Running a health institution means participating in a beautiful adventure made of unforeseen events and which requires varied skills and leadership qualities.
Program director
The training MSc Director of Health Establishments : What is it ?
“The post-COVID period is characterized by numerous management positions to be filled, whether in the health, social or medico-social sector, as well as in supporting patients, elderly people, children, or disabled people.
The establishment director has managerial qualities, but also manager qualities, and must be able to make decisions in several areas and lead teams of health professionals.
With nearly 3,000 health establishments and more than 20,000 medico-social structures, not to mention all the institutions of a social nature, the sector offers immense opportunities for management positions throughout the national territory.
With 15 years of existence, the diploma has trained hundreds of school directors. He is today present in Bordeaux, Lyon, Rennes, Paris and Toulouse where we work with many partners, private groups, associations and other institutions, which offer the opportunity of apprenticeship to our students.
The “Director of Health Establishments” is responsible for managing a healthcare structure (or medical-social care) in its financial, human, administrative and logistical dimensions, as well as in dimensions specific to the sector of activity (quality, hygiene, risk management, safety…).
He must coordinate all the activities of an institution in order to ensure the best possible care for patients and their families or caregivers. Its missions vary according to the type of establishment, its size and its status. It can, indeed, be a public structure, associative, private for-profit or non-profit.
The profession of director of healthcare establishments concerns different types of establishments:
- Health facilities, i.e. hospitals, MCO clinics (medicine, surgery, obstetrics), psychiatric clinics and SSR clinics (follow-up and rehabilitation care).
- Medical and social institutions for the elderly, i.e. nursing homes (nursing homes for dependent elderly people), long-term care units (LTCUs), …
- Medical and social institutions for disabled persons such as IMEs (medical and educational institutes), IEMs (motor education institutes), POs (occupational homes), FAMs (nursing homes), MAHs (specialized care homes), the polyhandicap establishments…
Training objectives
The objectives in terms of competencies are to be able to :
- Design and support the strategy of a health facility;
- Organize and lead the development of the health facility;
- Manage the accounting and financial management of the health institution;
- Design and manage the quality approach and risk management policy within a health facility;
- Manage teams and support HR projects.
Testimony of our students – MSc Health Care Falicities Manager

A degree in 1 or 2 years to become an expert in health
This program prepares students for senior management positions in health or human services institutions.
- Hourly volume 1st year of MSc: 441 hours
- Hourly volume 2nd year of MSc: 441 hours
What are the conditions for applying for a Master of Science Health Care Falicities Manager ?
The requested prerequisites
Level 6 holders :
- Students with a degree in economics, management, social law, medicine, pharmacy… holders of a level 6 RNCP title
- Health professionals (senior management in the health sector, health managers…) who wish to validate their knowledge and experience by a level 7 diploma in order to qualify for management positions.
- Nurses, midwives and other medical professions, medical delegates can prepare a 1st year of Master of Science Director of Health Institutions to then enter the 2nd year. The Director of Health Establishments training is part of the HR & Health division of INSEEC.
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What are the courses within the framework of a Master of Science Director of Health Institutions ?
The courses presented below are given as an example, they may vary slightly depending on the teaching campus. The content of the courses is adapted each year to changes in the market and is updated before each start.
1st year courses
TRANSVERSAL & FUNDAMENTAL COURSES – 1ST YEAR
BUSINESS ENGLISH
Perfect comprehension and communication techniques in the English language in a context broader than the field of commercial English.
CORPORATE STRATEGY & BUSINESS PLAN
- This module aims to learn how to create a Business Plan or business plan: costed project design for business creation or development.
- Several steps are addressed: feasibility study, market targeting, opportunities and risks, strengths and weaknesses, communication, financing plan and profitability.
SOFTWARE & DECISION-MAKING TOOLS
- This module aims to deepen the students’ computer skills to meet the demand of companies in terms of budget or commercial monitoring, project management, personnel management and communication: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, team work tools, business software.
- It aims to be efficient with office tools, quickly identify and correct errors, customize existing tools or create your own tools.
BUDGET MANAGEMENT & DASHBOARDS
- The objective is to acquire key skills in terms of budget management and reporting.
- Particular emphasis will be placed on the budget architecture, with the implementation of summary documents, project management control and its link with budget management, the execution and management of dashboards.
NEGOTIATION APPLIED TO HR
- This course explores negotiation techniques specific to human resources, addressing conflict management, communication and persuasion strategies.
- It allows the development of skills to conduct effective negotiations on wages, working conditions, and social relations.
- The emphasis is on preparation, argumentation and finding win-win solutions.
SPECIALIZED COURSES
DIGITIZATION OF HR
Presentation of HRMS (Human Resources Management Information System) tools, their objectives and their use. Description of data issues and awareness of the GDPR framework.
SOCIAL LAW
- Understand the structure of social, individual and collective relationships.
- Know and apply through the resolution of case studies, the reasoning of labor law, the different legislative, regulatory, and jurisprudential developments.
LABOUR LAW
- The different types of employment contracts.
- Prerogatives of the employer.
- The breach of the employment contract.
- Protected categories, discrimination, equal treatment.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
- Train professionals capable of leading and managing teams and organizations.
- Acquire the skills and knowledge to lead and manage men and women.
- Develop leadership qualities, including vision, motivation, and communication.
- Adapt to changes in the world of work.
SOCIAL POLICY & INNOVATION
- Reduce inequalities and promote the well-being of individuals, focusing on access to services and equal opportunities.
- Translates into actions on working conditions and diversity management.
- Social innovation involves adapting to demographic and technological changes through new solutions for sustainable performance.
PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK & ORGANIZATIONS
- The factors that influence the success of a work team.
- Adaptation to change and professional development: the brakes and psychological springs.
- Managing stress at work and burnout.
- The effects of information and communication technologies on work and organization.
INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS IN THE COMPANY
Focus on negotiation between groups within the company taking into account social ties and power bonds.
ORGANIZATIONAL SPECIFICITIES & HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- The difficulties of the organization in terms of human relations.
- The organizational system and its elements.
- The major theoretical approaches to organization.
- Different types of organizations.
RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES
- Selection of candidates and integration into the company.
- Place of recruitment and GPE in the HR strategy of the General Management.
- Recruitment tests, graphology.
- Typology of the tests most used by recruiters: logic and comprehension tests, personality tests, job simulation tests.
REMUNERATION POLICY & PAY SLIP
- Components of remuneration.
- Understanding the logic of a payslip.
- Preparation of a pay slip.
- Themes related to employee and employer contributions for social protection and unemployment.
- Supplementary schemes.
ANALYSIS OF USER & FAMILY SATISFACTION
- Notion of satisfaction and value perceived by the client.
- Identification of user satisfaction variables in an institution or a personal assistance service (depending on the type of service – adult, child, short or long stay…).
- Identification of the variables of family satisfaction in an institution or a personal assistance service (depending on the type of service – adult, child, short or long stay…).
- Satisfaction analysis tools (questionnaire, coffee meeting…).
- Presentation of the Social Life Councils and their role in customer satisfaction.
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS
- Presentation of the different types of establishments (health, medico-social and social), the different statuses (public, associative and private) and the different publics welcomed.
- External means of communication used (institutional brochure, website, Facebook page, LinkedIn…) and content analysis.
- Advantages and disadvantages of social networks.
- Weight of the different networks according to the type of establishment.
MASTERCLASS DES
Masterclasses applied to DES are implemented throughout the year in order to introduce the latest developments and trends in recruitment, retention, team animation, etc.
EXAMS & SUPPORT
EXAMS
The 2nd year courses
STRATEGY OF A HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT
ECONOMY OF HEALTH & AGING
- Analyze the resources allocated to care, their financing and the effectiveness of health policies.
- To understand the new challenges linked to the ageing of the population, particularly in terms of care for elderly people and financing pensions.
- This requires an adaptation of health systems to meet the growing demand for care.
- Integrate these issues to ensure a sustainable and equitable health system.
ETHICS, GOOD TREATMENT & HUMAN RIGHTS
- Definitions of ethics and good treatment and reminder of the regulatory framework.
- Human rights regulatory framework and mandatory documents applicable in health care facilities.
- Identification of situations of mistreatment in institutions and different typologies.
- Promotion of a well-treatment approach and knowledge of the basics of the evaluation process and tools of the High Authority for Health.
HEALTH LAW
- Knowledge of the rights of users in health facilities and the priorities of public authorities in this area (law of 4 March 2002).
- Definition, measurement and analysis of respect for the rights of users in health facilities.
- Adequate responses to complaints and grievances from persons in care.
APPLIED RESEARCH DISSERTATION
- The applied research thesis aims to develop analytical and reflection skills around a managerial question.
- It is an opportunity to demonstrate its rigor in the analysis of a problem or managerial issue and the formulation of operational recommendations.
- The research thesis reflects the research work and is structured into three main stages: the review of the literature, the qualitative and/or quantitative study and its results, and the managerial recommendations.
DEVELOPMENT STREERING
ORGANIZATIONAL SPECIFICITIES OF HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS
- Construction and management of schedules and work organization.
- Time management and construction of task sheets.
- Nature of organizational changes and their implications.
- Development of approaches, methods and tools related to organizational changes.
OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF A MEDICO-SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
- Key success factors for opening a medico-social institution.
- Typology of medico-social establishments in the field of disability.
- Development and structuring of a provisional budget for a medico-social institution.
- Monthly budget tracking table.
RELATIONS WITH THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
- Mastery of mapping and the specificities of health and medico-social establishments.
- Apprehension of the organizations of the institutions.
- Place and role of institutional partners.
- Mastery of the scope of competence of the tariff authorities.
- Relational and strategic issues with the State and communities.
EXPERIENCE & MARKETING
- Occupancy rate of health facilities.
- Optimization of relationships with families.
- Implementation of public relations and prescriber networks.
- Prospecting and making contact.
- Qualification of the contact.
- Presentation of the service provided, visit of the establishment.
- Management of objections and signing of the contract.
- Listing of establishments.
ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & DIAGNOSIS
- Analysis of financial, economic and regulatory information that can impact the current and likely situation of a health institution.
- Identification of the causes of present or future difficulties of an establishment.
- Study, identification of risks and proposal for solutions.
MANAGEMENT & FINANCING TOOLS
- Strategic and operational management assistance and decision-making.
- Measurement of activities, outputs, costs and outcomes.
- Execution of forecast budgets related to the strategy and objectives.
- Participation in the implementation and development of the management system.
- Production of management reports and dashboards to assist in decision-making and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of management processes.
- Coherence between the functional organization, the objectives and the means of the institution with the information and management system.
ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
- Identification of the main items on the balance sheet and in the income statement.
- Mastery of the mechanisms of general accounting and their implications for management.
- Reading and interpretation of a balance sheet and an income statement.
- Mastery of the concepts necessary for carrying out a financial diagnosis.
- Proposal for decision support tools.
- Improvement of the profitability of a health institution.
EVALUATION & BUDGET SETTINGS
- Understanding of the budget architecture.
- Differentiation of tariff sections.
- Analysis of expense and revenue accounts.
- Definition of the parameters for the evolution of expenses and revenues.
- Understanding of the accounting and budgetary procedure.
- Use of control and management tools.
- Implementation of economic indicators.
- Mastery of institutional issues.
- Construction of comparative tables of multi-year expenses and products
MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF PERSONAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES
- Understanding of the ‘enterprise’ system as a whole and modeling for control needs.
- Calculation of costs, prices and margins in order to decide.
- Organization of the production and exploitation of management information.
- Construction of budgets.
- Monitoring of the realization of forecasts.
- Calculation, analysis and correction of discrepancies between forecasts and achievements.
ACTIVITY PRICING & INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Management of an establishment’s activity via the PMSI (information systems medicalization program).
- Optimization of billing.
- Development of strategic choices for the activity of a health institution.
- Consideration of regulatory constraints related to the healthcare organization scheme.
- Development of the establishment project based on an analysis of the activity.
ACCOUNTING
- General accounting is to explain the ‘reasons for being’, the main uses, documents and mechanisms of general accounting, notably:
- The purpose, content and use of an organization’s Balance Sheet and Profit-Loss Statement.
- The mechanisms that allow the articulation between these two accounting documents.
- The accounting record of the company’s main transactions.
QUALITY & RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH
QUALITY & CERTIFICATION APPROACH IN HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS
- Planning, implementation and evaluation of the quality approach.
- Supervision and support for certification in a health establishment and the new reference framework for medico-social establishments.
- Enhancement of the quality approach within the framework of the certification of healthcare establishments.
- Implementation of professional practice assessments.
- Development of a dashboard of quality indicators.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT & SOCIAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Realization of a conflict diagnosis.
- Implementation of simple and operational tools for conflict management.
- Negotiation techniques and cooperation within teams.
- Building effective internal communication.
- Prevention of psychological harassment.
- Diagnosis of a bullying situation. Implementation of mediation.
- Improvement of the organization of a health institution to limit harassment situations.
RISK MANAGEMENT, HYGIENE & SAFETY
- Development of risk management policy and program.
- Planning, coordination and evaluation of the risk management programme.
- Definition and implementation of an information system concerning risks and the risk management program.
- Health monitoring and other non-health risks.
- Regulatory and normative monitoring on risk management.
- Coordination of vigilances or articulation with the vigilance coordinator.
- Collection of adverse events, analysis and implementation of preventive and corrective actions.
- Analysis of hazards related to biological agents.
- Mastery of biological agents.
- Use of the HACCP system.
- Management of a collective food poisoning infection.
- Management of a nosocomial infection.
- Management of legionnaires’ disease. Management of waste from healthcare activities.
- Understanding of the concepts and notions of security, prevention, prediction, protection, and intervention.
- Role and place of the school director.
MANAGEMENT OF TEAMS & HR PROJECTS
TEAM MANAGEMENT & INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT
- Dimensions of positive management and strengthening of support for professionals.
- Implementation of a forward-looking management of jobs and skills (GPEC).
- Construction of quantitative and qualitative databases of employees.
- Implementation of the training plan.
- Construction of simplified job descriptions and criteria for evaluating the objectives achieved.
- Establishment of individualized goal contracts.
- Conducting annual evaluation interviews.
- Identification and enhancement of staff skills.
- Identification and promotion of good practices.
CRISIS MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
- Definition of a crisis. Preparation and anticipation of a crisis.
- Methodology for diagnosing and managing a crisis.
- Crisis communication and media training (message content, communication attitude, language and voice adaptation).
- Knowledge of the media environment.
- Implementation of public relations.
TOOLS & PROFESSIONAL METHODS
- Resume writing, recruitment interview techniques for internship search, professional project management, team management and meeting conduct.
- Negotiation techniques, transactional analysis and NLP, speaking out and managing stage fright, management techniques and leadership.
- Skills assessment, coaching, digitalization of the CV and job search techniques at national and international level, preparation for the defense of the applied research thesis.
EXAMS & SUPPORT
EXAMS
- Written exams
- Thesis defense
Does the school offer a start in February ? What are the rhythms?
Two intakes per year are organized, in February/March and September/October. To check the opening of each school year, contact the admissions service directly.
The pace of classes can differ depending on the campus.
The work-study contract must be signed for a period of 12 months (MSc 2) or 24 months (MSc1 + MSc2).
To find out the duration of the contract during the delayed start period, contact the campus admissions service that interests you directly.

What are the career opportunities after a MSc in Director of Health Establishments ?
The following non-exhaustive list presents the different functions that holders of the Director of Health Establishments certification can perform :
- Director of a hospital centre or specialized hospital centre;
- Director of an MCO clinic (medicine, surgery, obstetrics) or a psychiatric clinic,
- Director of a rehabilitation and functional rehabilitation centre or follow-up care and rehabilitation (SSR),
- Care network director,
- Director of home hospitalization service (HAD),
- Director of home care service (SSIAD) or home help service,
- Director of an establishment for dependent elderly people (EHPAD), a care home for the elderly or a long-term care unit (USLD),
- Director of a medico-educational institute (IME and IMPro), therapeutic, educational and pedagogical institute (ITEP),
- Director of a nursing home (FAM).
The holders of the certification Director of Health Establishments exercise their profession in the health sector within medical and medico-social institutions. We can distinguish :
- Health establishments: hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation and rehabilitation centres, home hospitalization, nursing home services…
- Medical-social establishments: accommodation facilities for the elderly, reception structures for disabled people, …
Institutions can have different statuses : public, private for-profit or non-profit and associative.
More information on health career opportunities on this page.
Decree No. 2007-221 of 19 February 2007 specifies the level of qualification required for professionals responsible for managing one or more establishments or social and medical services. Depending on the size of the establishment, the director must hold a level 7 certification registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications or a level 6 certification.
What are the blocks of business skills developed ?
Professional certification allows the preparation of the following blocks of skills :
- Design and support the strategy of a health institution;
- Organize and lead the development of the health institution
- Manage the accounting and financial management of the establishment;
- Design and manage the quality approach and risk management policy within a healthcare institution
- Manage the teams and support HR projects.
Description of the methods for obtaining certification by capitalization of skill blocks and/or by correspondence
Certification is obtained by :
- The validation of five blocks of skills common to all courses (obtaining a score greater than or equal to 10/20 for each block of skills)
- The completion of a corporate period of at least 132 days during the second year of the course (MSc 2)
Professional certification
Professional certification of «Director of health establishments» at level 7 (EU), code NSF 331, issued by INSEEC MSc (CEE-SO, CEE-RA, CEFAS, CEE-OUEST, MBA INSTITUTE), registered under number 37151 in the RNCP (National Directory of Professional Certifications) by decision of the Director General of France Compétences on 14/12/2022.
The certification is delivered by capitalization of all skill blocks. Each skill of a block must be confirmed to obtain the skills block. Partial validation of a block is not possible. It is also accessible by the way of the Validation of Acquired Experience.
Find the skills blocks associated with this RNCP title by clicking here.
What are the teaching methods ?
Teaching methods
- Lectures and interactive courses
- Situational exercises through collective or individual case studies carried out by the students
- Conferences, seminars and educational visits
Evaluation methods
- Individual or/and group case studies
- Individual or/and group oral presentations
- Individual or/and group files
- Applied research disertation with individual oral presentation
Methods and tools
- The evaluation methods are face-to-face, in the form of continuous assessment or final exams in the form of mid-term exams.
What are the 2025/2026 tuition fees to join the training in MSc Director of Health Institutions ?
FALL INTAKE – 2025
Initial training:
- MSc1: €10,990
- MSc2: €12,950
Apprenticeship program:
- 24 months: €23,400 before tax
- MSc2: €13,490 before tax
International students pack
Mandatory fee of €700 for exclusive support services for international students living outside the European Union.
SPRING INTAKE – 2026
Initial training:
- MSc1: €10,990
- MSc2: €12,950
Apprenticeship program:
- 24 months: €23,400 before tax
- MSc2: €13,490 before tax
International students pack
Mandatory fee of €700 for exclusive support services for international students living outside the European Union.
In the context of work-study training, tuition fees are payable by the OPCO and the company signing the contract.
Do you have any questions about work-study or our school in general? Consult our frequently asked questions.
VAE/VAP
- VAE: €4,800 before tax
- VAP: €850 before tax
International students pack
Mandatory fee for exclusive support services for international students living outside the European Union.
- Fall intake (2025) – September/October: €700
- Spring intake (2026) – February/March: €700
Application fee
The application fee is €80.
What kind of financial help is available?
INSEEC offers several financial aid schemes:
- The alternating rhythm, in internship or work-study contract
- The right to training via the CPF
- Banking partnerships
the key figures for the title RNCP N°37151 "Directeur des établissements de santé"
95%
National success rate – Promo 2024
97%
Rate of presentation – Promo 2024
83%
Overall insertion rate (30 respondents out of 36) – Promo 2023
82%
6-month satisfaction rate (30 respondents out of 36) – Promo 2023
*The details are available on this document made available to you (national results and by regional certifier).
What is the Disability policy of our school ?
The OMNES Education Group pays particular attention to the societal environment, including the disability dimension. Indeed, we believe that students with disabilities should not have any problems in pursuing their studies and starting a professional career. We accompany them to facilitate their access to the premises, offer them personalized advice as well as adapted accommodations throughout their school career.
Accessibility of premises: all our campuses are accessible to people with disabilities.
To learn more about the OMNES Education Group’s disability policy, click here.
Contacts for disability referents by campus:
- Bordeaux : Maxime DOUENS – mdouens@inseec.com
- Lyon : Anissa GASMI – agasmi@inseec.com
- Paris : Coming soon
- Rennes : Laura LE CALVEZ – llecalvez@omneseducation.com
- Chambéry : Marianne FERLAY – mferlay@inseec-edu.com
- Marseille : Océane VALOTTI – ovalotti@omneseducation.com
- Toulouse : Amanda MARNEIX – amarneix@omneseducation.com
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