入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：A good Honours Degree (2:1 or above) and experience of working at a managerial level in a public sector organisation.
英语要求： IELTS Overall score 6.5. No less than 6.0 in any section
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,400
课程特征 Course Features：
The Master of Public Administration at Exeter is designed to help you meet the challenge of shaping and delivering effective public services in a climate of continuous change. The Exeter MPA takes an international perspective to equip you with the skills and understanding you need to operate effectively in an increasingly global environment.
You will have the opportunity to benefit from the latest ideas on public policy, administration, regulation and leadership while learning alongside practitioners working in a variety of roles and organisations from the UK and overseas.
The MPA is relevant whether you are working in local, regional, or central government, or for a charity or public-private partnership. It addresses some of the key issues facing the public sector such as effective leadership, anticipating and responding to change, performance management, governance and ethical practice and sustainability,
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory modules
•Management and Governance: comparing Public Administration around the World
• Policy and Politics: the Theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services
• Public Sector Finance for Managers
• Dissertation or one or two work-based research projects
Directed modules
Five modules from a selected portfolio. Example modules include:
• The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development
• Global Governance and Administration
• The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects
• Policy Analysis and Evaluation
• Regulation and Reform: Analysis and Policy
• Risk, Responsibility and Regulation: Whose Policy is it Anyway?
职业展望 Career Prospects：
Our postgraduates have been highly successful in obtaining interesting graduate roles or progressing to PhD study.
You will develop a number of skills that are valued in professional and managerial careers: the ability to research and analyse information from a variety of sources along with written and verbal skills needed to present and discuss your opinions. The understanding you will gain of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments, can also be relevant to both business and public sector appointments.