Overview

The Public Governance, Management and Policy degree offered at Erasmus University Rotterdam is the best choice for students who are interested in learning about societal problems and governance responses in an online community.

The participating students’ national and regional contexts in this master will be utilised for educational purposes. For example, by conducting comparative case studies and/or giving policy advice in different cultural and institutional contexts.

What you will learn

This online master programme will consist of five substantive courses. The 5 courses follow one another with an overlapping structure.

In addition, the programme has a continuous Academic and Professional Skills course. The academic year is concluded with a thesis.

Careers and opportunities

Students will fulfil an advising or managing role within public sector organisations, or in organisations that are involved in addressing societal and governance challenges.

Furthermore, students will be able to work in a swiftly changing context and will develop having an eye for public issues and contemporary political developments.

They will be focusing on the legitimacy of the governance, on the public interest and the democracy, and will be able to work in different fields and organisations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Management

Public Policy

Organisational transitions

Governance

Knowledge Impact and Ethics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

75

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Disciplines

Environmental Economics & Policy Public Policy Political Science

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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75

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You are eligible for admission to the programme if you have obtained a relevant Bachelor’s or undergraduate degree* from a research university in the following fields of studies:

Public Administration;

Political Science;

European Studies;

International Relations.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s in Economics, Business Administration, Sociology or other social sciences, as well as Law or History, may also be eligible to apply if they have an international orientation and affinity with the public sector, e.g., by having had courses in the bachelor curriculum related to public sector, international relations and/or European governance. Applicants who do not have sufficient knowledge of the mentioned topics might need to do a pre-module before entering the programme.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

21000 EUR / year

≈ 21000 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2694 EUR / year

≈ 2694 EUR / year

Additional Details

€2.694 (Statutory fee: Dutch / EEA students)

€14.800 (Institutional fee: Dutch / EEA students)

€21.000 (Institutional fee: non-EEA students)

Funding

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Programme Structure

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Duration

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What students do after studying

Academic requirements

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Additional Details

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