UCLA Center for Healthcare Management Case Competition
Objective
The competition gives healthcare management graduate students an opportunity to apply classroom learning to a real-world, real-time management challenge faced by a Southern California healthcare system.
Description
About
The UCLA Center for Healthcare Management Case Competition provides healthcare management graduate students an opportunity to put what they have learned into practice by solving a real-time, real-world management challenge faced by a Southern California healthcare system, with UCLA Health serving as premier sponsor and case provider.
Who can participate
- Open to graduate students (masters, executive masters, doctoral) studying healthcare management at a nationally accredited school
- Undergraduates and faculty are not eligible
- All team members must attend the same institution
Team composition
- Teams of up to four members (3-4 per official rules)
Format
- Case is released in November; teams have a limited window (approximately 88 hours) to complete their written analysis and submit deliverables
- Deliverables are judged anonymously by external healthcare executives (no UCLA-affiliated judges)
- Top teams are invited to present in person in Los Angeles in January for semi-final and final rounds
- Format encourages exchange of ideas and professional networking
November 16, 2026
Public
Business School
Healthcare
lerskine@ucla.edu
UCLA Anderson
UCLA Center for Healthcare Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA Health (premier sponsor)
FIRST PLACE: $12,000
SECOND PLACE: $8,000
THIRD PLACE: $4,000
FOURTH PLACE: $2,000