Intellectual honesty. A hunger for evidence. Familiarity with a wide range of analytic methods. An urge to extract answers from the clutter of real-world public problems.
Those are just some of the characteristics of someone who pursues the Master in Public Policy (MPP). It’s a rigorous two-year program that prepares you to understand complex problems and craft concrete solutions. Through courses, exercises and fieldwork, you master concepts and skills that draw on the social sciences but are adapted for action.
At the heart of the program is a core curriculum that lets you learn across a range of areas. Classes are taught using a combination of traditional lectures and the case method, which was pioneered at Harvard. You will work with world-renowned faculty members in a collaborative environment.
Best of all, your classmates will be as diverse and interesting as the issues you investigate and the problems you solve.
A defining feature of the MPP is its relevance: You can take what you learn here, apply it in the real world and deliver results.
The Master in Public Policy (MPP) curriculum is designed to broaden your perspective and sharpen specific skills to prepare you for a professional future in public service.
During your first year, you will take courses to develop core skills in:
Your first year culminates in Spring Policy Exercise, a multi-week simulation that has you integrate and apply the tools and concepts you learned from the first-year core. Then, during the summer after your first year, you will most likely take on a policy-oriented internship. The Policy Analysis Exercise, an applied thesis, caps the second-year curriculum.
One of the benefits of being in an academic environment is the chance to discover and investigate new interests. That's why we encourage you to explore different policy areas.
The first year of the MPP Program focuses on the cross-disciplinary fundamentals of policy analysis. By your second year, you will choose a Policy Area of Concentration (PAC)/Concentration from the following:
Each PAC/Concentration has a distinct list of fulfillment requirements ranging from 12 to 28 additional credits.
Harvard Kennedy School, United States
Intellectual honesty. A hunger for evidence. Familiarity with a wide range of analytic methods. An urge to extract answers from the clutter of real-world public problems.
Those are just some of the characteristics of someone who pursues the Master in Public Policy (MPP). It’s a rigorous two-year program that prepares you to understand complex problems and craft concrete solutions. Through courses, exercises and fieldwork, you master concepts and skills that draw on the social sciences but are adapted for action.
At the heart of the program is a core curriculum that lets you learn across a range of areas. Classes are taught using a combination of traditional lectures and the case method, which was pioneered at Harvard. You will work with world-renowned faculty members in a collaborative environment.
Best of all, your classmates will be as diverse and interesting as the issues you investigate and the problems you solve.
A defining feature of the MPP is its relevance: You can take what you learn here, apply it in the real world and deliver results.
The Master in Public Policy (MPP) curriculum is designed to broaden your perspective and sharpen specific skills to prepare you for a professional future in public service.
During your first year, you will take courses to develop core skills in:
Your first year culminates in Spring Policy Exercise, a multi-week simulation that has you integrate and apply the tools and concepts you learned from the first-year core. Then, during the summer after your first year, you will most likely take on a policy-oriented internship. The Policy Analysis Exercise, an applied thesis, caps the second-year curriculum.
One of the benefits of being in an academic environment is the chance to discover and investigate new interests. That's why we encourage you to explore different policy areas.
The first year of the MPP Program focuses on the cross-disciplinary fundamentals of policy analysis. By your second year, you will choose a Policy Area of Concentration (PAC)/Concentration from the following:
Each PAC/Concentration has a distinct list of fulfillment requirements ranging from 12 to 28 additional credits.
Harvard Kennedy School, United States
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