Graduate

Master’s programs

Master of Public Affairs

• 9-month MPA for professionals with at least five years of work experience in a policyrelated field. • Carefully designed, challenging coursework in public policy creation and analysis; public sector and nonprofit leadership; economics; policy writing; and the social, political, and ethical aspects of public policies and programs—all crafted to meet the needs and goals of experienced professionals. • Graduates are prepared for senior roles in a variety of governmental institutions and public agencies, in the nonprofit sector, and in the private sector.

Master of Public Policy

• 2-year MPP with required internship. • Provides an analytic toolkit that is highly transferable across a broad range of policy areas, sectors, places. • Interdisciplinary, applied nature; flexibility in electives. • Collaborative work environment at the Ford School, within the greater U-M, which offers a broad range of resources and networks. • Alumni working at USAID, World Bank, GAO, UN Refugee Agency, Human Rights First,

MPP CONTINUED

Direct Relief, EPA, Detroit Mayor’s Office, Federal Reserve Board, OMB, Deloitte, and more.

MPP/MPA applications due January 15 → fordschool.umich.edu/admissions/graduate

Doctoral programs

PhD in public policy and economics PhD in public policy and political science PhD in public policy and sociology

In our joint doctoral programs, candidates combine their public policy studies with disciplinary work at one of the U-M’s top-ranked social science departments. Alumni have gone on to receive prestigious postdocs and work at Cornell, Duke, Penn State, Minnesota, Mathematica, the Gates Foundation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the U.S. Department of State, and more.

PhD applications due December 15 → fordschool.umich.edu/admissions/phd