Ulster University

Public Administration MPA

Ulster UniversityBelfast, United Kingdom

Course overview

Further your career in public sector management, guided by leading academics and practitioners.

Key highlights

  • Designed for career development in public sector management
  • Taught by leading academics and practitioners
  • Part-time format lets you study while working

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2nd class — to include any discipline; or above

Scholarships

  • Creative Industries and Communication Scholarship

    £2,200 scholarship applied as discount to your tuition fee. In addition to the £2,000 international postgraduate scholarship.

    Up to £2,200
  • GREAT Scholarship

    We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year Masters programmes (excluding eLearning) to students from from a range of countries, who will enrol into UK higher education institutions in the 2026-27 academic year.

    Up to £10,000
  • International Postgraduate Scholarship

    £2,000 scholarship applied as a discount to your tuition fee.

    Up to £2,000
  • Law and Criminology Scholarship

    £2,200 scholarship applied as discount to your tuition fee. In addition to the £2,000 international postgraduate scholarship.

    Up to £2,200
  • Study Abroad Scholarship

    10% international tuition fee discount.

    Up to 10% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Public sector manager
  • Civil service manager
  • Policy officer
  • Public administrator
  • Local government manager

Cost of study

UK/Home: £7,240 | International: £22,680

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Ulster University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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