MPA/PGDip

Public Administration
Focus on critical issues and key developments
in public management

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Combine
practitioner
and academic
perspectives

Draw on
examples from
around the world

Gain practical
Enhance your
experience
employability
through internships
Learn to manage creatively in
challenging policy environments
Overview Modules
With the current developments around the world, this is one Core
of the most exciting times to be studying the public sector,
governance and government, and the delivery of services to •• Leadership, Strategy and Performance in the Public Sector
meet people’s needs. •• Managing People
•• Policy Analysis: Concepts and Theories
This internationally recognised course will provide you with the
skills, knowledge and tools to make sense of the world of public
•• Public Management and Governance
policy and management, analyse situations and problems, and •• Public Sector Financial Management
improve practice. •• Research Methods and Research Management
•• Dissertation in Public Administration (MPA only)
Content Optional
This course blends practitioner and academic perspectives You will choose 20 credits of optional modules, subject
on public management. It focuses on key public sector to approval.
developments in the UK, EU, USA and other countries and is
informed by world-leading research, reflecting the expertise
of staff in the fields of public management, policy analysis and
social policy. Entry requirements
Applicants require a 2:2 (or international equivalent) in
We provide internship opportunities through close links with the any discipline.
National School of Government, Nottingham Citizens and other
public sector bodies. If English is not your first language, you must achieve IELTS 6.5
(no less than 6.0 in any element).

Structure
Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120
credits of core and optional modules.

MA students will complete a 60-credit 15,000-word dissertation

over the summer, and an appropriate dissertation supervisor will
“ My undergraduate degree is in
engineering. However, when I was
writing my dissertation, I became

”
very interested in social policy issues,
oversee your progress.
particularly in the field of education.
Modules are typically assessed through a 5,000-word (or two
2,500-word) essay or report, usually on a topic of your choice. Daniella March, MPA Public Administration
The Research Methods and Research Management module
includes a 5,000-word dissertation proposal.

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Careers and employability

Find out more
Recent graduates have pursued careers in the public and
voluntary sectors as managers and policy analysts.
The MPA is rapidly becoming a standard global qualification
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