Public policy school
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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 the Master of Public Policy (MPP), the Master of Public Administration (MPA), the Master of Public Affairs (MPAff), the Master of International Affairs and PhDs in Public Policy, Policy Studies, Public Administration, and Doctor 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.
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[edit] Curriculum
Most public policy programs combine elements of political science, economics, statistics, law, international relations, international development, public finance, ethics, and public administration. Some schools also apply quantitative analysis, management information systems, organizational behavior, project management, and operations 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.
[edit] Admission
In the United States, applicants must have graduated from an accredited university and are generally required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
[edit] The top programs in the United States
U.S. News & World Report provides rankings of Public Affairs (Master's) schools, as of 2008, via a peer reviewed process. The top ten schools are [1]:
- 1) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
- 2) Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
- 2) Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington
- 4) Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
- 4) University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia
- 6) Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley
- 7) Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas
- 7) Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
- 7) School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California
- 10) Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University
- 10) Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University
- 10) Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University
- 10) Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
Further rankings are viewable here.
[edit] Other Countries
Australia
- Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University
- Discipline of Government and International Relations at The University of Sydney
China, P.R.
France
Germany
- 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
- Master of Public Policy Analysis, COREP, Turin, Italy
- Institute for Public Administration and Health Care Management (IPAS), Milan, Italy
- Master of Public Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Iran
Japan
Netherlands
Philippines
- Ateneo School of Government at the Ateneo de Manila University
- National College of Public Administration and Governance at University of the Philippines, Diliman
Singapore
United Kingdom
Brazil
- Public Policy Management at the University of São Paulo
