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Overview The Public Administration degree offered by the Harvard Kennedy School curriculum is designed to be flexible, allowing students to create a 16-credit study plan – or 12 credits for students pursuing a concurrent degree – that reflects their academic interests, and their personal and professional aspirations. Students complement their study plan by taking two electives in a Policy Area of Concentration, and one credit in each of these areas:Economics and Quantitative AnalysisManagement and LeadershipPolitical Thought and InstitutionsWhile at Harvard Kennedy School, a number of MPA students choose to pursue concurrent degrees in business, law, medicine, or other professional fields either at Harvard or at approved partner institutions. The concurrent degree option gives MPA students the opportunity to earn two degrees in a reduced amount of time. I want to find another Master Course Where MPA graduates go after HKSMaster of Public Administration graduates secure higher leadership positions in their original professional fields or transition to careers in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors. This may include careers at alternative energy firms, global development banks, nongovernmental organizations, multinational financial institutions, and leading strategic consulting firms. They also work in the private sector, in positions that have public impact.The Office of Career Advancement’s most recent employment overview provides more information about the positions MPA graduates take on after HKS and the careers they develop to serve the public good.

The two-year Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree offered by Harvard Kennedy School equips students who have prior work experience and have taken graduate-level courses with the skills, perspectives, and nuanced understanding they need to be effective leaders in solving public problems.

Disciplines

Public Administration

Requirements

Academic Requirements

gmat

English Requirements

IELTSMin 7
TOEFLMin 100

Other Requirements

1a submitted online applicationpayment of the $100 application feeessays, which vary by degree programa résumé or CVan additional analytic/quantitative résumé/statement (depending on the degree program)three letters of recommendationofficial academic transcriptsstandardized test scores (GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, and/or IELTS)