Georgetown University Public Policy Institute

The Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI)is a graduate program within the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The GPPI program of study consists of a 48-credit hour/16 course sequence leading to a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree. The MPP curriculum emphasizes the development of rigorous policy analysis skills, an understanding of the policymaking process, and the opportunity to apply these core skills to specific policy problems in areas such as education and social policy, family and children's issues, health care, homeland security, the environment, nonprofit policy and leadership, public-sector management and budgeting, international development policy, discrimination, electoral politics and political strategy, tax policy, urban issues, and crime.