The Executive Master of Public Management (EMPM) programme is aimed at experienced professionals from the private, the public and the non-profit sector. The EMPM provides the qualifications needed for the modernization of public administration and for better cooperation between government, business and civil society. Professionals acquire additional qualifications in management, make contacts with participants from other sectors and profit from the experience of an international team of teachers from academia, the public sector and the business world.

Participants in the EMPM programme choose an individual area of concentration and can either study full-time over a period of one year or complete the programme over a period of two years if they wish to study part-time while working. More information on the EMPM curriculum...

Prospective students must have at least two years' professional work experience. Most participants hold a degree in economics, law or political sciences, but also biologists, physicists or anthropologists are amongst the EMPM students.

The EMPM is a fully accredited programme (ACQUIN) and a joint degree of the Hertie School of Governance and the University of Potsdam. It is implemented under the administrative lead of the Hertie School, with all courses taking place at the Friedrichstraße campus in the heart of Berlin.

The application process for the academic year 2010/11 is closed! Applications for the EMPM Class of 2011, starting in September 2011, are possible from October 2010. Please check back for more information.

Aside from the EMPM-Master Programme, selected seminars of the EMPM are also open to experienced professionals who wish to deepen and extend their public management competence. By attending a series of four seminars, participants can also obtain a certificate, thus allowing a real specialisation.
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54 participants are currently enrolled in the EMPM programme. The great majority of students participates in the two-year programme, which allows them to study while working.

Our participants are experienced professionals from regional, national or international administrations, as well as from the private, or the nonprofit sector. Just as varied is the participants' academic background, ranging from political and social sciences, law and economics to natural sciences and other disciplines.

Some participants travel to the courses from places as far as Brussels, London, Moscow or Warsaw, to name only a few.

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