1. Department of Public Policy and Management
Faculty of Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB)

2. Hungary
Area:
93 th. km²
Population:
9.8 million

3. a) In Hungarian: MSc in Public Policy and Management b) In English:
University Degree Programs offered by the Department of Public Policy and Management, CUB
a) In Hungarian: MSc in Public Policy and Management
b) In English:
MSc in Public Policy and Management (PUMA)
accredited program by European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA)
Double-Degree Programs with Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj and University of Palermo (UNIPA)
In addition, European Master of Public Administration (EMPA) and other international exchange programs (e.g. Erasmus)
For more information, see:
We strongly encourage the participation of our students in international exchange programs (there is no need of postponement in your regular studies)

4. European Master's in Public Administration (EMPA)
This program is designed for students enrolling to the MSc in Public Policy and Management at Faculty of Economics or arriving from the universities of the EMPA network.
EMPA Partners:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium),
Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer (Germany),
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (France),
Institut d'Études Politiques Lyon (France)
Tallin University of Technology (Estonia),
University of Liverpool (the United Kingdom),
University of Vaasa (Finland),
Rijkuniversiteit Leiden (the Netherlands),
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (the Netherlands),
University of Geneva (Switzerland),
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
For more information:

5. Students and Teachers. Communication
a) Department website: Department of Public Policy and Management
b) Facebook: BCE Közgazdálkodás és közpolitika / CUB Public Policy and Management
c) If you have questions in academic/administrative cases, contact Iga Jeziorska, PUMA academic coordinator:
d) Contact Prof. György Hajnal (Head of the Department) personally: University Main Building, 2nd floor, Room E275, after having arranged a meeting time by
e) Contact Ms.Edit Waffenschmidt, Secretary: Main Building, 2nd floor, Room E275 (office hours and 13-15),
f) If you have problems with the NEPTUN system or managing your courses, contact your official academic coordinator, Ms.Erika Szalontai Main Building, Room E185/A (office hours: Mo: 13-16, We: 10-14, Fri: 9-12)
g) We organize public events and informal gatherings.

6. Proactive Students
Proactivity of students: ability to manage your professional interest and navigate appropriately in the PUMA formal and informal institutional context.
This proactivity implies for instance checking the specific research area of your teachers by a) Department Website:
b) Google Scholar:
In addition, we strongly encourage our students to express their research interest and their potential willingness to join research activities of the department. A useful opportunity could be the application to ”demonstrator” positions as well as the participation in international student programs.

7. Aims of the Curriculum:
MSc in Public Policy and Management (PUMA): Curriculum 2018/2019 and 2019/2020
Aims of the Curriculum:
Providing solid knowledge of future public policy experts, analysts, decision-makers and public managers who will be able to
Analyse and evaluate processes in the public sector appropriately;
Provide policy evidences for and assess impacts of government and public sector decisions;
Lead public sector organisations operating in a complex environment.

8. Main motives of our curriculum development:
Government: key role in managing societal problems (approx. half of the GDP);
Usefulness, serving public interests;
Solving complex problems.
Recruitment of our Students:
From all over the world;
With various sorts of social scientific background (economics, legal studies, public administration studies, political sciences);
Sometimes medical and natural science disciplinary background.
Future employment prospects:
Government institutions;
Think tanks, research institutes;
International organisations, international and national NGOs;
Private enterprises in regulated industries.

9. The content of the curriculum
4 general pillars (multidisciplinary perspective):
Economics, public economics;
Public policy;
Public administration;
Analytical and methodological tools.
Specialisation modules (max. 2):
Analytical tools for policy decisions;
Public management;
Policies for human development.

10. MSc In Public Policy and Management program structure

11. Thank you for your attention!