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Overview
The School offers a wide variety of master’s programs, joint degree programs, graduate certificate programs, and one of the nation’s premier doctorate programs. The School’s location just outside of Washington, D.C. attracts a stellar faculty of scholar-practitioners who are experts in the theory and practice of public policy and management and influential participants in the nation’s policy-making process.
Key facts
- The Public Policy and Law program from University of Maryland attract outstanding students by providing them, not only an in-depth, rich curriculum, but extensive exposure to and interaction with the real-life world of policy-making, the federal government, the international diplomatic community, state and local governments, and a host of non-governmental and multinational organizations.
- It is one of the few policy schools to combine state, national and international policy study under one roof, and to take into account policy interests in all sectors of the economy, thus allowing both faculty and students to study the full range of issues in all courses and in all research.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Normative and Political Dimensions of Public Policy
- Management and Accountability
- Microeconomics
- Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
- Macroeconomics
- Budgeting and Finance
- Practicing Public Policy in the 21st Century
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 7
PTE Academic 68
TOEFL® IBT 96
Credits
30 SCH
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Legal Studies Public Policy View 746 other Masters in Public Policy in United StatesAcademic requirements
GRE® Required
English requirements
IELTS 7
PTE Academic 68
TOEFL® IBT 96
Other requirements
General requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students)
- Letters of Recommendation (3)
- Optional: Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)
- CV/Resume
- Supplementary Application
- JD application: Law School (JD) Requirements: applicants should check with the University of Maryland Law School. Applicants must apply to the M.P.P. and law programs separately and be accepted by both programs.
Tuition Fee
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International
25590 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1706 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
25590 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1706 USD per credit during 24 months. -
In-State
11520 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 768 USD per credit during 24 months.
Living costs for College Park
1676 - 2838 USD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Financing
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