
360
24
Total No. of Credits – Semester II
24
Total Number of Credits of the Program
60
*Note: The Dissertation related work will begin in Year II semester I
Table 2 List of Optional course units for Health Economics
Course Code
Course Name
Credit Value
Notional Hours
Status
Recommended Optional course units
MBE50326
Development Economics 1
03
150
Optional
MBE50328
Gender and Development 1
03
150
Optional
MBE50332
Development Project Management 2
03
150
Optional
MBE50334
Advanced Econometrics I 3
03
150
Optional
MBE xxxx
Health System and Financing
03
150
Optional
MBExxxx
Epidemiology2
03
150
Optional
Other Optional course units
MBE50335
Time Series Econometrics 3
03
150
Optional
MBE50333
Advanced Financial Management 2
03
150
Optional
MBE50331
Legal & Regulatory Environment 2
03
150
Optional
MBE50329
Information Technology and Innovations1
03
150
Optional
Notes: 1 These course units are offered in the first semester for the April intake and in the second semester for the October intake. 2 These course units are offered in the first semester for the October intake and in the second semester for the April intake. 3 These course units have a prerequisite of completion of Applied Econometrics and hence are offered only in the second semester.