The Institute of Public Administration

About

The Institute of Public Administration is one of the largest and oldest institutes of academic research and teaching in the field of public administration in the Netherlands. The Institute combines a solid international academic reputation with a central positioning among the international, national, regional and local governance institutions of The Hague.

Since January 2012 the Institute of Public Administration is part of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. The faculty currently consists of Leiden University College, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and several centres with whom the Institute is closely working together.

The research programme of the institute is concentrated at the analysis of politics and administration of institutional change. 

The Institute of Public Administration offers a Dutch bachelor’s programme with two tracks:

• Policy, Administration and Organisation (BBO)
• Digitalisation, Data and Governance (DDG) (from September 2023)
• Economics, Administration and Management (EBM)

The master’s programmes offered by the Institute of Public Administration are:

• The English taught Public Administration, consisting of the tracks:
  • Economics and Governance
  • International and European Governance
  • Public Management
• The Dutch taught Management van de Publieke Sector, consisting of the tracks:
  • Bestuur en Advisering
  • Politiek, Beleid en Management

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