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M.Sc. Program

Public Policy & 

Human Development

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MPP Students in the last 5 years

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MPP Class 2010/2011

Argentina Estonia Latvia Singapore

Australia Finland Lithuania South Africa

Belgium Germany Malta South Korea

Bolivia Ghana Netherlands Surinam

Bulgaria Greece Norway Switzerland

Cameroon Hungary Peru Tanzania

Canada Indonesia Poland Turkey

China Ireland Romania USA

Colombia Italy Rwanda Uzbekistan

Denmark Kazakhstan Sierra Leone Vietnam

Ecuador Kenya

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Merger MGSoG & UNU

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An Overview of the Program

•  Fall semester Introductory topical courses, skills

•  Study month: January 

Thesis proposal 

•  Spring semester Specializations

•  Summer Capstone projects, internships, researchexchange & masters thesis

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February Intake!

•  Spring semester Specializations

•  Summer 

Capstone projects, internships, researchexchange & thesis proposal

•  Fall semester Introductory topical courses, skills

•  Study month: January Master thesis 

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Fall Semester

Weeks Topical Courses Skills Courses1

Introduction toGovernance, Politics & 

Policy

Quantitative & QualitativeMethods

2

3

4

5

Public Economics6

7

8

9

Risk & Uncertainty10

11

12

13

Public Policy Analysis14

15

16

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Study Month: January

• Buffer time between courses

• Think about your thesis topic

• Choose a supervisor

• Write your thesis proposal

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Spring Semester

Food, Health & Development

Globalisation Trade & Development

Migration Studies

Social Policy Design

Social Policy Financing

Sustainable Development

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Summer

•  Capstone project

– Project-based internship

– Usually in relation to a specialization

– Can be highly useful for the thesis

•  Autonomously arranged internships

•  Upcoming: research exchanges

•  Finalizing the thesis

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Where did our Alumni end up? 

•  Academia: LSE, Sciences Po

•  Civil Service–  Local: Municipality Rotterdam, Badung Regency (Bali)

– National: Central Bank of Thailand, National Social SecurityProgram in Ecuador, European Development & Aid agencies

–  International: ILO, UNDP, UNICEF, WB, WFP, WHO

•  NGOs: Cordaid, DanChurchAid

•  Politics: Parliaments, political parties and

consultancies•  Business: ING, KPMG, PWC, Article 13

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