Master of Science in Health Information Technology

The Master of Science in Health Information Technology at Mbarara University of Science and Technology develops advanced knowledge and skills to design, develop, implement, evaluate, and strategically manage health informatics interventions. It focuses on building capacity to generate, store, retrieve, use, share, and manage health data, information, and knowledge to support decision-making and evidence-based practice.

The programme covers the health information technology discipline, including using biomedical and healthcare data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making. It also addresses work across biomedical data handling and the application of computing, communication, and information sciences to biomedicine. The programme aims to create health informaticians who can secure, manage, visualize, and extract useful patterns to support healthcare decisions.