Our Members

The IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems is a private Austrian university. Founded in 1994, IMC Krems has three campuses in Krems, Austria.

IMC Krems offers 27-degree programmes, and has 3,100 students, 560 lecturers, as well as 137 partner universities in 36 countries. With three locations in and around Krems, the university offers bachelor and master’s degree programmes in business, health sciences and life sciences.

Besides full-time courses, some programmes are also offered in a part-time format. Professional development training courses in languages and hospital hygiene are also available.

MCI Management Center Innsbruck, located in Innsbruck, Austria, is a private business school that provides a range of study programs culminating in Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Additionally, it offers Executive Master’s programs such as MBA, MSc, and LL.M., alongside Executive Certificate programs, management seminars, tailored programs, and research opportunities.

The Belgian Association of Hospital Managers brings together about 200 individual general managers, CEO’s, managing directors, executives, members of executive committees and active members of the boards of directors of Belgian hospitals. All of them are leading general or university hospitals from the three Belgian linguistic communities, regardless any political or religious creed.

Ghent University is more than 200 years old, it offers more than 200 programmes (including 64 English-taught master’s programmes) and conducts in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University is renowned for its comprehensive education and cutting-edge research in the medical and health sciences fields. They offer a wide range of programs for both degree-seeking and exchange students.

KU Leuven is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium.

In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, and  Brussels. In 2021–22, more than 65,000 students were enrolled, with 21% being international students. Its primary language of instruction is Dutch, although several programs are taught in English. It is routinely ranked among the top 50 universities in the world by Times Higher Education.

The Medical University of Varna is a Bulgarian state school for higher education dedicated to training specialists in the fields of medicine and healthcare who graduate with the educational and qualification degrees of Master, Bachelor and Professional Bachelor.

The university has a legal entity status with the following scope of business activities: training of cadres and professional qualification; training of PhD students; postgraduate education for medical and non-medical cadres; conducting medical diagnosis, prevention, consultation, rehabilitation, and expert services at the university hospitals; scientific research and applied sciences; international cooperation in the field of education and science; administrative, social, sport, publishing, information, and other activities.

The Association of Employers in Health Care in Croatia is the most significant association in the health sector in the country with a sixty-year tradition, and is the continuation of the historical sequence of association of subjects in the health sector, whose beginnings date back to 1952.

Its membership includes almost all public health institutions, as well as a significant number of private ones. The members of this Association, except in the bodies of the Association (Assembly, Presidency, Supervisory Board), are especially active within professional societies formed according to the profile of health institutions. Professional societies of the Association regularly hold meetings where current topics from the business domain of these health institutions, the impact of the legal-regulatory framework on them, and issues of the contractual relationship with the HZZO are discussed.

Aalto University is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The close collaboration between the scientific, business and arts communities is intended to foster multi-disciplinary education and research.

The university is composed of six schools with close to 17,500 students and 4,000 staff members, making it Finland’s second largest university. The main campus of Aalto University is located in Otaniemi, Espoo. Aalto University Executive Education operates in the district of Töölö, Helsinki. In addition to the Greater Helsinki area, the university also operates its Bachelor’s Programme in International Business in Mikkeli and the Metsähovi Radio Observatory in Kirkkonummi.

Helsinki University Central Hospital is a hospital network in Finland. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It encompasses 17 hospitals in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, and has all major medical specialties represented. The HUCH Hospital Area is one of the five hospital areas making up the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS).

The wellbeing services counties are responsible for organising health, social and emergency services in Finland. Overall there are 21 wellbeing services counties.

The Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland is the third largest wellbeing county in terms of population and second largest in terms of personnel. The total population in 2023 is approximately 490,500 inhabitants. Nearly 24,000 personnel work for the wellbeing services county.

Wellbeing Services County of Päijät-Häme is responsible for the organisation of social, health care and rescue services. It unites the region’s current social, health care and rescue services as one entity. It serves over 200 000 inhabitants.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is an independent state-owned expert and research institute that promotes the welfare, health and safety of the population.

The key duty  of the Institute is to carry out research and expert work to prevent illnesses and social problems, to develop the welfare society, to support the social welfare and health care system and the social security system.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is a university in Finland founded in 2010 with campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio.

The university has four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies.

EHESP French School of Public Health, with a campus in both Rennes and Paris is designed to form the next generation of French and international professionals in public health. It is a ‘grande ecole.’ EHESP employs 90 full-time professors and has a student population of 1300 (excluding the 7000 training participants).

Semmelweis University is a research-led medical school in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 1769. With six faculties and a doctoral school it covers all aspects of medical and health sciences.

The university is also the largest provider of health care services in Hungary. Most of the departments cater for the most serious cases and patients requiring complex treatment.

Founded as the national training body for surgery in Ireland, RCSI has been at the forefront of healthcare education and research since 1784.

The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI provides registered nurses and midwives with education and training at the highest standard to support the maintenance of their professional development and competence.

Located in Jerusalem, HAC offers undergraduate (and specific graduate) degree programs that lead to careers in high demand in fields spanning various health sciences, as well as Computer Science, Management, Economics and Accounting, Industrial Design, Politics and Communications, Social Work, and more. Since its initial accreditation in 1996, HAC’s academic model has focused on training new generations of qualified professionals while emphasising excellence and innovation in instruction, scholarship, and research.

Bocconi University  is a private university in Milan, Italy.

The university provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, business administration, management, political science, public administration, information science, data science, and computer science.

Bocconi is a founding member of CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education, and the university through its graduate business school, SDA Bocconi School of Management, has received triple accreditation from the AACSB, EQUIS, and the AMBA where it offers MBA, Executive MBA, DBA, professional development, executive education, and professional certification programs.

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona and Rome.

The university is organized into 12 faculties and 7 postgraduate schools. Cattolica provides undergraduate courses (Bachelor’s degree, which corresponds to Italian Laurea Triennale), graduate courses (Master’s degree, which corresponds to Laurea Magistrale, and specializing master) and PhD programs (Dottorati di ricerca). In addition to these, the university runs several double degree programs with other institutions throughout the world. Degrees are offered both in Italian and in English.

The University of Milan is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 60,000 students, and a permanent teaching and research staff of about 2,000.

The University of Milan has ten schools and offers 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes, 32 Doctoral Schools and 65+ Specialization Schools. The University’s research and teaching activities have grown over the years and have received important international recognitions.

The Center for Research in Health Economics and Management (CREMS) is a Research Center of the University of Messina, Italy.

CREMS develops and coordinates research and training activities and programs in the field of health economics and management.

Riga Stradiņš University is a public university located in the city of Riga, Latvia.

Riga Stradiņš University’s nine faculties provide undergraduate as well as postgraduate level studies in various programmes. High school students as well as doctors of science have the opportunity to study at RSU and enhance their education, and make a contribution to the creation of knowledge and new technologies.

Mykolas Romeris University is an international university located with campuses in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania.

Currently MRU enrolls 7500 students including 600 international students and employs over 400 academic staff. The university offers doctoral, Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree study programmes. Over 80% of them have international accreditation. The most popular study programmes are law, management, psychology, social work, public security. About 200 doctoral students study in the fields of law, management, psychology, philology, economics, and educational science.

The University of Malta is the leading higher education institution in Malta. It offers undergraduate bachelor’s degrees, postgraduate master’s degrees and postgraduate doctorates. UM has been, over its 400-year history, the hub for international academic exchange on the island.

Today UM is composed of fourteen faculties, a number of interdisciplinary institutes and centres, three schools and a junior college. Besides the main campus, situated at Msida, there are three other campuses: Valletta, Marsaxlokk, Gozo.

More than 3,500 students graduate in various disciplines annually.

Founded on 2003, the School of Public Health Management, Republic of Moldova is the only institution in the country that provide masters, PhDs in continuous education in the field. During 20 years there is about 400 MPH Alumni network.

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) provides a bachelor’s degree, four master’s degree programs and post-graduate education. The research themes of Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management are ‘market organization and system design’, ‘quality and efficiency of care’ and ‘business management of healthcare organisations’. At ESHPM there are 1350 students and more than 200 employees.

Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch university of applied sciences, located in the southern Netherlands. It has over 44,000 students in several campuses. The three largest Fontys campuses are located in the cities of Eindhoven, Tilburg and Venlo.  Fontys offers 200 bachelor’s and master’s study programmes in the fields of economics, technology, health care, social work, sports and teacher training.

Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and has nearly 22,000 students and 5000 staff. The university distinguishes itself with its innovative education model, international character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education.

Thanks to its high-quality research and education, as well as a strong focus on social engagement, UM today is considered one of the best young universities in the world.

Nivel, short for ‘Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research’, is an independent non-profit foundation which contributes to the quality and effectiveness of the Dutch healthcare system.

Vilans is the national organisation specialising in knowledge management for healthcare and support in the Netherlands.

The organisation is well-known in the Netherlands for running large scale, nationwide implementation programs, such as the National Dementia Program (in which in 90% of the Dutch regions integrated care networks were set up), the Care for Better Program (around 700 organisations participated in this quality improvement program) and Up to Care! (transforming more than 460 long-term care organisations into sustainable organisations).

Erasmus Center for Healthcare Management offers well-founded, up-to-date postgraduate training programs for healthcare leaders: administrators, managers and professionals.
As part of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus Center for Healthcare Management connects research and science with practice.

Norwegian Nurses Organisation (NNO), founded in 1912, is a trade union for nurses, midwives, and nursing students in Norway. Counting more than 130.000 members as of 2023, we are one of the largest trade unions in Norway.

The NNO has operates according to three main objectives as: an advocate for a healthy society, a national professional association, and a trade union.

Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand is located in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder County in Norway, and is one of the three public hospitals within the Hospital of Southern Norway and is a regional hospital.

The hospital has modern facilities and is centralized geographically with full clinical, surgical, medical and psychiatric procedures and treatment-related deals. The hospital offers both emergency medical care and outpatient treatment.

In addition, the hospital has district psychiatric centers and outpatient clinics in several other locations in Agder.

Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (APAH) is the organization with the largest representation of professionals with administration and management roles in the health sector in Portugal.

Since 1981, it has been dedicated to supporting hospital administrators in developing high standards of professional practice, in the multiple organizational contexts in which they perform functions, with a view to contributing to the improvement of their performance, ensuring the quality and excellence of health outcomes in Portugal .

Over its more than 50 years, NOVA National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) offers post-graduate teaching and research in health related areas, namely in public health and health policy and management.

The NOVA NSPH invests in health promotion and in the management and innovation of health organizations. Through a broad network of national and international partnerships, it focuses on education, research and community actions.

The Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) is an Organic Unit of the NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL), under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Science, which aims to develop scientific knowledge of health problems linked to the tropical and intertropical environment.

Created on April 24, 1902, under the name School of Tropical Medicine, the IHMT was initially dedicated to the study, teaching and clinical practice of tropical diseases. This action has evolved into an integrated approach, which goes from the molecular level to global health systems, with a strong commitment to solving health problems that affect the poorest and most excluded, on all continents.

The Babeș-Bolyai University is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences (FSPAC) offers study programmes in Public Administration, Journalism, Public Relations and Communication, Leadership, Advertising, Political Science and Public Health. Since the beginning of 1995, the faculty has engaged in a continuous development in terms of education and research programmes, infrastructure, quality of education and extracurricular activities.

The FSPAC mission is to train professionals in the field of political, administrative and communication sciences, achieving a stable connection based on efficiency and effectiveness between the educational process and the labour market.

The National Institute of Health Services Management – NIHSM/INMSS is a public institution dedicated to the education of public health professionals, a process  linked to the discovery and application of new knowledge, and through these activities, to the improvement of health, prevention of disease and sustainability for informed decision for policy makers.

The Andalusian School of Public Health is a public institution which provides training, consultancy and research services for the healthcare sector.

It is located in Granada, Spain, on the University campus. It is a state-owned enterprise, promoted by the Andalusian government.

IESE Business School is the graduate business school of the University of Navarra. For more than 60 years, IESE has been at the forefront of management education, with campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo.

From 1963, in collaboration with Harvard Business School it offers a two-year Master of Business Administration degree, an executive MBA, and executive education courses.

Created in 1975, La Unio is the majority and oldest health and social business organization in Catalonia. Currently, more than 100 institutions are part of it that defend a health and social participated model.

The Castelldefels Health Agents Consortium (CASAP) is a public entity in which the Catalan Health Institute and the Castelldefels City Council participate. The aim of the consortium is the provision of primary health care services: diagnostic, curative and preventive services, home care, promotion of preventive medicine and public health, socio-health care, teaching related to health, research activities, study and dissemination related to health and health sciences.

The Karolinska Institute is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally.

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) is an employers’ organisation and an organisation that represents and advocates local government in Sweden. All of Sweden’s municipalities and regions are members of SALAR.

The Center for Health Law and Management in the Healthcare Sector is part of the Faculty of Law at the University of Bern. Together with the Institute of Public Law, it belongs to the Department of Public Law.

The center’s mandate includes courses in basic legal training and continuing education, as well as research and services in the field of health law.

The University of Sharjah is an Emirati private national university located in University City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

In addition to its main campus in Sharjah City, the university has built campus facilities to provide education,training, and research programs directly to several communities throughout the emirate, GCC, Arab countries, and internationally. Most significantly, the university plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of the emirate of Sharjah.

The NHS Confederation is a membership body for organisations that commission and provide National Health Service services founded in 1990. It has offices in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

NHS Confederation membership includes acute trusts, ambulance trusts, community health service providers, foundation trusts, mental health providers, and clinical commissioning groups, and some independent and voluntary sector healthcare organisations that deliver services within the NHS.

Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The university, which originally opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, it became Edge Hill University in 2006.

The university has three faculties: Arts and Sciences, Education, and Health and Social Care; these teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen’s College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or ‘red brick’ university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English unitary university. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21.

Established in 1965 as one of the UK’s first two business schools, Alliance Manchester Business School is proud to be part of the prestigious University of Manchester and the UK’s largest campus-based business and management school.

Ranked 3rd in the UK for research power, the influential research impacts all areas of business and management – from accounting and health management to big data and human rights.