MSc in Public Policy at Dublin City University

Why Do This Programme?

•  Join the growing number of professional policy specialists working directly for state, national and international organisations; or serve as a policy specialist in a private sector with an increasing need to be informed in public policy.
• Become a policymaker or an informed actor in the policymaking system by developing skills and knowledge in quantitative methods, policy design and implementation, research design, communications skills, law, and policy analysis.
• Increase your expertise in specific policy areas.
• Gain real-world experience of policymaking in a variety of fields through the internship component.
• Build relationships and contacts with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, a range of specialists and policymakers that will give you a head start as you build your career.

Careers

The MSc in Public Policy’s range of modules equips participants with a range of social science skills, such as quantitative analysis, research design, economics and communications methods to develop, analyse, evaluate and communicate public policies. These have been carefully chosen, in consultation with key stakeholders such as senior civil servants and ministers, so that graduates of the programme are in position to become leaders in policymaking.

The programme is capped with an innovative internship on which the dissertation will be based. The internship gives participants the chance to work as a consultant and as part of a team that provides advice to a number of public organisations.

Potential Careers

Policy Advisor

Policy Maker

Public Servant

Communications Consultant