The University Côte d'Azur (UCA) at Nice (France), is a research-intensive university based on a solid ecosystem of higher education and research establishments (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRIA, etc.) which:

 

• Welcomes more than 30,000 students

• Employs more than 4,000 people involved in research in A or A+ rated laboratories

• Has 493 active research and training partnerships

• Has a strong track record in managing European (over 100) and national projects

• Has won 76 national and 48 international research awards

• Has 113 active patents and 37 licences

 

Within the university, there are master's specialities in the field of quality of medical services, as follows:

 

• Quality and Risk Management in Health (QGRS)

• Organizations and Evaluations in Primary Care (OrESP)

• Public Health (SPUB)

• Data, Decisions, Systems and eHealth (2D2S)

• Pedagogies and Simulations in Health Sciences (P3S)

 

Number of teachers: About twenty teachers (most of whom are professionals from the public and private health sectors)

 

• Number of graduates in 2019-2020: 60 M1 candidates and 73 M2 candidates

• Since 1998, more than 800 graduates

• Employability rate > 95% 4 years after graduation

 

The "Health Engineering" Master's degree is based on the application of risk analysis and management to health processes (care processes and associated care service processes). The specialties cover a wide area, including ageing, clinical research and pedagogy. The first year is common to 7 of the 8 specialties.

 

Biomedical shares some units in M1 and M2 (project management, quality management) with other specialties but remains specific with courses in computer science, electronics and biophysics. The Master is closed to the research themes developed by the members or the RETINES Lab research unit.