Public Administration – (M.Sc.)

Contents

Programme internationalization:

• Studying abroad is optional.

This programme has a workload of 60 ECTS.

Specialities:

Policy and Governance:

Public Governance in modern Western societies has witnessed important changes. Whereas traditionally public governance was seen very much as a state monopoly, it is now increasingly an enterprise that involves three worlds of governance: viz. state, market and civil society. By consequence, the nature of public governance appears to have changed. This change implies the relevance of multi-agency working, public-private partnerships, civic engagement and policy networks in which actors from the three worlds of governance have to coordinate their activities. These changes that go hand in hand with broader political, economic and social changes. This master specialization is aimed at developing students with both the analytical and the problem solving skills necessary for a career in the world of public governance, and therefore has three general aims:to provide a thorough understanding of the institutional arrangements and the decision-making processes, to develop an understanding of policy-making processes and to provide an understanding of the organizational and management problems.

Regulation and Innovation:

Public safety is considered to be one of the major problems in Western societies today. The public attention devoted to problems of safety and security and the pressure they put on government and administration make it inevitable that these problems also receive special attention in academic programmes addressing governance. Problems of safety and security are of a very specific nature. The government agencies addressing these kinds of problems require substantial specialised knowledge, which fits into the general competencies of a Master's degree in Public Administration. The Public Safety Governance specialization pays special attention to subjects that offer insight and academic knowledge in the core of (governing) public safety.

Public Safety:

The Public Management specialization within the MSc Public Administration has the implementation of public policy as its main focus. It aims to provide the necessary competences for managing and supporting positions in public or private organizations involved in design, implementation or evaluation of public policy. The implementation of government policy nowadays not only involves civil servants in classical government, but also autonomous executive agencies, non-profit institutions, firms, interest groups, clients and citizens. This multi-actor, multi-level setting is also known as public governance. It requires a broad range of knowledge and skills from public managers and supporting staff. Some of those skills are not very different from those required of managers in the private sector â for instance in the area of human resources or IT â but other skills have to match the typical context of the public sector. This context includes, among others, guidance from political institutions and the need for non-financial indicators of performance.

Public Management:

Public Governance in modern Western societies has witnessed important changes. Whereas traditionally public governance was seen very much as a state monopoly, it is now increasingly an enterprise that involves three worlds of governance: viz. state, market and civil society. By consequence, the nature of public governance appears to have changed. This change implies the relevance of multi-agency working, public-private partnerships, civic engagement and policy networks in which actors from the three worlds of governance have to coordinate their activities. These changes that go hand in hand with broader political, economic and social changes. This master specialization is aimed at developing students with both the analytical and the problem solving skills necessary for a career in the world of public governance, and therefore has three general aims:to provide a thorough understanding of the institutional arrangements and the decision-making processes, to develop an understanding of policy-making processes and to provide an understanding of the organizational and management problems.

Courses:

Graduation assignment(25 ECTS):
Course type: graduation
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.

Internship(25 ECTS):
Course type: internship
This course is given in year 1
This course is optional to apply to.

Accreditation

Accredited by: nvao in: Netherlands

Accredited by: EAPAA in: Netherlands

Funding details

Scholarships / Grants:

University of Twente: