The Master of Public Administration

The Purpose of the Public Administration Master Program Is:

To acquire student with multidisciplinary, in-depth, and systemic knowledge in the field of public administration, its constitutional fundamentals, legal instruments of implementation of public administration, management of public finances, organizational structure and management of public establishments, core values and principles of public administration, as well as ethical standards;

To acquire student with in-depth systemic knowledge of Georgia’s state structure, the designation of local municipalities functioning, national and regional importance of Georgia’s Euro integration process, as well as general principles of functioning of the European Union as an organization, formulate practical skills of working with legal acts of EU, through which they will support the Euro integration process of the country;

To grow up the professional and honest public administrators and officials-Clarks, with high ethical values and standards, who will be able to support effective work of public administration system, with participation in its sustainable development;

To acquire students with the skill of in-depth analyses on public administration and academic writing utilizing social research technics to plan elaboration and fulfilment of academic research.

Graduate From Public Administration Master Program Will :

Deeply analyzes functions of public administration in the democratic and social-legal state, constitutional backgrounds of public administration and legal instruments of its implementation, the process and rule of decision making in the field of public administration, types of administrative litigation, principles and primary forms of public organ’s activity, mechanisms of managing public finances, most recent models of governing and organizational structure of public establishment, critically analyses complex problems existing in the fields of public administration and Official’s Law;

Wears systemic information on central aspects of Georgia’s state construction, on the constitutional status of Georgia’s state organs as well as rights and duties, on the structure of local municipality, its function, and interrelation with the central government, issues connected with Euro integration, on main aspects of the collaboration of Georgia-EU and so essential problems;

In complexity estimates problematic issues of public administration and defines optimal ways of their solution, frustrates unethical actions in public service, identifies persons conducting unethical action, and protects interests of public service to keep ethical environment;

Analyses process of cooperation between EU and Georgia and results thereof correctly defines the designation of a country’s integration in European and Euro-Atlantic structures for warranting better public administration service;

Determines various administrative acts, plans and participates in solution of the separate issue in the field of public administration in litigation defined under the legislation, discusses issues of academic and professional society and public administration, presents his/her grounded decisions and arguments, as well as, independently plans and implements research employing academic writing technics in the field of public administration.

Utilizes acquired from everyday processes knowledge and independently makes essential decisions in public service, by way of protecting values and principles, as well as general rules of ethics in public service;

Makes important input using their own professional knowledge in forming the modern system of public administration and its further development.

The Master of Public Governance has the opportunity to work on any high, middle, or low position in any State Authority – Ministry, LEPL, Governmental Organization, any Local Self-Government authority scientifical-research organization, NGOs which work on issues of Public Governance research and development.