MPA Public Administration (Distance Learning), MPA, University of Portsmouth

the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
MPA	Distance	1 - 2 year	September	GBP 0 per year	GBP 0 per year

About MPA Public Administration (Distance Learning), MPA - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Are you a professional looking to step up into public sector leadership and management? A Master's degree in Public Administration can give you the knowledge, skills and experience you need to advance your career and take on ambitious roles in areas such as national policymaking and ministerial advice.

You can study this MPA Public Administration degree course full-time or part-time alongside work via distance learning, so you can fit your studies around your work schedule and apply your learning to your role in real time.

You'll cover public policy, service delivery and administration from an inter-cultural, inter-professional and inter-organisational perspective. You'll unpack specialist subjects, such as procurement, project management and corporate governance. You'll also learn transferable skills that will be valuable throughout your career.

We'll provide public sector expertise, support and work-based strategies so you can become an expert in your field and take your skills and knowledge straight into your job. Once you graduate, you'll be able to explore new opportunities in public administration leadership and management, or to seek promotion in your current line of work.

Course highlights

Gain the specialist public sector knowledge and skills you need to advance in your career, including public policy, strategic management, leading change and new ways of working
Compare policy processes and outputs within specific fields, including health, education, welfare, economic development, defence, policing and intelligence
Complete a live strategic plan based on your own workplace that you can put into action in your existing or next role
Learn from academics with frontline public sector experience and hear from industry expert guest lecturers, including Members of Parliament and local authority experts
Have the opportunity to do a work-based placement with a local authority or public sector institution, such as Hampshire County Council or Portsmouth City Council

Careers and opportunities

This Master's in Public Administration is designed to turn ambitious public sector workers into managers and leaders within their field of public administration.

You'll gain the specialist skills, expertise and insight to pursue higher level public sector roles, as well as lifelong transferable skills that you'll be able to apply to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, throughout your career.

When you graduate, you'll be ready to seek new roles in public sector leadership and management, or to aim for promotion in your current public sector career. You'll be able to work with self-direction and originality, and contribute to public administration in local, regional or central government, or in an organisation working in partnership with the Government.

Graduates of this course have gone on to work in areas such as:

ministerial advice
central government policy units
government partner organisations
charitable foundations

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for organisations such as the:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD)
European Union (EU)
Local Government Association (LGA)

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding

Entry requirements

A minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications. Preferably, applicants will have experience of working in a managerial role in a public sector organisation. Applicants may be invited to attend an interview.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

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