Healthcare Certificate | MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative

MIT Sloan students working on an Action Learning project at MGH.

Any student currently enrolled in an MIT degree program can register for the MIT Healthcare Certificate.

The Certificate provides the foundational knowledge and hands-on industry experience students need to pursue health industry careers. Our students have gone on to positions across the healthcare ecosystem, from healthcare consulting and managing delivery systems, to work in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and entrepreneurship.

Curriculum

To earn the Healthcare Certificate, complete two required classes, as well as electives totaling 18 units (elective units increase to 24 units if you started your program after June 1, 2023 and will graduate after spring 2024). Classes may not be graded pass/fail.

Required Classes

Healthcare Lab (H-Lab) is one of MIT Sloan’s signature Action Learning Labs, and provides an opportunity to collaborate with other students to solve complex problems with host organizations in operations management, analytics, IT, delivery innovation, and marketing. Read more on the Action Learning site and the MIT course Catalog.

15 units; TR 10-11:30; Recitation F1-230, H1 only
- Prerequisite 1*: Data, Models, and Decisions (15.060 or 15.730 or 15.079 or 15.0791 or 6.3700 or 6.3702 or 18.600)
- Prerequisite 2*: Introduction to Operations Management (15.761 or 15.734 or 15.778 or 1.260J/15.770J/IDS.730J/SCM.260J) you may take this course as a co-requisite.
*If you have taken an equivalent course elsewhere, request a waiver via this form .
Explores US and global health institutions. Considers health economics issues from a business perspective, including differences between healthcare and other industries, the role of health insurance, regulatory issues, and incentives for innovation. (Catalog)

Pre-Approved Electives

- 10.595 Molecular Design and Bioprocess Development of Immunotherapies - 9 units; TR 9:30-11
- 15.136 Principles and Practice of Drug Development - 9 units; W 3-6
- 15.371 Innovation Teams (project in healthcare) - 12 units; Lecture: T3-5 (VIRTUAL) Lab: F9-12.30
- 15.390 New Enterprises (project in healthcare) - 12 units; MW2.30-4 or MW4-5.30
- 15.39 9 Entrepreneurship Lab (project in healthcare) - 12 units; M 6-9 PM
- 15.482 Healthcare Finance - 9 units; not offered Fall 2023
- 15.705 Organizations Lab (EMBA only, project in healthcare) - 12 units; TBA
- 20.201 Fundamentals of Drug Development - 12 units; Lecture: MW1.30-3 Recitation: F1.30-2.30
- HST.953 Collaborative Data Science in Medicine - 12 units; not offered Fall 2023
- 7.548/10.53 Advances in Biomanufacturing - 3 units;
- 15.137/7.549/20.486/HST.916 Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development - 6 units;
- 15.232 Effective Business Models in Frontier Markets (project in healthcare) - 6 units;
- 15.363/HST.971 Strategic Decision Making in the Life Sciences - 9 units;
- 15.367/HST.978 Healthcare Ventures - 12 units;
- 15.371/2.907/10.807 Innovation Teams (project in healthcare) - 12 units;
- 15.390 New Enterprises (project in healthcare) - 12 units;
- 15.39 9 Entrepreneurship Lab (project in healthcare) - 12 units;
- 15.480/7.546/20.586 Science and Business of Biotechnology - 9 units;
- 15.704 IDEA Lab (EMBA only; project in healthcare) - 15 units;
- 15.784 Operations Lab (project in healthcare) - 9 units;
- 20.201 Fundamentals of Drug Development - 12 units;
- HST.552/2.75/6.4861 Medical Device Design - 12 units;
- HST.936/7/8 Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care - 3, 6, or 12 units;
- HST.956/6.7930 Machine Learning for Healthcare - 12 units;
- HST.962 Medical Product Development and Translational Biomedical Research - 4 units;
- HST.S98 Biomedical Entrepreneurship (apply by Sept. 1)

For classes NOT listed here, use one of the forms below to request approval for a healthcare-related class, or for a healthcare-related project within a class.