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Programme
Overview
| Length of the full time programme (summer included) | 12 months |
| Main language | English |
Number of credits
(ECTS, credit hours etc...) | 33 ECTS |
| Tuiton fees for the whole programme | n/a Euros |
| Website of the programme | http://www.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=16009 |
| Email | gyorgy.jenei@bkae.hu |
| Mission statement | EMPA-Budapest is a one-year Master's Degree program provided by the Center for Public Affairs Studies (CPAS) of the Faculty of Economics at the Corvinus University of Budapest. The EMPA program is offered by a network of seven different universities. Students may spend the second semester in one of the partner universities. It means that graduating students get an MA in Public Administration from Corvinus University and a Certificate jointly signed by these EMPA partners. |
| Main target group(s) | This program is designed exclusively for the students arriving from the universities of the EMPA network. However, exchange students are allowed to take courses offered within the EMPA program. |
| Main objectives | The public sector young practitioners who can cross cultural boundaries and manage effectively in multicultural situations in Europe. Accordingly, many public agencies have sought to employ graduates who demonstrate the managerial, cultural and linguistic skills necessary for national and international careers. The EMPA was created as a joint response to this demand. The primary objective of the current program is to stimulate the development of European Masters in Public Administration by internationalizing the existing postgraduate degree programs of the participating institutions. For this purpose, the institutions have developed a common framework for scheduling and organizing a one-year study program on the basis of mutually agreed course requirements, curriculum elements, cross-national and common examination standards and well structured and closely supervised student exchanges. |
| Additional information about this programme | Besides CPAS the following institutions are involved: * Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) * Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer (Germany) * Sciences Po Paris (France) * University of Tartu (Estonia) * University of Liverpool (the United Kingdom) * University of Vaasa (Finland) * University of Leiden (the Netherlands) * Erasmus University, Rotterdam (the Netherlands). |
Admission criteria
| Specific diplomas | This program accepts applications only from students already in possession of their first diploma who are attracted towards the public sector and public administration. The advanced character of the EMPA program presupposes a basic knowledge as well as an understanding of European public administration, of public economics and finance, and of international organization and politics. This means that the program is directed in the first place towards graduated students of Business, Economics and Political and Social Sciences or to students holding an equivalent degree. |
| Specific professional experience | Not required |
| Minimum IELTS score | |
| Minimum TOEFL score | 550 (pare-based version) |
| Additional information |
| The courses at Corvinus University are taught in English. The second part (second semester) of the program may be taken either at one of the other institutions in the network, or at the Corvinus University. The language of instruction is generally English, but it is German in Speyer and French in Paris. |
| French or German (if the student wishes to spend his second semester at Scinces Po or Speyer. Non-native German students wishing to spend a semester in Speyer are requested to obtain the 'Deutsch als Fremdsprache Zertifikat' (ZDF) from the Goethe Institute. |
| Minimum score | Non-European students can also be subjected to a GRE-test. |
| Is there an admission exam or admission interview ? | yes |
| Characteristics |
| The Admissions Board may call any applicant for a personal interview |
Partnerships
| Joint degree programmes with : | Sciences Po Paris |
 | Catholic University of Leuven - Public Management Institute |
| German University of Administrative Science - Speyer |
| University of Vaasa - Faculty of Public Administration |
| Erasmus University |
| University of Leiden - Department of Public Administration |
| SDA Bocconi School of Management |
| University of Geneva |
| Tallin Institute of Technology |
| University of Liverpool |
Curriculum
| Core courses |
| Fields covered | Economics, Management / Marketing, Methodology, Political sciences |
| Subfields of Economics | Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Public finance |
| Subfields of Management / Marketing | Evaluation
New public management
Public management |
| Subfields of Methodology | Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Research design
Statistics |
| Subfields of Political sciences | Comparative public administration
Comparative public policy
Public policy |
| Number of credits | 18 |
| Elective courses | |
| Fields covered | Economics, Law, Management / Marketing, Political sciences, Other |
| Subfields of Economics | Development and growth economics
International economics
Other |
| Economics of globalization from the perspectives of CEE |
| Subfields of Law | European Union law |
| Subfields of Management / Marketing | New public management
Public communication
Other |
| Crisis management
Alternative Public Service Delivery
European Regional Policy |
| Subfields of Political sciences | Comparative public administration
Comparative public policy
International affairs
International institutions
International relations
Multi-level governance
Public administration
Public governance
Public policy |
| Other | International Development Administration
Integration and Transformation in Central Europe
European Regional Policy
The Globalization of World Politics
Local Government Regulation and Finance |
| Maximum number of credits delivered | 12 |
| Is there a thesis required during this programme's curriculum ? | yes |
| Number of credits | 3 |
| Characteristics of this thesis (field, length, type of evaluation…) | The program includes the execution of a directed research program on a comparative public administration topic, which should result in a dissertation of not more than forty pages and at the level of a journal article. The project might include field research/internship in another country. The dissertation should preferably be written in English.
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Last update : 02/02/2009 08:49:23 AM
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