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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
Intended for aspiring leaders with real-world experience in economics, public policy, or management, the EMPA gathers a cohort hailing from various geographical and professional
horizons.
Each Executive Education programme participant has a distinct personal history and diverse professional objectives, creating a diversity of viewpoints, stimulating group discussions, and contributing to the collective intelligence in the cohort.
Objectives
At the end of the EMPA programme, participants will have acquired a deep understanding and applicable knowledge related to:
- Specific and consequential European issues, in particular the effect of EU policies on national public policies
- The prominent political dimensions of public action (politics and policy) and major contemporary democratic issues and challenges
- Public policy transformation and change management in organisations that deliver public services
- Effective crisis management and prepardeness
Among other practical skills, graduates will be able to:
- Adequately and efficiently address the challenges of modern governance
- Shape policy decision-making within an organisation or business
- Manage and steer organisational changes
- Devise and design public policies
- Understand and cope with the complexities of governance
- Master budget management
- 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
Participants choose from one of the following custom tracks, allowing them to gain experience in a particular area of expertise :
- Crisis management and prepardeness
- Geopolitics and security
- Politics and policy in emerging countries
Teaching Staff
Henri Bergeron
Pierre Moscovici
Honorary President
Henri Bergeron
Pierre Moscovici
Honorary President
Practical Information
- 272 hours over 12 months, plus 16 hours of collective tutoring
- The Sciences Po degree is an institution-specific diploma equivalent to 5 years of higher education
- Upon completion of an Executive Masters at Sciences Po, you become part of the extensive Sciences Po alumni community, with lifetime membership to the Sciences Po Alumni Association included in your tuition
- 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
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