The MPA curriculum is flexible. You’ll create your own 64-credit study plan that reflects your academic interests and professional aspirations.
As an MPA student, you’ll take eight credits in a Policy Area of Concentration as well as four credits in each of these key areas:
You’ll select your remaining credits to support your unique intellectual and professional objectives. You can take classes across academic disciplines at HKS and cross-register into courses at other Harvard graduate schools as well as at MIT Sloan School of Management and The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
The MPA Program consists of four semesters of full-time coursework in residence at HKS.
To graduate, you must:
You might consider pursuing a second degree concurrently if you’re interested in how the world’s public challenges can be addressed at the intersection of business, law, medicine, design, or other fields.
Pursuing a concurrent degree reduces coursework and residency requirements and makes it possible to earn two degrees in a shorter amount of time.
Concurrent degree students complete 48 credits at HKS, including four credits in each of the key areas:
Concurrent degree students are not required to fulfill the Policy Area of Concentration requirement.
HKS faculty members are among the most influential leaders and thinkers in their fields. They have contributed vital research and scholarship to their fields. Served in U.S. administrations. Founded learning labs to assist local communities. Led negotiations to reduce nuclear stockpiles. Reported on human rights abuses. Led efforts to address climate change. Advised governments and companies on gender equality.
They are doers as well as thinkers, shaping public policy and devising entrepreneurial approaches to public problems at the local, national, and international levels.
There are specific academic and professional prerequisites required to apply to the MPA Program. You must have:
Courses cannot have counted towards your undergraduate degree. Qualifying graduate-level courses may include: economics, financial management, international business, international development, management, mathematics, physical science involving math (chemistry or physics, for example), politics and advocacy, or quantitative analysis and statistics. See a list of courses that have satisfied the MPA Program prerequisites in the past below.
If you already have a graduate degree, those that typically satisfy the MPA prerequisites include a Master of Business Administration, Master of International Business, Master of International Development, Master of International Economics, or Master of Science in Engineering.
A complete application to the MPA Program includes the following:
There is one admission application deadline and one start date for each degree program per year. You may apply to only one master's degree program per admissions cycle.
| QS 综合 | 院校 | 学制 | 学费 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 第 10 位 | 新加坡国立大学National University of Singapore | 1年 | 52947新币/年 |
| 第 11 位 | 香港大学The University of Hong Kong | 1年 | 298000港币/年 |
| 第 15 位 | 宾夕法尼亚大学University of Pennsylvania | 1年 | 60025美元 |
| 第 16 位 | 康奈尔大学Cornell University | 2年 | 62966 |
| 第 29 位 | 澳大利亚国立大学Australian National University | 1.5年 | 56120澳元/年 |
| 第 33 位 | 香港科技大学The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 1年 | 190000港币/年 |
| 第 43 位 | 哥伦比亚大学Columbia University | 21个月 | 65242美元 |
| 第 56 位 | 马来亚大学Universiti Malaya | 1年 | 37400马币/年 |