Public policy school

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 economics and political science, to social sciences, to physical sciences and engineering.

Admissions requirements, including standardized testing requirements, vary widely. Some school have a second language requirement due to their global orientation.

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.

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):

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 on 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. 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 instead, focusing on developing public policy as an academic discipline in India as well as making public policy education accessible to working professionals.

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

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

Oceania

Australia

Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Australia and New Zealand School of Government