Master of Public Affairs at Sciences Po in ParisPreparing Young Professionals for Careers of Global Significance

Our PhilosophyGovernance implies an approach in which goals of public significance are addressed by constellations of public and private actors. These constellations are not driven from the top down. They are not dominated by any one actor. Instead, they involve multiple, often evolving, coalitions of interested actors. This is a vision of public affairs in which decisions are not dictated. They are navigated.

Moreover, there are an increasing number of issues – international trade, environmental sustainability, health and human security – that do not easily conform to national or local boundaries. They require a combination of contextual savoir faire and analytical skill.

The MPA at Sciences Po is designed specifically with these challenges in mind. The MPA attracts young professionals who seek to impact issues of global significance, both at the international stage and in their own cities and countries.

The MPA is based on five commitments:

Provide students with a holistic understanding of public affairs by theory and practice in equal measure

Engage students with a global and comparative perspective on public affairs.

Expose students to real policy problems through field-based learning experiences

Strengthen students’ analytical skills and diagnostic capacities enabling them to test the effectiveness of policies and public affairs initiatives

Challenge students to confront the ethical issues raised by their actions in the public sphere.

The MPA is more than a master’s program, it is a community that one belongs to and an experience that leaves a lasting impression on how we approach society.

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17 %North America

15%South America

13%North & East Asia

3%Eurasia

11% South& SE Asia/Pacific

13%Europe

8%North Africa & Middle East

9%Sub Saharan Africa

The MPA is a truly global learning environment. Its methods and content are matched by the diversity of its student body and its faculty.

Global Crossroads

student origins by region

Cape Town, South Africa, 2013-2014 Florida and Arizona, 2012-2013 Chennai and Hong Kong, 2011-2012 Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa, 2010-2011 Los Angeles and Mexico City, 2009-2010 China, 2008-2009 India, 2007-2008 Brazil, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007

Burundi: United Nations Peacebuilding Support OfficeGeorgia: UNDPGermany: EDFHong Kong: United Way WorldwideMalawi: The Jack Brewer FoundationMexico: Urban Protected Areas NetworkMontenegro: UNDP

GPPN & DUAL DEGREES

11%Central America & the Caribbean

Palestine: Agence Française de DéveloppementPhilippines: Fair Labor Association; UN Economic Commission for EuropeRwanda: OECDThailand: Asian Development BankUSA: OECD, World Bank InstituteVenezuela: CAF Development Bank

CAPSTONESSTUDY TRIPS

The London School of Economics Columbia University Hertie School of Governance in Berlin National University of Singapore University of Tokyo FGV-EAESP in São Paulo

Capstone on sustainable urban

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The most distinctive feature of the MPA is its focus on the people and the organizations that enact policies on a daily basis.

This approach requires students to go to the field to see the interpersonal relationships and the historical patterns in which public affairs are embedded. In the first year, all MPA students travel together for a major field-based research project.

In their second year, all MPA students conduct a year-long capstone project advising a client on a relevant issue.

In between, students work for international organizations, governments, NGOs and private sector companies as interns. Each step of the way is integrated with the learning that takes place in the MPA’s classrooms.

Field-Based Learning

Study Trip on social welfare China, 2009

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Capstone on capacity building Tunisia, 2012

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Capstone on evaluating aid efficiencyPalestine, 2013

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Study Trip on waste managementHong Kong, 2012

> Study Trip on informal economy India, 2008

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THIRD SEMESTER FOURTH SEMESTERSECOND SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTER

The MPA is a two-year professional degree organized in four semesters of full-time study (plus a summer project).

In the first year, students receive intensive training in economics, political science, sociology, management and statistics.

In the second year, students specialize and gain hands-on experience in public policy analysis, evaluation and implementation through the capstone project.

Curriculum

On the professional front, the MPA has enabled me to transition from IT to public affairs, while personally it has turned me into a global citizen.

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> Governing Change: Greece, Europe and the World

> Management of Conflict and Negotiations

> Policy-making in transition > Risk governance: politics,

policy and organization > Trade and Development in

Low Income Countries > Framework for Global

Governance> Global Supply Chains and

Corporate Responsibility> International Health > Leadership in International

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> Economic and Territorial Development

> Human Security > Global Energy and Sustainability> Trade and Economic Diplomacy

> Development Economics> Trade Economics> Economics of Sustainability > Public Finance> Project Finance> Geographic Information Systems> Advanced Policy Analysis

Workshop Elective

> Cultural Management: the Louvre’s Global Reach

> Big Ideas in Economics> Fostering Innovative

Economies> Street Corner Bureaucracy,

a new vision of public affairs> Energy and Diplomacy

in the Caspian Region> Introduction to Social

Entrepreneurship> Geographic Information

Systems> Managing Remittance

Flows> Organizing Social

Movements: Global «Occupy» Movements

> Diversity in International Sport

ELECTIVES* CONCENTRATIONS TOOLS COURSES* WORKSHOPS*

Comparative Politics Comparative Management Capstone

MPA students take leadership positions in all fields of public affairs, as policy analysts, as policy makers and as project leaders. Many students take the MPA as an opportunity to change between sectors: from the private sector to the public sphere, from NGOs to government or to international organizations.

European Commission African Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank ILO

OECD UNDP UNEP UNESCO UNICEF UN Women World Bank WTO

Airbus Facebook Goldman Sachs McKinsey

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tata Thales Total

American Bar Association Gates Foundation International Rescue Committee Natural Resources Defense Council Save the Children Médecins sans Frontières WWF

International Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations

Career-Changing Experience

career paths before the mpa

career paths after the mpa

Private Sector

AFD, AUSAID, GIZ, JICA, USAID Central Bank of Canada, China, Thailand Ministries of Finance of Colombia, France, India, Japan, Morocco, Thailand, UK and the US Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Republic of Korea & the US

Governments

15%Non-Profit Organization

39%Private

37%Public

9%International Organization

32%Public

26%Private

20%Non-Profit Organization

22 %International Organization

Sciences Po is among the world’s premiere institutions of social science education and research. It occupies a unique place in French society, enjoying a close association with the French government while also maintaining its status as an independent and highly selective institution of higher learning. Though located in the heart of Paris, Sciences Po is resolutely global in perspective. Social and cultural diversity are fundamental to its identity.

The School, also known as the Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris, was founded in 1872. It has trained students destined for leadership in the private sector, to the upper echelons of public administration, to politics and to research for over 140 years.

The strengths of Sciences Po come from its values which emphasize education, a commitment to intellectual ambition and

a strong sense of social responsibility. The core teaching strengths of its faculty lay in law, economics, history, political science and sociology.

These strengths are enriched by the high-level research conducted by Sciences Po’s research centers and departments including the highly regarded centers of expertise in the Sociology of Organizations, European Studies, Law, Economics and International Relations.

Sciences Po offers degrees at the undergraduate, Master of Science, Professional Masters and Ph.D. levels. It enrolls about 10,000 students, 40% of whom come from abroad. Sciences Po alumni work in international business, multilateral organizations, positions of public responsibility, and other fields of endeavor.

Sciences PoCareer-Changing Experience

The great beauty of the MPA is the feeling of community. While many policy schools have student classes numbering in the hundreds, the small size and selectiveness of the MPA ensures personalized teaching, interactive classes and a feeling of family among students.

Kieran I AUSTRALIA, 2012 GRADUATE

The program is based in Paris and is designed for young professionals. Students have between two and ten years of professional experience at the time of application. The average age of incoming students is 28.

Requirements for application: a completed bachelor’s degree at least 2 years of professional experience excellent command of English (100 TOEFL IBT, 7.0 IELTS)

For more information about the application process, deadlines andscholarships: www.sciencespo.fr/mpa

Mailing addressMaster of Public AffairsSciences Po27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75337 Paris, France

Office location 117 Boulevard Saint-Germain4th floor75006 Paris, France

Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 49 53 76mpa@sciencespo.fr I www.sciencespo.fr/mpa

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