Public policy schools teach students policy studies, policy analysis, public policy, public administration, and public affairs.

Public policy schools offer a wide range of public policy degrees including the Master of Public Policy (MPP), the Master of Public Administration (MPA), the Master of Public Affairs (MPAff), the Master of International Affairs and PhDs in Public Policy, Policy Studies, Public Administration, and Doctor of Public Administration (DPA).

In the United States, students pursue a public policy degree after having completed an undergraduate degree in some other field. 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, ethics, sociology, and public administration. Some schools also apply 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. Coursework for this designation requires an introductory course in Public Policy coupled with an applied course in Public Policy and is concluded with additional coursework in Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Public Policy.

Admission

In the United States, applicants must have graduated from an accredited university and are generally required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

The top programs in the United States

U.S. News & World Report provides rankings of Public Affairs (Master's) schools, as of 2008, via a peer reviewed process. The top 25 schools are:^{http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search}

• 1) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
• 2) Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
• 2) School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington
• 4) Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
• 4) School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia
• 6) Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley
• 7) Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas
• 7) Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
• 7) School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California
• 10) H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University
• 10) Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University
• 10) Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University
• 10) Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
• 14) School of Public Affairs at American University
• 14) School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
• 14) Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University
• 14) Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University
• 14) Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY
• 14) School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles
• 14) Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
• 14) School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 14) Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
• 14) Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington
• 14) Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 25) School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University
• 25) School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park

Further rankings are viewable here.

Other Countries

Australia

• Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University
• Discipline of Government and International Relations at The University of Sydney

Canada

• School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto
• Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University
• Queen's School of Policy Studies at Queen's University

China, P.R.

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

France

• Master of Public Affairs, Sciences Po Paris

Germany

• Erfurt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy, Germany's first accredited Public Policy Program
• Hertie School of Governance (Berlin)

Hungary

• Department of Public Policy, Central European University

Italy

• Master of Public Policy Analysis, COREP, Turin, Italy
• Institute for Public Administration and Health Care Management (IPAS), Milan, Italy
• Master of Public Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

Iran

• Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tehran

Israel

• The Federmann School of Public Policy and Government at the Hebrew University

Japan

• Osaka School of International Public Policy at Osaka University

Netherlands

• Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the Delft University of Technology

Philippines

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

Singapore

• Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore

United Kingdom

• School of Public Policy at the University College London
• MPA Programme at the London School of Economics
• Department of Politics at the University of York

Brazil

• Public Policy Management at the University of São Paulo

See also

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

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