MPA is the abbreviation of master's degree in public administration, and it is a postgraduate education project based on public administration and other related disciplines. Its purpose is to train advanced applied professionals for government departments and non-governmental public institutions.
Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Law (JM) are called the three pillars of higher vocational postgraduate education in liberal arts in developed countries.
MPA education has become the main way to train senior civil servants in these countries. According to the requirements of modernization, scientificalness and specialization of social management under the new situation, in order to establish a public management system with efficient operation and standardized behavior to meet the needs of socialist market economy, improve the training system of national public affairs and administrative management cadres, and build a high-quality and professional contingent of national public affairs and administrative management cadres, China has actively carried out MPA education, and since 2008, it has officially opened MPA degree education in 24 key universities across the country. The gradual development of MPA education in China will certainly have a great influence and positive promotion on China's higher administrative education and civil servant education and training.