What is MPa?

MPA is the acronym of MasterofPublicAdministration. MPA, as a professional degree, was first developed in the United States, and has a history of more than half a century. Now, it has become popular in European countries and other countries, and has developed into an inclusive professional master's degree that can include both Master of Public Policy (MPAff) and Master of Public Policy (MPP). Its position in foreign professional degree education can be equal to MBA education.

Although there are various modes, MPA education abroad generally focuses on recruiting employees from public institutions, with special emphasis on cultivating students' ability to solve practical public problems by using multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge and analytical methods. Therefore, their curriculum system, teaching methods, length of schooling, teacher construction and teacher establishment are generally carried out around the above educational objects and objectives. For example, in the curriculum system, pay attention to the infiltration of multi-disciplines and the application of economics and quantitative analysis methods; Attach importance to case teaching, seminar teaching, multimedia teaching and practice teaching in teaching methods; In terms of the length of schooling, it is usually about 1-2 years; In the construction of teaching staff, it emphasizes the multidisciplinary background, full-time and part-time, and the reasonable collocation of experts and officials. Although there are both college-style and specialized training institutions, as well as colleges, research institutes and research groups, the overall system is mainly university-style.