How can we optimize the respective involvement of state and private players in healthcare? How best to guarantee universal access to a fair package of health services? And how to maintain quality while containing costs? The key to all these issues is the need for innovation. Gaining new knowledge, applying existing knowledge in a new way, developing new tasks and activities - this program brings together both theory and practice in its focus on innovation. And it does it on all possible levels, from micro -to macro-level, from individual organisations to national and international healthcare systems, from patient relations to the process of caretaking. You learn how to analyse situations in which innovations are needed, come up with innovative solutions, implement and manage these solutions, and critically evaluate and improve them. The programme also emphasises the importance of practical and employability skills, and hands-on training in conducting your own research. This a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program taught in English.Put your questions to student ambassador Jan: https://www.instagram.com/extramile_jan/https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/come-and-study-um