Graduate Diploma in Public Administration: Fees & Entry Requirements at Dalhousie University, Canada

Graduate Diploma in Public Administration

Canada

What will I learn?

This program is ideal for someone with experience in the public sector who wishes to better understand the principles and concepts of the profession and learn some key specific skills.pThe public sector is made up of governments and their agencies from the international level to the local level. It includes other publicly funded bodies such as hospitals schools government corporations (CBC Canada Post Art Gallery of Nova Scotia etc.) and many not-for-profit organizations.nbspp

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Management

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
CAD$9,611.00 (5,82,873) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

January 2027

Venue

Studley Campus

6299 South Street,

Halifax,

Nova Scotia,

B3H 4R2, Atlantic Canada (East Coast), Canada

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
CAD$9,611.00 (5,82,873) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Studley Campus

6299 South Street,

Halifax,

Nova Scotia,

B3H 4R2, Atlantic Canada (East Coast), Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

ResumeStatement of Intent (interest). In a 23 page double-spaced essayTell us your career goals and how the MPA will help you achieve themTell us what strengths you would bring to the MPA Program and to the professionBriefly discuss what it means to be an ethical public servantExplain any gaps or deficiencies in your academic record or any other factors you wish to have taken into account. The online applicationTwo academic reference letters either through the electronic reference system in the online application or by paperIf using the e-reference system Dalhousie University will only accept university email addresses i.e. not Yahoo Gmail Hotmail business or government addresses. Please allow 5 business days for your referee(s) to be contacted by our system.If you are submitting a paper reference letter it must be in a sealed stamped envelope endorsed across the back seal by the referee and mailed to the address indicated on the form. If a referee is reluctant to follow this procedure please provide himher with a stamped envelope addressed to the department to which you are applying and have himher mail the letter directly. If the reference is given to the student directly do not open the envelope.One Official Transcript from each post-secondary institution

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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