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Advanced Health Professional: Expert

  • Type higher education course (job-enabling)
  • Duration 2 Semester
  • Locations Linz
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Cover image of the AHP university course, showing a meeting situation of an elderly lady with a person from the healthcare sector who is taking notes. Fotocredit: Adobe Stock

Overview of the Advanced Health Professional university course

The Advanced Health Professional university course prepares experienced healthcare professionals to take on an expert role in their field, within the framework of their professional regulations. With a focus on clinical practice and case and patient orientation, healthcare professionals are empowered to conduct consultations and provide professional guidance and advice to individuals, families, relatives and teams. The academic component emphasizes knowledge of how to utilise scientific sources, contributing to the implementation of evidence-based, sustainable care, and participating in quality assurance measures.

Short profile

Type of study:higher education course (job-enabling)
Duration of study:2 Semester
ECTS:60
Degree:Academic Expert in Clinical Practice
Requirements:Proof of qualification in senior health and nursing services or in senior medical-therapeutic-diagnostic services or in midwifery and proof of entry in the health professions register or midwifery register and at least 2 years of relevant professional experience (correspondingly longer for part-time employment)
Costs:4,000 € per semester plus ÖH contribution per semester
E-Mail:AdvancedHealthProfessional@fhgooe.ac.at
Hotline:+43 50 344 42010

Winter term start

Locations:Med Campus V.
Recording dates:Course starts every two years in September
Registration deadline: 17. November 2025 to 31. March 2026