Global Health Systems Management and Innovation

• Compare healthcare delivery and management in Sweden and Denmark to the United States.
• Explore healthcare financing, reimbursement, budgeting, and organizational decision-making.
• Visit healthcare and medical institutions in Sweden and Denmark and meet with healthcare professionals and executives.
• Learn how healthcare organizations use design thinking to develop innovative products and services.
• Examine how political and economic decisions shape healthcare systems and develop leadership, communication, teamwork, and professional networking skills.

Participants in the program will attend approximately 5-6 online class meetings during the spring semester and travel to Sweden for one week over Spring Break.

You will take a spring course at RIT that provides context for understanding healthcare systems in Scandinavia and prepare you for your international experience. Through coursework and discussion, you’ll examine how healthcare is structured, financed, and managed in Sweden and Denmark and compare it with the U.S. healthcare system. Over spring break, you’ll travel to Sweden and Denmark to apply what you’ve learned through firsthand experiences, site visits, and conversations with healthcare professionals.

Sweden and Denmark offer an ideal setting to explore healthcare management and innovation, with internationally recognized healthcare systems and a strong focus on meeting the needs of patients and populations. While abroad, you’ll visit medical and healthcare institutions, participate in on-site meetings and presentations, and hear from healthcare executives and medical professionals. You’ll also explore how organizations develop and implement innovative healthcare products and services while building your own management, leadership, communication, and networking skills.

Program Term: Spring course, travel to Sweden over Spring Break
(note: the spring course will meet online 5-6 times over the course of the semester, and students will travel to Sweden/Denmark over RIT's spring break)
Travel Dates: March 5-13, 2027

Course:

• MGMT 758: Seminar in Management: Health Systems Management & Innovation (graduate)

No course pre-reqs, but students have experience with the U.S. healthcare system.

Open to graduate students. Undergraduate students may participate with approval from the faculty director and program director. To be eligible to study abroad, applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. For this program students with a 3.25 GPA or higher will be given priority.

Application deadline: Sunday, October 18th, 2026, 11:59 pm

Program Cost & Financial Aid

Program Cost: Student budget worksheet - OUTDATED Global Health Management Sweden, Spring/Spring Break 2026. An updated budget worksheet for the 2027 program will be available soon.

Financial Aid:

Financial aid may cover some program costs. As you review the budget worksheet, please remember that it does not include your RIT financial aid or scholarships, which may cover some of the program costs. The purpose of the budget worksheet is to show all the costs associated with your study abroad program, which will help your RIT Financial Aid Assistant Director determine how your aid and scholarships may be applied. 

To understand how your financial aid and scholarships may apply to your program costs:

• Make an appointment with your financial aid assistant director (call Financial Aid at 585-475-2186) and mention that you are calling for a study abroad appointment
• Upload a copy of your budget worksheet(s) via the Financial Aid upload portal at https://join.rit.edu/register/FA_upload (at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled meeting, so they have time to prepare) 
  • Please rename the file name of your budget worksheet before uploading it to the Financial Aid portal based on the instructions provided in the portal (adding your name and student ID)

To find out the name of your financial aid assistant director for your degree program visit: https://www.rit.edu/admissions/aid/contact#counseling-team

We recommend you meet with Financial Aid before the application deadline so you understand how your aid will apply. The RIT financial aid office is located in Bausch and Lomb Center (Bldg. 77), 2nd floor, 2125.

Scholarships:

• RIT Education Abroad Travel Grants ($500-$1,000)
  All students with pending applications in the RIT Study Abroad Compass for this program will be automatically considered for an RIT Education Abroad Travel Grant. You will be informed of your scholarship status shortly after the application deadline. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, as determined by financial aid and your FAFSA on file.

• Additional Scholarships
  RIT scholarships and national scholarships for study abroad are good options to explore for scholarship funding. Make sure you check scholarship eligibility requirements and note scholarship deadlines. 

To Apply

1) Start an application in the Compass (RIT's study abroad application system)

2) Watch this video, which goes over all important application steps for RIT Faculty-Led Programs

Contact

James Ramsey
jarchst@rit.edu