MSc Public Policy and Administration

You will take courses to the value of four full units in total, made up of compulsory courses, including a dissertation, and optional courses from a range of public management, comparative public policy and administration options.

 

(* denotes a half unit)

 

Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration 
Examines major issues in understanding public administration and policy. 

 

Either 

Public Management Theory and Doctrine*
Examines the key areas of public management with reference to both developed and lesser developed world contexts

Or

Comparative Public Policy Change*
Examines explanations of policy change using cross-national comparison 

Or

Policy Advice in Theory and Practice*
Focuses on how policy advice is commissioned, produced, managed and used. 

 

Either 
Introduction to Quantitative Analysis*
Covers the foundations of descriptive statistics and statistical estimation and inference 

Or 

Applied Regression Analysis*
Focuses on the deepening of your understanding of the generalised linear model and its application to social science data. 

 

Dissertation 

 

Optional courses to the value of one unit

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Public Policy and Administration  

Upper second class honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in any discipline.

 

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet the minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

 

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Public Policy and Administration  
Home students: £26,232
Overseas students: £26,232

Quick Careers Facts for the School of Public Policy
Median salary of our PG students six months after graduating: £50,500

 

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Public administration and defence
• Financial service activities
• Management consultancy activities
• Education
• Extraterritorial organisations

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

 

Graduates of this programme follow careers in a broad variety of fields including education, public policy research, advice and consultancy as well as government and the media. They have gone on to occupy senior positions in a range of organisations including the Financial Times, the National Audit Office, Morgan Stanley, the World Bank, leading universities and research institutes worldwide as well as the national, regional and local civil services of many countries.