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Executive master of Public Administration
The academic staff of the EMPA have designed the programme around an interdisciplinary approach combining theory, practical case studies, problem-solving, field trips and analysis of real-world scenarios. Courses are enriched by the insights and experiences of a prestigious network of high-profile professionals, academics, leaders of the public sphere and world-renowned experts.
Overview
Intended Participants
Sciences Po’s EMPA is designed for mid-career managers, decision-makers and leaders in the public sector, business, international and civil society organisations, who are seeking a formal graduate qualification in public administration and policy-making
- Do you have a strong interest in public affairs and a desire to accelerate your career towards new management positions?
- Do you have previous experience of responsibility and leadership and want to develop new tools for understanding public action, in order to increase your impact?
- Is your ambition to work towards surmounting new challenges surrounding public action in an increasingly complex international environment?
- Do you have a minimum of seven years’ professional experience in executive positions relating to issues of public interest, in either the public or private sector or in international organisations?
Objectives
- Equip participants with a solid base of interdisciplinary skills in public policy, governance and management.
- Prepare the decision-makers of tomorrow to understand an increasingly complex economic, political and social environment.
- Train up-and-coming leaders in ethical, innovative and efficient decision-making.
- Support professionals in their career development by fostering their commitment to public action.
- Strengthen critical thinking skills, empathy and self-knowledge in order to assist programme participants on the path to leadership positions.
- Address the challenges of modern governance.
- Shape decision-making.
- Manage and steer changes in organisations.
- Devise and design policies.
- Understand and cope with the complexities of governance.
- Drive budgets.
- Manage a public crisis and its communication.
Programme
The EMPA programme, held over the course of one year, consists of four course modules and one course specialisation. Environmental and digital topics are integrated in every course curriculum, and public policy workshops enable participants to apply new methods and approaches to the course content.
- Organisational behavior, change management and leadership
- Digital transformation and policy: Generative AI and the future of work, skills, and performance; data-driven management
- Environmental transformation and policy, including sustainable public management
- Methods of policy and organizational innovation: design thinking, agility, collective intelligence, biomimetics, etc.
- Negotiation and social dialogue
- Leadership, decision-making and communication: communication for change management, ethical issues, anti-corruption law and tools
- Policy analysis and policy making: actors, institutions, instruments and processes
- Transnational and European public policy and governance (including European regulation of Digital and the EU Green Deal)
- Lobbying and influence in Europe
- Comparative policy reforms (including NPM)
- Cities and Urban policies
- New politics and democracy (including digital democracy)
- Politics of risks (including issues related to trust in science and public authorities, controversies and digital cartography)
- Economic policy and regulation, including European policies
- Global market economics
- Data science and quantitative methods for public policy
- Fiscal governance and budgeting
- Accounting for public affairs
- Private/public partnerships: stakes, issues, and limits
- Politics of evaluation in democratic societies
- Quantitative methods and statistics (including cost/benefit analysis)
- Qualitative methods
- Mixed methods
- Experimental and behavioural approaches
- AI, LLM, and policy innovation
Teaching Staff
Henri Bergeron
Practical Information
- 272 hours over 12 months, plus 16 hours of collective tutoring
- Our courses can be adapted to accommodate various accessibility requirements. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss any necessary adjustments.
Pedagogical Approach
The EMPA’s curriculum follows a face-to-face teaching, to which online educational materials are added. Face-to-face modules run for up to five days and are spread out over the course of seven weeks. This allows you to continue working as you reflect gradually and strategically on your future career plans. A knowledge check is planned at the end of each module.
Admission Requirements
- At least a Bachelor's degree or the equivalent qualification
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience
- English language mastery (level C1/C2)
- Exemptions may be considered if the candidate does not meet the academic and/or professional experience requirements
Admissions Process
- Initial application review for programme suitability
- Interview invitations to suitable applicants
- Admissions decisions and notification
