Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This programme aims to train the next generation of professionals for the public service in the region. Graduates will possess the skills to delve into complex administration and policy issues and create organizational conditions that enable public and nonprofit organizations to achieve their public policy objectives. They will be well-equipped to assume a leadership role in public service or pursue an academic career upon graduation. It is designed to develop qualified researchers and teachers to undertake sophisticated research in public policy and public administration with an Asian-Pacific perspective. This programme combines the interdisciplinary strength within NTU. It explores the intersection of technology, culture, organizational dynamics, international affairs, political economy, political sociology, and public policy. Its curriculum is tailored to provide students with the skills and capacity to critically analyze and define the broader economic, institutional, social and political issues of public administration / public policy. Specifically, the curriculum of this multidisciplinary programme is designed to develop the following competencies for students to effectively deal with increasingly complex public policy/public management issues: substantial knowledge in the fundamental intellectual tradition, the core subject matter and methodologies as well as to an mastery of public policy and administration; solid foundation of multiple academic disciplines supporting advanced scholarship in public policy and public administration, including political science, economics, management, and sociology throughout the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the University community; considerable competency for leading academic careers as researchers and teachers; extensive capability to inform the practice of public policy and public administration by the dissemination of ideas of the field. The programme is designed to provide students a solid foundational knowledge in public policy and public administration as well as to equip candidates the essentials of research skills for original investigation and analyses on enduring questions of public policy and public administration. This concentration involves a substantive policy area, such as environment, urban development, education, public health, and science and technology. It trains the students in a wide range of methods used to analyse policy outcomes and effects to develop a theoretical grounding in a social science discipline combined with multi-disciplinary training in the economic and institutional frameworks within which policies are developed, implemented, administered, and evaluated.

Modul program

The compulsory courses are: Theories of Public Policy; Theories of Public Administration; Research Methodology; Graduate Communication; elective courses are: Policy Analysis; Public Policy Formulation and Implementation; Politics of Policy making; Comparative Policy; Seminars on Singapore Public Policies; Advance seminars on Policies.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Besides the requirements set by the University’s Admission and Matriculation Statute, admissions to the Ph.D. programme in Public Policy and Administration require a completed master’s degree in public policy, public administration, law, political science, international relations or related field. The admissions decisions are based on the strength of the candidates' academic record, English language competency, references, and a demonstrated capacity and motivation to pursue independent research in public policy and administration. Applicants who have graduated from an overseas university may be required to take GRE and submit their GRE scores for verbal, quantitative and analytical writing together with their application.

Kualifikasi

Doktor (S3)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Nanyang Technological University