Study programme

MA in Public Governance, Specialization: Good Governance and Civil Society

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Area of Studies

agricultural sciences

Degree

Master

Degree (in English)

Language(s)

English

Course Duration

2 years (4 semesters)

ECTS points

120

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rekrutacja.amu.edu.pl/en/studies-cataloge/public-governance,410

Department

Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology

Tuition and Other Fees

PLN 4 000,00 (the fee can be paid in 4 installments of PLN 1 000,00 each).

Application Deadline(s)

01/06/2025 - 31/08/2025

Course Description

Course Profile

The purpose of the public governance major is to provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need to find employment in state administration bodies and institutions involved in local social activities (NGOs), political (local government entities) and business (business institutions and enterprises) life.

Alongside general and professional competence in the field of governance, public institutions, administration, European law and human rights, the program also features supplementary courses to boost the attractiveness of studies, such as the module of soft and social skills, practical tasks accomplished within the framework of the FUTURE CHANGEMAKERS summer school, classes in English for Specific Purposes and modern teaching methods (teaching games, e-learning/b-learning). Students will also be involved in an interesting job placements program conducted by the Faculty of Political

Specialties

 Good Governence and Civil Society

Example of courses

 Comparative Politics

 Democracy and State Politics in Europe

 The Art of International Negotiation

 The EU as a Global Actor

 Democracy promotion

 Crisis Managment in Public Sector

 Smart City - local governance and social space

 Organization and Managment

Graduate competencies

 you will acquire useful knowledge necessary to work in public institutions.

 You will learn how to obtain and use EU funds.

 You will acquire soft and social skills.

Career prospects

Graduating with a degree in State Management you will be able to start working in:

 public institutions, ministries and central offices,

 provincial offices,

 local government units,

 associations, foundations, European institutions.

Education Requirements

Set of documents

• photo file which will be used when generating the personal questionnaire

• a scan of university diploma

• a document confirming knowledge of English at B2 level

Candidates with documents obtained abroad also provide:

• a scan of a foreign document, which is legalized or accompanied by an apostille, entitling the candidate to take up higher education studies in the country where the document was issued

• a scan of translation of the document into the language of the studies undertaken by the candidate, performed by a sworn translator entered into the list of sworn translators maintained by the Polish Minister of Justice, or certified by a Polish consul in the country where the document was issued

• a scan of the document recognizing the foreign certificate as equivalent to the Polish Matura certificate – in the case of candidates for first-cycle or long-cycle master's studies to whom this applies

• a scan of the document recognizing the foreign diploma as equivalent to the Polish diploma – in the case of candidates for second-cycle studies to whom this applies

• a scan of a document confirming the entitlement to study tuition-free – in the case of the foreigners concerned

Contact

Faculty of Political Science and Journalism

Associate Joanna Skrzypczyńska, PhD, email: joanna.skrzypczynska@amu.edu.pl

Address: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 5, Poznań

+48 61 829 65 10