Public Administration

Based on the multi-disciplinary of Southwest Jiaotong University, it combines public administration with political science and law, combines education and training with practical operation, combines academic exploration with management practice, combines soft science and hard technology.

According to the advantages and experience of cultivating Masters of Public Administration and the actual needs of society, the main research fields are: administrative management, social security, educational economy and management, urban development and management, public engineering organization and management, aging cause and industrial management, finance and taxation, e-government, human resources in public sector, etc.

In order to achieve this goal of cultivation, this program adopts the following training methods: implementing flexible educational system and credit system, adopting flexible and diversified training methods; reforming teaching methods, adhering to the teaching principle of integrating theory with practice and paying attention to practical application, focusing on cultivating students’ ability to analyze and solve problems; and strengthening practical teaching such as case analysis, simulation training, class discussion and social investigation, engaging practical experts from public sector and experts in related academic fields to give lectures and set up specific topic presentations.

There may be an additional academic and living expences by this University.