Public Governance, Management and Policy (online master) Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB), Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Are you interested in learning about societal problems and governance responses in an online community? Discover our online master Public Governance, Management and Policy.

The study programme in a nutshell

This online master 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.

Career opportunities after graduation

We educate and train public administrators who can identify and analyse social and governance issues, advise on solutions, and organise the requisite processes in a professional, independent, and advanced way.

Entry requirements

Prior education

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. 

Please note that applicants with a Bachelor’s in Law or History, however, also need to demonstrate that they are familiar with social science methodology. 

* Comparable to the Dutch academic level according to the standards of the Dutch Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic). 

The eligibility of your Bachelor’s degree can only be determined after you have submitted an application and only after we have received all requested documents. Prior inquiries will be purely hypothetical.

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