Master of Public Administration

The Master of Public Administration ( MPA ) (also Master of Public Management, in short, MPM, or Master of Public Policy, in short: MPP) is an academic degree at Masters level in the field of management science and buyer with a strong practical focus for public administration. In Germany, the conclusion in the context of the Bologna process is possible as the conclusion of a non-consecutive or advanced Master's degree program. In general, the FUJIFILM's prior degree in a relevant FH diploma or bachelor 's degree, and - at least in Germany often - viewed professional experience as prerequisites for an appropriate course of study.

The modules of a MPA degree program usually refer to questions relating to the development of professional managers, customer orientation, controlling, human resources management, innovation management, public business administration, international management development and management sociology, but differ depending on the university. In MPM programs traditionally a stronger emphasis on business and management aspects. For programs in the field of public policy and political fields of analytical and general political science approaches are put into focus.

In the U.S. and UK, the substantive program focuses mostly in the area of ​​public policy, project management and program implementation. The degree qualifies graduates to plan the necessary changes, conduct and evaluate and to make the management structures and processes efficiently and effectively.

Because of their extensive business and management research training and the in-depth specialist knowledge offer for graduates wide range of applications. This includes, for example, drop the public administration ( at all levels of state administration ), international organizations, institutions in the non -profit sector, as well as companies, associations and universities. In addition, the acquisition of the Master's degree opens up the possibility to obtain a PhD. The oldest MPA program in Europe is the Master of Public Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

In Germany accredited MPA degree programs offered in cooperation with the Fachhochschule Bielefeld and universities Kehl and Ludwigsburg, for example, the University of Kassel, Potsdam University, the University of Economics and Law Berlin, Administrative and Business Academy (Münster).