Apply to Healthcare Leadership

The application to Arcada's master's degree programmes in English for studies beginning in August will open 8 January at 08:00 am EET and close  22 January 2025 at 03:00 pm EET. There are 25 study places on offer in the Healthcare Leadership programme.

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More information regarding the study programme can be found here.

Eligibility

Before starting your master's application process to Arcada, please make sure that you are an eligible applicant, i.e. that you have a suitable bachelor's degree and two years of work experience. There are no specific English language eligibility requirements for application to our master's degree programmes.

Educational background

To be eligible to apply to Healthcare Leadership, you must have a bachelor's degree, within Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Emergency Care, Physiotherapy, Sports and Physical Education or Social Care. Also other suitable Bachelor's degrees may be considered, but is assessed case by case. 
 

Two years of work experience

All applicants must, in addition to the requirements listed above, have a minimum of two years (24 months) of relevant work experience gained after the completion of the bachelor's degree in order to meet the eligibility criteria.

Work experience is only counted after the bachelor's degree has been awarded, and needs to be proven by a work certificate. Work experience gained before or during your bachelor studies cannot be counted towards the work experience minimum requirement. An exception is only made for applicants who have completed a Finnish vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma (opisto- tai ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before the completion of their higher education degree, as they may also take into account work experience gained before the higher education degree. Work experience can be counted up to 31st July 2025.

Part-time work is converted to full-time work so that 150 hours or 20 full-time working days (a minimum of seven hours per day) are equal to a month. The work experience does not have to be continuous or from the same employer. Practical training or on-the-job learning is not counted as work experience if it forms a part of the degree used for applying.

Student Selection process

Admission to the master's degree programme in Healthcare Leadership is based on a motivational letter and personal video.

Motivational letter (2–3 pages)

Submit a motivational letter. Write this letter in order for us to understand your thoughts and experiences on healthcare leadership as well as your expectations on this master's program. The length of this letter is about 2–3 pages.

Part 1: Me as a master’s student (max 30 points)

• What central working life competencies have you already developed?
• Have you already developed some healthcare leadership competencies? If so, please elaborate.
• What healthcare leadership competencies for future working life do you want to develop? Please motivate.
• How do you see a master’s degree beneficial for your present or future work?
• What are the main reasons for applying to this master’s program?
• This master’s program is an online program. What digital competence do you possess and do you have any challenges in regards to these?
• Studies on a master’s level is time-consuming, how will you be able to manage this?
• If you are in working life, what support can you expect from your employer?
• Master’s degree studies are equivalent to EQF 7 level competence requirements set by the Bologna process. Tell us about your earlier study experiences and your academic writing and research skills.
  
   

Part 2: Development and research of working life (max 30 points)

• What areas of your profession do you consider important for development work?
• In this master’s program, 1/3 is about development work, resulting in a master’s thesis. What kind of development work would you be interesting in doing? What would it contain?
• How would you actualize such development work?
• What research method(s) would be suitable?

Video (max 40 points)

Record a video of yourself talking about one leadership topic that interests you.

Areas that will be given focus and evaluated:

• Technical skills (important since this is a 100% online course)
• Communication skills (group discussions will be held in this program and we need to communicate in English)
• Interest in the field of Healthcare Leadership
   

How to submit the motivational letter and video

Attach both the motivation letter and the video to your application on studyinfo.fi. The deadline for the motivational letter and video is 29th January 2025 but you are recommended to submit them as soon as possible after you have submitted your application.

Name the attachment file(s) in the following way: Lastname_First name_description/name of document_programme. For example, Smith_Mary_motivationletter_Leadership.

Make sure that the attachments are legible. Combine the pages of the same document into one file. Check that the documents are all positioned in the same way upright.

Recommended file formats are: PDF, JPG, PNG and DOCX

You can upload the video directly or use video sharing services. In case you are using a sharing service (e.g. YouTube), upload a document containing a link to the video. Please make sure your video is set to private and can be seen only through the link you shared in your application. The video should be available for viewing throughout the complete application process.

About the selection process 
The motivation letter and the video will be graded. A passing grade is required both for the letter and video in order to be considered for admission. Applicants are ranked based on total points for the two parts, and are admitted in order of ranking.

If the motivation letter or video is not attached to the application by the set deadline, the application will not be processed further.