MPA and MPP, masters of public administration, are applied rather than academic postgraduate degrees, and they are vocational postgraduate education programs. In the west, especially in the United States, the academic system of graduate students is short, generally within two years (two years, one and a half years, one year, or even six to eight months). The types of MPA and MPP are full-time, mid-career or part-time, and joint degrees in public administration and other majors (such as law and business management). The length of schooling is related to these types. MPA and MPP programs for full-time masters of public administration are generally one and a half to two years.

MPP of Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, MPP of Columbia University and MPP of Institute of Public Policy of University of Michigan last for two years. The duration of MPA in Maxwell College of Syracuse University is one to one and a half years. On-the-job training MPA program has a short academic system, often within one year. As long as the required credits are completed, on-the-job training will also award MPA degrees. The on-the-job postgraduate training mode of MPA project is generally a combination of on-campus curriculum study and off-campus investigation practice. Course study accounts for most of the time, about 2/3 of the time, and problem discussion and practice account for 1/3 of the time.

MPA and MPP degrees require you to complete the prescribed courses, participate in the prescribed activities (such as seminars and internships), and complete the prescribed credits to graduate and get the degree (a few universities require to write graduation thesis, but most universities do not require to write thesis, and some universities are also qualified for examination). Universities have different requirements for courses and academic achievements, and there is a big gap.

According to the situation in the early 1990s in the United States, the requirements for MPA degree in Wilson College of Princeton University are: students must complete four core courses, the independently approved 12 course, an approved summer internship and MPA qualification examination.

The requirement of MPP program of Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University is that its candidates must complete 65,438+08 credits (65,438+08 courses), including 65,438+00 compulsory credits.

The MPA degree of Maxwell College of Syracuse University requires 40 credits, which consists of 13 courses and a credit public affairs seminar. The credit distribution of this 13 course is: 25 credits for core courses, 9 credits for compulsory courses in professional direction and 6 credits for elective courses.

The MPA graduate degree of Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Augustine requires 53 credits to be completed during the two-year full-time study period, including 5 courses: 7 compulsory core courses (265,438+0 credits), 3-4 elective courses, two-semester policy research projects, summer internship, career report or graduation thesis.

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