Master of Public Administration MPA

at University of Nottingham

Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120 credits of core and optional modules.
 

You will choose 20 credits of optional modules, subject to approval.
 

Dissertation
 

You will complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer, and an appropriate dissertation supervisor will oversee your progress.
 

Previous topics have included:

• Managing people in the public sector: recruitment and staff training
• Impact of privatisation in the NHS on quality of care
• Public procurement and corruption in Philippines
• Central and local government interaction in budgetary process in Kazakhstan
• Electoral systems/democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan
• China's monitoring system to deal with corruption of civil servants
   

Modules

Course structure

Core modules

• Leadership, Strategy and Performance in the Public Sector
• Managing People in the Public Sector
• Policy Analysis: Concepts and Theories
• Public Management and Governance
• Public Sector Financial Management
• Research Methods and Research Management
• Dissertation in Public Administration (MPA only)
   

International and EU equivalents

We accept a wide range of qualifications from all over the world.

IELTS

6.5 (no less than 6.0 in each element)
 

Alternative qualifications

We recognise that applicants have a variety of experiences and follow different pathways to postgraduate study.
 

We treat all applicants with alternative qualifications on an individual basis. We may also consider relevant work experience.

International Tuition Fees
£26,500

Recent graduates have pursued careers in the public and voluntary sectors as managers and policy analysts. The MPA is rapidly becoming a standard global qualification for public servants.
 

Some of our postgraduates from the school have gone on to work for organisations such as:

• Stonewall
• Youth Movement for Reform Judaism and Zionism
• Nottingham Labour Party
• Ministry of Justice
• Mitsubishi
• Sky
• Taylor Wessing