A Master’s Programme in Public Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Master of Public Governance 2016-2017

The state of the state

Today’s problems are • cross-national (many

countries face the same problems)

• international (they go beyond borders)

• Influenced by a lot of stakeholders and not only owned by the old institutional forces

• Therefore only managed / solved by both public organizations, private parties and commitment from society

• Following new technologies (which can also be used to solve them)

Why this Master of Public Governance?

A comparative, cross-national and international perspective

A multi-disciplinary approach

A better fit with the strategic setting you’ll be working in

An interaction with society, private organizations and multiple stakeholders

An innovative approach to public administration

What’s Tilburg like

What’s Tilburg like

Best specialist University and quality education (in NL) Valuable network Leading educational staff Excellent connection with

potential employers

Understanding Society Develop your strong profile for the labour market

International community of 90 different countries

Green cosy campus with all high end facilities you need

The curriculum represents a three-disciplined angle and a practical approach towards the world you’re going to work in

SECOND SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTER

Governance & Economics (6)

Good Governance (6)Governance & Law (6)

Governance & Politics (6)

Governance Clinic (6) Master Thesis (12)Governance Clinic

Public Strategy (6)

Public Entrepreneurship (6)

Tutorial (6)

Internship (6)

International focus

• Problems are cross-national (many countries face the same problems)• Problems are international (the problems cross borders)

This means

• We should compare different approaches from different countries (hence the comparative character)

• We should learn how to work with different organizations from different countries

What an ´International Master´ means

Admission

• A Bachelor in Public Administration, Political Science, Public Management, Liberal arts & Sciences, Policy Studies

• A Bachelor with basic knowledge of policy, politics and governance

• A Bachelor of any other kind which you would like us to consider

… come from another university and you have:

• A Bachelor of Public Administration• A Pre-master of Public Administration• A Bachelor of Economics• A Bachelor of Global Law• A Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Sciences• A Bachelor of any other kind which you

would like us to consider

… come from Tilburg University and you have:

You can enter this Master if you…

• https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/onderwijs/masteropleidingen/public-governance/admission-application/

• No application fee!

• Application procedure: max 3 weeks

Application

• English proficiency • Motivation letter• CV• Copy of Passport

Furthermore

You can enter this Master if you…

• Between € 750 and € 850 a month

Living expenses

• € 1,984 (EU/EEA students)

• € 14,000 (non-EU/EEA students)

• Scholarships only for non-EU/EEA students:• www.tilburguniversity.edu/scholarshi

ps

Tuition fee

Financial aspects

More stuff to talk about

Career perspectives

So what could you be when you grow up (and have a MSc of Public Governance)?

You could be a

And w

ork in

Project M

anager

EU parliament

Public Prosecution Service (OM)

Healthcare

Program

me

Secretary

National Government

Political Party

Netw

ork Facilitator

Personal A

ssistant

Strategic C

onsultant

Policy A

dvisor

Researcher

Local Government

(Higher) Education

Commercial Advisory

Research Institute

ZBO

PR

representative

… at any government level, in any

country

Manager

You have the equipment to aim for a strategic position…

Police

And so on

And so on

Trainee

Curriculum (in depth)

The curriculum represents a three-disciplined angle and a practical approach towards the world you’re going to work in

SECOND SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTER

Governance & Economics (6)

Good Governance (6)Governance & Law (6)

Governance & Politics (6)

Governance Clinic (6) Master Thesis (12)Governance Clinic

Public Strategy (6)

Public Entrepreneurship (6)

Tutorial (6)

Internship (6)

First Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type* Hours per week

ECTS

Governance & Economics

Focuses on Behavioural Economics, and the implications of knowledge of Behavioural Economics for governance. The appropriateness of governance instruments such as nudging, regulation, and financial instruments is explored in this course.

Arjen van Witteloostuijn HC / WC 4 (2/2) 6

Governance & Law Focuses on (risk) regulation and enforcement. Stavros Zouridis WC 3 6

Governance & Politics Focuses on democracy and innovations in democracies.

Frank Hendriks HC 2 6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Second Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type Hours per week ECTS

Good Governance The key characteristics of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ political and governance institutions will be explored at different levels of governance (from the local to the international level).

Stavros Zouridis WC 2 6

Governance Clinic (part 1)

Address a wicked problem (such as migration, tax evasion, cybersecurity, social cohesion, and so on). During one week the students are confronted with many different perspectives on this problem presented by both academics and practitioners. At the end of the quarter the students are expected to develop strategies for the problem at hand. Students will present their strategies in front of a jury of both top-level practitioners and academics.

Julien van Ostaaijen (and 3 others)

HC 4 (wk 45 &46)2 (wk 47-51)

6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Third Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type Hours per week ECTS

Governance Clinic (part 2)

Address a wicked problem (such as migration, tax evasion, cybersecurity, social cohesion, and so on). During one week the students are confronted with many different perspectives on this problem presented by both academics and practitioners. At the end of the quarter the students are expected to develop strategies for the problem at hand. Students will present their strategies in front of a jury of both top-level practitioners and academics.

Julien van Ostaaijen (and 3 others)

HC 2 6

Public Strategy Conceptual and practical tools for the development and innovation of regulatory regimes, public strategies, and leadership styles– from a public organization point of view.

TBD TBD TBD 6

Public Entrepreneurship

Conceptual and practical tools for the development and innovation of regulatory regimes, public strategies, and leadership styles – from public manager / political leader point of view

TBD TBD TBD 6

Tutorial A small-scale learning environment (1 to 5 students), focusing on the preparation of a master thesis. By connecting with a researcher, students are able to explore state-of-the-art topics and research questions regarding the field of their interest

TBD WC 2 6

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

Fourth Block

Course name Content Professor(s) Type ECTS

Master Thesis On the topic as explored in the tutorial. Students are free to choose whether they write their master thesis in English or Dutch.

Depending on the topic Self Study 12

* HC = Lecture (hoorcollege); WC = seminar (werkcollege)

• email: question@tilburguniversity.edu• web: www.tilburguniversity.edu/masters/public-governance• personal online brochure: www.tilburguniversity.edu/mybrochure

Questions?