GraduatePolitical Science & International Relations
Master of Public Policy
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Master of Public Policy at the University of Sydney gives students a critical, multidisciplinary perspective on public policy at the global, national and local level, amid growing public scrutiny, shrinking resources and new cross-border challenges. Core units cover the fundamentals of public policy and administration, with optional specialisations in economic policy, political economy or social policy, finishing with a capstone research project or supervised dissertation.
Certain units can be completed intensively over four days rather than across a full semester. Graduates move into policy analyst, government adviser and strategic planning roles across administration, research and education.
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Admissions
Admission to candidature for the Master of Public Policy requires: a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sydney with a minimum credit (65%) average, calculated over the whole degree, or an equivalent qualification; or completion of the embedded Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Public Policy with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification. If you do not meet the requirements listed above for direct entry to the Master’s, you may be able to enter via the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma and upgrade to the Master’s after successful completion of the shorter course.
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