HKS Facts

HKS Facts is a quick guide to important information about Harvard Kennedy School. You can also find this same information on the downloadable HKS Facts Sheet PDF.

Harvard Kennedy School Mission

To train enlightened public leaders and to generate the ideas that provide the answers to our most challenging public problems.

Contacts

all numbers:	area code 617
Main Number	495-1100
Alumni Relations and Resource Development	496-7047
Communications and Public Affairs	495-1115
Enrollment Services:
Admissions, Student Financial Services, Registrar	495-1155
Executive Education	496-0484
For a directory of HKS faculty and staff, visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory

Map

For more information on the HKS campus visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/contact

Faculty and Staff

Faculty
Tenured professors	52
Emeritus professors	5
Public service professors/professors of practice	12
Associate professors	9
Assistant professors	13
Lecturers and senior lecturers	40
Visitors	6
Part-time adjunct faculty	39
Total	176
Research Appointments
Associates	83
Fellows	172
Post docs	52
Visiting scholars	12
Teaching fellows/assistants	34
Total	353
Staff
Teaching programs	106
Research programs	200
Administrative/support	147
Total	453

Degrees

Master in Public Policy:	MPP
Master in Public Policy and Urban Planning:	MPP/UP
Mid-Career Master in Public Administration:	MC/MPA
Master in Public Administration:	MPA2
Master in Public Administration in International Development:	MPA/ID
Doctoral Programs
For more information on degree programs visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees

Student breakdown (first year/second year)

MPP and MPP/UP	215	260
Two-year MPA	78	100
One-year MC/ MPA	214
MPA/ID	76	77
Total	1020
Total international students	423
Number of countries represented	86
Doctoral Programs
PhD in Public Policy	49
PhD in Political Economy and Government	21
PhD in Sociology and Social Policy	19
PhD in Government and Social Policy	11
PhD in Health Policy	61
Total international students	41
Number of countries represented	25

Executive Education

Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School offers programs for leaders from around the world. The programs bring together experienced professionals, a renowned faculty, and a dynamic curriculum in a setting where the common denominator is a shared commitment the public interest. The result is a lasting transformational leadership experience.

Executive Education offers more than 34 open enrollment programs each year in five portfolio areas:

Federal Portfolio
National Security Portfolio
Global Portfolio
State, Local, and Nonprofit Portfolio
Executive Skill Development Portfolio

In 2008:

44% of Executive Education participants hailed from outside the U.S., representing 129 countries.
Roughly 3,200 participants attended the over 30 open enrollment and 30 contract programs offered.
The majority of our participants come from the public sector (77%), with the remainder coming from the private sector (11%), nonprofit/NGO sector (12%)
For a complete list of programs, visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/execed

Research and Policy Centers and Programs

Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Center for International Development at Harvard University
Center for Public Leadership
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Institute of Politics
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
The Women and Public Policy Program
For more information on centers and programs, visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers-programs

Fiscal Facts: FY 2009

Operating Income (in millions)
student income	$49.9
less financial aid	($14.2)
sponsored revenue	$26.1
current use gifts	$28.8
investment income	$49.5
other	$13.1
total	$153.2
Expenses (in millions)
salaries and wages	$60.3
employee benefits	$21.0
scholarships and awards	$7.2
supplies and equipment	$6.1
space	$13.7
other*	$28.2
non-operating charges	$9.5
total	$146.0
*other includes travel and entertainment, professional services, reproduction costs, and communications.

Income (percentage)
student income, net of financial aid	23.3%
sponsored revenue	17%
current use gifts	18.8%
investment income	32.3%
other	8.5%
Expenses (percentage)
salaries and wages	41.3%
employee benefits	14.4%
scholarships and awards	4.9%
supplies and equipment	4.2%
space	9.4%
other and Non-operating Charges	25.8%

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