This training is aimed at a highly differentiated audience within the health sector, that is, executives, leaders and managers in health who want to deepen/update their knowledge with a practical and innovative training that connects the challenges of health to other sectors with a similar level of demand and innovation.
The Advanced Healthcare Management and Leadership Program is part of a highly competitive and dynamic market, where several players have tried to introduce a differentiated offer.
The program is aimed towards all those who have management and leadership experience in the health area (board members, executive directors and professionals) and who wish to deepen or update their knowledge.
Differentiated Value Proposition
The program is designed so that the participants may:
NOVA NSPH is accredited as a member of the EHMA – European Health Management Association”.

Health Policies and Systems
Policy Context and Determinants
Economic and Organizational Perspective
1st Seminar | European Health Systems – State of the Art
2nd Seminar | Health System in Portugal – Evolution and Impact
Social Policy and Health Equity
Health Law and Ethics
3rd Seminar | Sustainability of Health Systems
Organizational Behavior in Healthcare
Healthcare Marketing
4th Seminar | Health Communication
Health and Wellbeing
Global Health and Emerging Challenges
Impacts of Inequality on Health
5th Seminar | Public Health Emergency Responses
Public Health and Data Science
6th Seminar | Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
Health Promotion Strategies
Behavioral Change
Care Integration
Integration Concepts Models and Instruments
7th Seminar | Care Integration – International Experiences
Care Management for Patients with Complex Needs
Management of Complex Patients
Case study: Healthcare Organization Experiences – ULS
Integration Beyond the Healthcare Sector
8th Seminar | Intersectorial and Proximity Responses
Healthcare Organisations Management
Financing and Financial Analysis
9th Seminar | Health Financing Policy
10th Seminar | Health Audit
Economic Evaluation in Health
Health Project Management
11th Seminar | Human Resources and Leadership in Healthcare
12th Seminar | Management of Health Units – Public, Private and Social
Clinical Governance
Quality Healthcare
13th Seminar | Risk Management and Patient Safety
Clinical Pathways and Health Audits
14th Seminar | Health Regulation in Portugal
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Assessment of Health Outcomes
15th Seminar | Financing Health Innovation
Digital Health
Data Science and Big-Data
Health Information Management
16th Seminar | Digital Transition
17th Seminar | European Health Data Space
18th Seminar | Artificial Intelligence
19th Seminar | Personalized Medicine
20th Seminar | Smart Healthy Regions
Sessions
Friday | 14:30-18:30 and Saturday | 09:00-13:00
9 October 2026 to 19 March 2027
The teaching sessions will be delivered in a blended learning format (on-site and online).
Application period: until 29 May 2026
Selection period: 1 to 5 June 2026
Publication of provisional list of candidates: 8 June 2026
Preliminary hearing: 9 to 23 June 2026
Publication of admitted candidates:: 23 June 2026
Enrolment period: 24 June to 2 July 2026
Course start date: 9 October 2026
Course end date: 19 March 2027
Applications must be submitted exclusively online by completing the application form available on the Application Portal.
For suggestions on how to present your application effectively, please refer to the Application Guide.
For more information, please contact Academic Services: academicos@ensp.unl.pt.
(Members of AAA ENSP NOVA receive a 10% discount on the applicable tuition fee)
Payment can be made in full at the time of enrollment or according to the following installment plan:
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