12 monthsProgramme duration
22,900 EURTuition Fee/year
Feb, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
How do we address the world's most pressing issues through governance? The Master Public Administration gives you a unique multi-level perspective on the management of global political, economic and social actors, with three specialisations to suit your specific interest. Across the globe our governments and societies are confronted with enourmous challenges that raise new organisational, policy, and ethical issues. The main focus of the Master in Public Administration is on the management, steering, and coordination of political, administrative, economic, and social actors and the contexts in which they act. It will equip you with the skills to address policy issues at local, regional and international levels.
Master in Public Administration: the right programme for you?
- Are you fascinated in watching the whole context of dilemmas and challenges experienced by governments and societies worldwide?
- Do you want to address these issues from the perspective of governance?
- Do you have affinity with a specific area of governance, as addressed by the 3 specialisations in this programme – Economics and Governance, International Governance, or Public Management and Leadership?
Then this is the Master's programme is for you!
Read more about MSc. Public Administration on the Leiden University website
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
How do we address the world's most pressing issues through governance? The Master Public Administration gives you a unique multi-level perspective on the management of global political, economic and social actors, with three specialisations to suit your specific interest. Across the globe our governments and societies are confronted with enourmous challenges that raise new organisational, policy, and ethical issues. The main focus of the Master in Public Administration is on the management, steering, and coordination of political, administrative, economic, and social actors and the contexts in which they act. It will equip you with the skills to address policy issues at local, regional and international levels.
Master in Public Administration: the right programme for you?
- Are you fascinated in watching the whole context of dilemmas and challenges experienced by governments and societies worldwide?
- Do you want to address these issues from the perspective of governance?
- Do you have affinity with a specific area of governance, as addressed by the 3 specialisations in this programme – Economics and Governance, International Governance, or Public Management and Leadership?
Then this is the Master's programme is for you!
Read more about MSc. Public Administration on the Leiden University website
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Frequently Asked Questions
With a degree in Public Administration, you are well prepared for a career in the public sector, but also the private and non-profit sector. Opportunities include becoming a policymaker, policy advisor, (project) manager, consultant and lobbyist.
After completing the programme, you will have a solid foundation in research and policymaking. You are able to analyse complex issues, approach them from multiple perspectives and tackle them with effective policy, services and leadership. Depending on your choice of specialisation, you will have developed a unique skills set tailored to a specific domain within public administration. The combination of being an academic policy researcher and a specialist in economic policy, (inter-)national governance or public management allows you to be employable in a wide variety of positions and still distinguish yourself on the labour market. The programme prepares you for a career where policy and process meets strategy and leadership.
The Master in Public Administration is a master's degree focussed on governance from a multi-level perspective. You will combine research with practical experience, working on cases while being taught and guided by speakers and experts from the field who will serve as guest lecturers. You will also develop the professional skills demanded of public administration experts of the labour market, by visiting embassies, ministries and NGO's in field trips.
The programme prepares you for a career where policy and process meets strategy and leadership. You can respond to societal and organisational challenges, and develop and implement solutions in cross-sectoral and multilevel playing fields. This means that you can become anything from a policymaker in the (semi-)governmental institutions to consultant or lobbyist at the intersection of the public, private and/or non-profit sector – and more. Alumni that have completed the programme end up in a wide variety of jobs and organisations. Although the majority of the alumni end up in the public sector, a significant part works in consultancy, financial, legal and other business services or pursue a PhD.
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English language requirements: Cambridge English 180, No additional bandscores are required; IELTS 6.5, No additional bandscores are required; TOEFL internet-based 90, No additional bandscores are required.
EMPA
Leiden University is part of the European Masters in Public Administration (EMPA) Network. The EMPA Network is a consortium of leading European universities in the field of public administration and policy. During an extra, third semester in the fall or spring, students of the Master Public Administration can take courses at one of these qualified partner universities. For more information, please contact the international exchange coordinators at the International Office FGGA.
- Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS)
- StuNed Scholarship Programme
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