Academic calendar

Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 2017 of the school‘s Master of Public Policy, Master of International Affairs and Doctoral Programme in Governance with a commencement speech by Michael Ignatieff (President and Rector of the Central European University, CEU) and remarks by Hertie School President Helmut K. Anheier, MPP and MIA Director Mark Hallerberg, and PhD Director Michaela Kreyenfeld.

All MIA and MPP graduating students will present their thesis projects in a poster exhibition. You are invited to our finissage on 19 May, 5:00 - 7:00 pm where prizes for the three best posters will be awarded by Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School).

Our annual reunion will focus, for the first time, on an overarching topic: How should the Hertie School community react to populism? A central element will be an idea paper which will be discussed on Friday, 28 April with Henrik Enderlein, Frank Mattern and Andrea Römmele.

This event is open to the Hertie School community.

With a keynote by Janina Kugel (Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG) on Working in the digital age: Shape, lead, and win! and remarks by Hertie School President Helmut K. Anheier and Hertie School Professor Mark Dawson as well as live music by Die Kleine Kapelle.

Lecture by David Halpern (Chief Executive and Board Director of the Behavioural Insights Team, BIT) on The rise of experimental government and behavioural science in policy. Welcome and moderation: Helmut K. Anheier (Hertie School).

A poster award committee consisting of Anne Fallois (Kienbaum Consultants International), Lars Wilke (EMPA Alumnus/Federal Ministry for Exonomic Cooperation and Development), and Henrik Enderlein (Hertie School) will award the best poster at the Master's thesis poster exhibition of this year's graduating class of the Executive Master of Public Administration. Welcome: Helmut K. Anheier (Hertie School).

Graduation ceremony of the class of 2016 of the school‘s Master of Public Policy and Doctoral Programme in Governance. With a commencement speech by Karen Donfried (President of The German Marshall Fund of the United States, GMF) on Our world under challenge: The liberal international order needs you! and remarks by Hertie School President Helmut K. Anheier, MPP Director Mark Hallerberg, PhD Director Anke Hassel, a speech by the elected student speaker Assiri Valdés Querol, as well as live music by Wireless Brass.

For the first time we had a joint reunion for EMPA and MPP alumni, as we thought that both alumni groups could benefit immensely from each other. There were time slots for only EMPA and only MPP alumni as well, but parts of the reunion were held together. We were proud to welcome back over 150 alumni at our first joint reunion in April.

Graduation ceremony of the Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) programme and welcome of the incoming EMPA students with a commencement speech by Alison Smale (New York Times Bureau Chief in Berlin) and remarks by Hertie School President Helmut K. Anheier, Academic Director of  Executive Education Andrea Römmele, a speech by the elected student speaker Matasha Mazis as well as live music by Louise Gold & The Quarz Orchestra.

Opening ceremony of the Academic Year 2015/16 and Master of International Affairs launch with a keynote by Katrin Suder (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence) on Leadership in an interconnected world and a discussion with Wolfgang Ischinger (Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice, Hertie School; Chairman, Munich Security Conference) and Jean Pisani-Ferry (Professor of Economics and Public Management, Hertie School; Commissioner-General for Policy Planning, French Prime Minister’s office). Moderation: Melinda Crane (Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV). Welcome: Helmut K. Anheier (President, Hertie School).

Lecture by Anthony Giddens (Professor, Member of the House of Lords) on Into the digital age - the world in the 21st century. Welcome and moderation: Helmut K. Anheier (President, Hertie School).

The MPP class of 2015 and first doctoral graduates celebrated their success on 5 June. With a commencement speech by Cobus de Swardt (Managing Director, Transparency International) on Journeys of social justice, remarks by Hertie School President Helmut K. Anheier, PhD Programme Director Anke Hassel, MPP Programme Director Mark Hallerberg, the elected student speakers Javier Guillot and Anna Hoffmann as well as live music by Wireless Brass.