PG Certificate Program

Program Description

EXECUTIVE MASTER of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION [Executive MPA]

Department of Public Administration

UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA

University of Dhaka

The University of Dhaka is the oldest and the leading public university in Bangladesh in terms of academic excellence, research activities, quality education, number of students and above all, the best available faculties in the country. The University has a unique feature of having distinguished faculties whose scholarly works have enriched the global pool of knowledge by making notable contributions in the fields of teaching and research. The core mission of the University is to generate new knowledge and its wider dissemination to the society as a whole. As an institution of academic excellence, the University has been shouldering the responsibility of fostering the transformation processes of the students and the country as a whole keeping up with the demands of the evolving society.

EXECUTIVE MASTER of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION [Executive MPA] PROGRAMME

The Department of Public Administration, one of the leading Departments of the University offers the Executive Master of Public Administration (Executive MPA) programme with an explicit focus on governance. The core mission of the department is to inspire and promote higher education and research in governance, administration and public policy that constantly stimulates critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and innovation adaptive to the ever-changing society. The Executive MPA programme is designed to provide a holistic and in-depth understanding of the modern concepts of and approaches to governance and public administration with a unique blending of public, private and non-government sector focus. The programme offers a wide range of courses along this line to help students pursue their future career in accordance with their chosen areas of interests.

1. Objectives of the Executive MPA Programme

• To provide specialised knowledge in core areas of the modern theories and practices of governance and public administration.
• To enable students to relate between the theories and practices and thus developing their capacity to analyse the critical issues and problems in governance and public administration which will eventually equip them with competencies for effectively leading and managing organizations.
• To maintain an applied and professionally oriented curriculum and prepare students in a way that they can work flexibly across the public, private and non-government sectors.
• To build an effective academic nexus and network between the academics and the practitioners/managers working in the public, private and non-government sectors by disseminating the most recent theoretical and practical knowledge in governance and thus adding special value to enhance the existing skills of the students.

2. Structure of the Executive MPA Programme

The Executive MPA will be a 40-credit-hour programme including a Term paper. There shall be 10 courses in total each containing 4 credits.

3. Curriculum of the Executive MPA Programme

The Executive MPA programme offers the following courses:

1^st Semester

EMPA 611: Introduction to Public Administration and Governance

EMPA 612: Human Resource Management

EMPA 613: Local Government and Local Development in Bangladesh

EMPA 614: Performance Management: Theory and Practice

EMPA 615: Public Financial and Project Management: Theory and Practice

2^nd Semester

EMPA 621: Social Research Methodology

EMPA 622: Managing Change and Innovations in Public Sector

EMPA 623: Public Policy Analysis

EMPA 624: Climate Change and Disaster Management

EMPA 625: Entrepreneurship and Business Development

4. Completion of the Programme

The duration of the programme will be one year (12 months) consisting of three semesters. The Degree has to be completed within maximum 5 years.

5. Class Timing

weekends

6. Admission Requirements

Admission will be opened to the candidates, either Bangladeshi or foreign nationals, who have at least a Bachelor degree in any discipline with second division or CGPA 2.5. Professionals from public and private sectors will also be encouraged to apply for admission. Foreign students will be required to take permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. Preference will be given to those who are already in service and they have to apply through proper channel.

7. Admission Application Form

Following advertisement, the candidates/students seeking admission into Executive MPA program will procure application form from the department or from the website of the department and submit the filled in form within the specified period.

8. Admission Test

The application form shall be scrutinized following admission criteria and the department will conduct admission test comprising both written and oral examinations. The qualifying marks for admission will be 40 out of 100. Students will be selected on the basis of their performance in the written admission test (60 marks), oral test (25 marks) and previous results (15 marks).

9. Fee Structure

Contact Person and Address

Mr. Abdullah Al Maruf (Arif)

Technical Supervisor

Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)

Department of Public Administration

University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Phone: 880-2-9661900-ext (6661/6662)

Fax: 880-2-8615583

Cell: 8801711985186, 8801400985186

Email: aamaruf@office.du.ac.bd

Website: www.dupublicad.com, www.du.ac.bd/body/PUB