Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday all day. The part-time MPA system of Northwest University is three years, and the longest one can't exceed five years. Class time is Friday afternoon and evening, and all day on Saturday. Northwest MPA Education Center was established in 2004. Under the guidance and supervision of the MPA Teaching Steering Committee of the school, a school-running system was formed, which was organized and implemented by the School of Public Administration, implemented by the MPA Education Center and participated by relevant departments. Mainly recruiting government department staff and non-government department managers. The curriculum is based on the principles of broad foundation, intensive content and practicality, and has five professional directions: local government management research, public policy research, social security research and public affairs (cultural undertaking management research and emergency management research).