- Public policy school
Public policy schools teach students
policy studies ,policy analysis ,public policy ,public administration , and public affairs.Public policy schools offer a wide range of
public policy degrees including theMaster of Public Policy (MPP), theMaster of Public Administration (MPA), theMaster of Public Affairs (MPAff), theMaster of International Affairs and PhDs inPublic Policy ,Policy Studies ,Public Administration , andDoctor of Public Administration (DPA).In the
United States , students pursue a public policy degree after having completed an undergraduate degree in some other field. American public policy programs are generally located in an autonomous graduate or professional school within a larger university.Curriculum
Most public policy programs combine elements of
political science ,economics ,statistics ,law ,international relations ,international development ,public finance ,ethics ,sociology , andpublic administration . Some schools also applyquantitative analysis ,management information systems ,organizational behavior ,project management , andoperations research to the public sector.While degrees in Public Policy are generally at the graduate level (masters and PhD), some undergraduate degree programs still exist. Coursework for this designation requires an introductory course in Public Policy coupled with an applied course in Public Policy and is concluded with additional coursework in Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Public Policy.
Admission
In the United States, applicants must have graduated from an accredited university and are generally required to take the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE).The top programs in the United States
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U.S. News & World Report " providesranking s of Public Affairs (Master's) schools, as of 2008, via apeer review ed process. The top 25 schools are: [http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search]* 1)
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs atSyracuse University
* 2)Kennedy School of Government atHarvard University
* 2) School of Public and Environmental Affairs atIndiana University Bloomington
* 4)Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs atPrinceton University
* 4) School of Public and International Affairs at theUniversity of Georgia
* 6)Goldman School of Public Policy at theUniversity of California, Berkeley
* 7) Department of Public Administration at theUniversity of Kansas
* 7)Ford School of Public Policy at theUniversity of Michigan
* 7) School of Policy, Planning, and Development at theUniversity of Southern California
* 10) Heinz School of Public Policy and Management atCarnegie Mellon University
* 10)Sanford Institute of Public Policy atDuke University
* 10)Wagner Graduate School of Public Service atNew York University
* 10)Harris School of Public Policy Studies at theUniversity of Chicago
* 14) School of Public Affairs atAmerican University
* 14) School of International and Public Affairs atColumbia University
* 14)Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration atThe George Washington University
* 14) Public Policy Institute atGeorgetown University
* 14)Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at theUniversity at Albany, SUNY
* 14) School of Public Affairs at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles
* 14)Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at theUniversity of Minnesota
* 14) School of Government at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* 14)Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at theUniversity of Texas at Austin
* 14)Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at theUniversity of Washington
* 14)Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
* 25) School of Public Affairs atArizona State University
* 25) School of Public Policy at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park Further rankings are viewable [http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search here] .
Other Countries
Australia
* [http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au Crawford School of Economics and Government] at theAustralian National University
* Discipline of Government and International Relations atThe University of Sydney Canada
* [http://www2.carleton.ca/fpa/ Faculty of Public Affairs] atCarleton University China, P.R.
* [http://www.sppm.tsinghua.edu.cn School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University]
* [http://www.sg.pku.edu.cn School of Government, Peking University] France
* [http://mpa.sciences-po.fr Master of Public Affairs, Sciences Po Paris] Germany
* [http://www.espp.de Erfurt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy, Germany's first accredited Public Policy Program]
*Hertie School of Governance (Berlin)Hungary
* Department of Public Policy,Central European University Italy
* [http://www.formazione.corep.it/mapp/index.htm, Master of Public Policy Analysis, COREP, Turin, Italy]
* [http://www.unibocconi.it/index.php?proc_id=11&nav_level1=3&nav_level2=2475&nav_level3=5039 Institute for Public Administration and Health Care Management (IPAS), Milan, Italy]
* [http://www.sdabocconi.it/master/mmp/en/index.html Master of Public Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy] Iran
* [http://web.ut.ac.ir/law/law%20english/index.htm| Faculty of Law and Political Science] at theUniversity of Tehran Israel
* [http://public-policy.huji.ac.il/ The Federmann School of Public Policy and Government] at theHebrew University Japan
* [http://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/index-e.html Osaka School of International Public Policy] atOsaka University Netherlands
*Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at theDelft University of Technology Philippines
*Ateneo School of Government at theAteneo de Manila University
* [http://www.up-ncpag.org National College of Public Administration and Governance] atUniversity of the Philippines, Diliman Singapore
* [http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy] atNational University of Singapore United Kingdom
* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spp/ School of Public Policy] at theUniversity College London
* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/MPA/Default.htm| MPA Programme] at theLondon School of Economics
* [http://york.ac.uk/politics| Department of Politics] at theUniversity of York Brazil
* Public Policy Management at theUniversity of São Paulo ee also
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