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Duke University, Durham, NC

Where the Best of Business and Medicine Meet

Health Sector Management (HSM) students benefit from the outstanding skills learned in The Duke MBA program combined with a deep understanding of the unique aspects of the health sector. Our students have networking opportunities with fellow MBA students, a community of the world’s foremost health care professionals, and leaders in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.

The Duke MBA HSM concentration is the largest program of its kind among top-tier business schools. We combine general management and leadership education with specific, practical knowledge of current issues and trends in health care. Duke’s innovative curriculum is taught by a world-class faculty, and we provide our students with considerable opportunities for collaborative and cross-program learning.

A curriculum for your career

Duke is a pioneer in program development, from our global and distance-learning executive MBA formats to the Daytime HSM concentration.

  • Our curriculum is continually updated to respond to business trends and student interests.
  • We are the only top-ranked MBA program to offer the HSM concentration in three formats—Daytime(full time) and two Executive MBA formats.
  • We offer residency and distance learning formats in our Executive MBA programs.
  • HSM course materials are global in nature, incorporating education about social, economic, political, and cultural issues that affect the way business is conducted around the world.

HSM students in the Daytime, Weekend Executive, and Global Executive programs, as well as alumni who return to pursue the certificate have ample opportunity to learn from and network with each other.

Cultivating collaborations

When you choose The Duke MBA, you are also choosing the opportunity to collaborate with internationally acclaimed programs from across Duke’s campus.

The HSM program draws upon tremendous intellectual resources from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, as well as from the Medical Center, the Global Health Institute, and the schools of medicine, law, public policy, environment, and engineering.

Working with the world’s finest in health care

The youngest of the nation's leading medical centers, Duke University Medical Center has grown into one of the country’s largest clinical and biomedical research institutions, with a health system stretching across North Carolina and into southern Virginia.

Duke’s School of Medicine and the health system both consistently rank among the Top 10 in the country. HSM students have the opportunity to work with and learn firsthand from some of the world’s foremost physicians, researchers, and health care professionals.

Networking in the heart of biotech and pharma

The Research Triangle Park is minutes away from Duke, and is home to more than thirty-five biotech and pharmaceutical companies. HSM students who are interested in networking with established firms in the business of health care have no shortage of opportunity.

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History of the program