Motto in English That I May Serve Established 1996 Founded 1996 | Type Public University Director Anne Khademian | |
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The School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Virginia Tech fosters interdisciplinary initiatives, by building cooperative arrangements among units within the School and University, and by partnering with organizations external to the university.
Contents
- History
- Center for Public Administration and Policy
- Urban Affairs and Planning
- Government and International Affairs
- CLAHS Affiliated Departments
- National Capital Region
- Rankings
- Research
- Administration
- References
The School's goal is to focus Virginia Tech’s expertise in government, public administration, international affairs, planning, public policy, and urban affairs to help individuals and communities across the world understand their most critical problems and most promising solutions.
History
The School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) was approved by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors in 1996 as a collaboration of five departments and programs in two colleges to develop interdisciplinary instruction, research and outreach initiatives related to public policy, planning, and administration and globalization and international development.
SPIA is one of four schools in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS). SPIA houses three programs:
Center for Public Administration and Policy
The Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP) has three locations in Blacksburg, Alexandria, Virginia and Richmond, Virginia. CPAP integrates the challenges of governing with the scholarship of public administration and public policy. CPAP offers doctoral and master's degree programs as well as graduate certificates. The majority of CPAP students take classes on a part-time basis, while working full-time in a wide variety of federal, regional, and local government positions, as well as positions in consulting and the non-profit sector. CPAP offers the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Ph.D. degrees. Certificates are available in three fields: Homeland Security; Local Government Management; Public and Nonprofit Financial Management.
Urban Affairs and Planning
The Urban Affairs and Planning program has locations in Blacksburg and Alexandria that offers an interdisciplinary, comparative, hands-on approach to instruction and research in two undergraduate degrees (B.A. in Public and Urban Affairs and B.S. in Environmental Policy and Planning), an accredited masters in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), and a doctoral program in Planning, Governance & Globalization (PGG).
Government and International Affairs
The Government and International Affairs program has locations in Blacksburg and Alexandria that offers a Master of Public and International Affairs (MPIA) and a Ph.D. in Governance and Globalization with an international affairs and cultural geo-politics focus. The MPIA is a 36-credit academic-oriented master's degree with a focus on international politics, critical geopolitics, international political economy, and cultural identity politics.
CLAHS Affiliated Departments
Affiliated Departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS):
National Capital Region
In 1969 the university launched new locations within the Virginia Tech National Capital Region (NCR). These facilities serves as a hub in the Washington metropolitan area for its students and alumni. As of 2015, the NCR offers Graduate programs in Public Administration, Policy, Government, and International Affairs.
Rankings
Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs has a highly reputed public affairs program and is one of a handful of core recruiting schools for some of the world's most selective firms. Listed below are the rankings by the U.S. News & World Report:
Research
In research and outreach, SPIA members lead a number of interdisciplinary centers and institutes:
Administration
SPIA is administered by a Director who is advised by an SPIA Executive Committee made up of the three program chairs along with one other faculty member from each program.