You are a motivated leader from a transitional economy or developing or newly industrialized country. You have a record of determination to advance positive growth and change in your country or region. You are looking for a career-building challenge.
The Mid-Career Master in Public Administration Edward S. Mason Program (Mason Program) is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
As a Mason Fellow, you’ll be part of a cohort within the intensive, year-long MC/MPA Program. The Mason Program will strengthen your ability to address some of the world’s most compelling challenges and tap your potential to pioneer solutions for emerging economies. The curriculum will sharpen your analytical and leadership skills and position you to take on even greater political, social, or economic challenges. You’ll learn from world-class faculty members as well as your accomplished peers in the Mason Program and the larger MC/MPA cohort.
With a range of backgrounds and experience, Mason Fellows are a diverse and impressive group. They come from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern and Central Europe, as well as the former Eastern Bloc countries.
Most of all, Mason Fellows are passionately engaged in every aspect of economic, social, and political development.
Applicants to the Mid-Career MPA/Edward S. Mason Program typically hold primary citizenship from one of the countries, territories, non-self-governing states, cities, or areas listed below.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Bassas Da India
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Clipperton Island
- Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands)
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Congo (Kinshasa)
- Cook Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Europa Island
- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Gabon
- Gaza Strip
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Glorioso Islands
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Isle of Man
- Jamaica
- Jan Mayen
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Juan De Nova Island
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macau S.A.R.
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau, the Pacific Islands of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Qatar
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Maarten
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spratly Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- The Bahamas
- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tromelin Island
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- West Bank
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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It all starts with intensive summer sessions.
You will begin the Mid-Career MPA Summer Program in July with all of your MC/MPA classmates.
The five-week experience is designed to develop your knowledge of applied economics, quantitative analysis, political institutions, and globalization. The subsequent—and specialized—Mason Fall Launch (MFL) builds on the orientation and skill-building of the Summer Program. The MFL is an intense in-group experience that provides additional time for you to explore development, democracy, governance, and growth more intensively from a Mason Fellow perspective. You’ll explore and collaborate with your classmates on ideas and issues more deeply and prepare for the academic year ahead.
The two-semester curriculum that follows the Summer Program and MFL is largely determined by you. Mason Seminars will be held throughout these semesters to continue conversations from the summer.
Successful Mason Fellows graduate with a Master in Public Administration degree and are awarded the Mason Certificate in Public Policy and Management.