Public policy school

Public policy schools are typically university programs which teach students policy analysis, policy studies, public policy, political economy, urban planning, public administration, public affairs, and public management. Public policy schools typically train students in two streams. The more practical stream treats the master's degree as a terminal degree, which trains students to work as policy analysts in governments, think tanks and consulting firms. A more theoretical stream aims to train students who are aiming to go on to complete doctoral studies (e.g., a PhD), with the goal of becoming professors of public policy or researchers.

Public policy schools offer a wide range of public policy degrees. At the undergraduate level, universities offer the Bachelor of Arts with a major in public policy or policy studies. These undergrad degrees are typically offered by a university's public administration or political science faculties. Master of Public Policy (MPP), the Master of Public Administration (MPA), the Master of Public Affairs (MPAff), the Master of Public Service (MPS), the Master of Urban Planning (MUP), and the Master of International Affairs (MIA). Schools with an international and interdisciplinary focus award Master of Arts in International Policy Studies.^[1][2] Some schools also offer executive master's degrees in the same topics for mid-career individuals. Doctoral degrees include PhDs in public policy, policy studies, and public administration, as well as the Doctor of Public Administration (DPA). Some schools offer relatively short-duration certificate programs aimed at working policy analysts, government managers and public executives.

In North America, students typically pursue a graduate public policy degree after having completed an undergraduate degree, either in a public administration or political science field. Some programs admit students with any undergraduate degree; however, students without a background in public administration or political science (e.g., a student with a Bachelor of science degree in chemistry) may be required to do qualifying courses in these areas. Some universities allow students to complete both degrees concurrently. North 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, leadership studies, ethics, sociology, and public administration. More recently, public policy schools have applied 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.

Admission

In contrast to many other graduate-level programs, applicants with various, sometimes unrelated, educational backgrounds can be admitted to public policy schools. Applicants' backgrounds can range from programs which have a significant content overlap, such as public administration, economics and political science, to undergraduate majors that are related, such as the social sciences, to undergraduate programs which may have little content overlap (e.g., physical sciences and engineering). Students without an undergraduate major in a related field may be required to complete qualifying undergraduate courses in public policy.

Admissions requirements, including standardized testing requirements, vary widely. Some schools have a second language requirement due to their global orientation.^[3] In the United States, applicants must have graduated from an accredited university and are generally required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Many schools also accept the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) in lieu of the GRE.

Notable institutions

North America

Canada

• The School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
• Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina
• Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration
• Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
• Master of Arts in Public Policy and Public Administration at Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• The School of Policy Studies at Queen's University
• The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary
• School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto
• Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto
• The School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria
• The Balsillie School of International Affairs, a joint initiative at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University
• Dalhousie University School of Public Administration
• Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal
• Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology

United States

Public policy schools in the United States tackle policy analysis differently. The Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago has a more quantitative and economics approach to policy, the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon uses computational and empirical methods, while the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University has a more political science and leadership based approach. The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs provides traditional public policy training with multidisciplinary concentrations available in the environmental sciences and nonprofit management. Moreover, the University of Illinois at Chicago offers public policy training that emphasizes the stages of decision-making in formulating policy (e.g. agenda setting), as well as the importance of framing effects and cognitive limits in policy formation.

Schools of public policy that have met professional standards of education and quality in the United States are accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA):^[4]

• Master of Public Administration Program (UMPA) at the University of Miami <http://www.as.miami.edu/mpa/>
• Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School at RAND Corporation
• School of Public Affairs at American University
• Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University
• Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington
• Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
• McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
• Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley
• Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside
• Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech
• Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia
• George Mason University School of Public Policy
• Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
• H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University
• Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Institute for Public Affairs at Cornell University
• School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington
• John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University
• Graduate Program in Public Management at Johns Hopkins University
• Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
• Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
• Monterey Institute of International Studies at Middlebury College
• Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University
• Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY
• Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
• School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
• School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Helms School of Government at Liberty University
• Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California
• School of Public Policy at Oregon State University
• The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
• Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University
• Public Policy Program, Graduate School at the University of Arkansas
• Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles
• School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia
• Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
• School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University

Mexico

• Public Administration Division at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City
• Center for International Studies at El Colegio de México, Mexico City
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City
• National Institute of Public Administration, Mexico City
• School of Government and Public Transformation at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, campus Monterrey and Mexico City
• Department of Social Sciences and Politics at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
• Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México,UACM, Colegio de de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (Ciencias Política y Administración Urbana).
• Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, UAS, FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS INTERNACIONALES Y POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS.

South America

Brazil

• FGV-EAESP, São Paulo
• FGV-EBAPE, Rio de Janeiro
• Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School, Belo Horizonte

Europe

In Europe, the LUISS School of Government offers a multidisciplinary approach to public policy combining economics, political science, new public management, and policy analysis, while the French institute of political studies Sciences Po complements these core disciplines with organizational sociology, human security, political economy, and leadership.

Czech Republic

• Department of Public and Social Policy at Charles University in Prague

France

• Sciences Po, Paris

Germany

• Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
• Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt
• German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
• NRW School of Governance, Duisburg

Hungary

• Central European University, Budapest
• Corvinus University of Budapest (Department of Public Policy and Management-EAPAA accredited)

Italy;

• Luiss School of Government at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome

Netherlands

• Maastricht Graduate School of Governance at Maastricht University and the United Nations University

United Kingdom

• School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol
• Institute of Public Affairs at The London School of Economics and Political Science
• University of Edinburgh Academy of Government at the University of Edinburgh
• School of Public Policy at the University College London
• Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
• Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
• The Centre for Financial and Management Studies, SOAS, University of London
• Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London, University of London
• School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde

Russia

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.

Asia

China

• School of Government at Peking University
• School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University

India

Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Hyderabad launch Masters in Public Policy and Governance in Hyderabad Campus.National Law School, Bangalore launched MPP programme in 2014 with some of the top faculty of India, with a special thrust on law as an interface between development and public policy.The Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management course offered by Indian Institutes of Management is a multidisciplinary course with special emphasis on select policy areas such as health policy, environment policy and developed an economic and quantitative approach.

The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad & Mohali has launched an executive master's level "Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP)" in consultation with one of the world’s leading public policy schools - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Institute of Rural Manangement Anand has a center dedicated to Public Policy and Governance. It offers courses like Public Policy and Decentralization, Public Policy Analysis, etc. The institute is actively involved in development consulting. School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University was the first to start Masters in Public Policy and Governance which is interdisciplinary in nature.

The Jindal School of Government and Public Policy in India offers an interdisciplinary training in public policy with a focus on the policy making processes in developing and BRIC countries. The Takshashila Institution in India offers a semester-long graduate certificate in public policy^[5] instead, focusing on developing public policy as an academic discipline in India as well as making public policy education accessible to working professionals.

Other programs include:

• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
• School of Policy & Governance, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
• National Law School of India University, Bangalore
• School of Public Policy and Governance Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
• Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Sonipat, Haryana
• St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
• TERI University, New Delhi
• The Takshashila Institution, an independent think tank and school of public policy
• Faculty of planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
• Central University of Rajasthan, Department of Public Policy, Law and Governance
• Central University of Jammu, Department of Public Policy and Public Administration
• Sri Sri University, Department of Good Governance and Public Policy, Cuttack, Odisha

Japan

• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
• School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Public Management, Waseda University, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Public Policy, Chuo University, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Public Policy and Social Governance, Hosei University, Tokyo
• Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University, Tokyo
• School of Government, Kyoto University, Kyoto
• Graduate School of Public Policy, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto
• Graduate School of Policy and Management, Doshisha University, Kyoto
• Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
• The Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Osaka
• Graduate School of Governance, Kansai University, Osaka
• School and Graduate School of Public Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Hokkaido University Public Policy School, Sapporo
• School of Public Policy, Tohoku University, Sendai
• Graduate School of Policy Studies, Chiba University of Commerce, Chiba
• Graduate School of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate

South Korea KDI School of Public Policy and Management

Nepal

• Central Department of Public Administration (CDPA)
• Public Administration Campus (PAC)
• Mahendra Morang Multiple Campus (MMC)

Philippines

• Ateneo School of Government at the Ateneo de Manila University
• National College of Public Administration and Governance at University of the Philippines Diliman
• College of Economics, Finance, and Politics at Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Qatar

• Department of Public Policy in Islam at Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Singapore

• Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai School of Government, Dubai

Africa

Egypt

• School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the American University in Cairo

South Africa

• The School of Government at the University of the Western Cape^[6]

Oceania

Australia

• Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
• Australia and New Zealand School of Government

See also

• List of public administration schools
• Category:Public administration schools

References