Mag. rer. publ. Administrative Sciences (Verwaltungswissenschaftliches Aufbaustudium) at German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer

One-year postgraduate programme that adds administrative science knowledge to a completed university degree, qualifying graduates for leading roles in the higher service from municipal to supranational level and for leading roles in industry. Concludes with the degree Magister rerum publicarum and can prepare for doctoral study; it does not confer the qualification for the higher civil service.

Duration: 1 year (2 semesters)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught (English B2 required)  |  Intake: Winter semester (start 2 November; deadline 1 June) or summer semester (start 2 May; deadline 1 December)  |  Location: Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

Foundation area (14 ECTS, two modules including administrative law and administrative science or digitalisation or budget and finance, and data literacy), two elective specialisations of 14 ECTS each (State fundamentals; Public management; Europe and internationalisation; Selected policy fields), a compulsory administrative internship of at least four weeks (4 ECTS) and a master's thesis with oral defence (14 ECTS).

Career pathways

Qualifies for leading functions in the higher service of public institutions and in business and industry.

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