Master of Public Administration

Make an impact in your public or third sector career with a Master’s qualification in Public Administration. With a rigorous focus on governance, public organization management and policy making this course will give you the theoretical and practical understanding needed to take your career to the next level.

This high level, specialist qualification will equip aspiring modern public managers and policymakers with the skills required to manage organizations and make a decisive contribution to solving public policy issues that are either global, national or local. The programme combines a rigorous social science focus on governance, public administration and management with a strong grounding in public policy.

Our MPA has a strong international focus and is ideal for professionals looking to progress into a global career. It focuses on key societal challenges, particularly the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), and the way these are addressed by administrations and via policies that involve numerous actors and organizations at various levels of government and governance across different country contexts.

Whether you’re looking to enter the world of public management or policy making, or uplevel your current work experience by expanding your sector knowledge, this course will help you develop the knowledge, skills and connections you need to take those vital next steps.

You will

• Gain an understanding of public management, leadership and administration within a global and comparative context.
  Learn how policy is made, changed, managed, and implemented across countries and sectors.

• Tailor your studies to your interests and career ambitions with an array of optional modules that will help you develop expertise in the area that interests you.

• Enhance your employability with professional practice and career-relevant content through innovative professional oriented learning and assessment.

• Select between an applied and a more research-focused path that might prepare you for postgraduate studies in research (MRes, Mphil) or a PhD application.
  Study within a diverse international community of learners.