Program in Brief

 

Educates early and mid-career professionals in local or national governments, international organizations and policy institutes in the technical skills needed to be professional policy analysts.

• Program Director: Professor Makoto Tanaka
• Associate Director:  Professor Hozumi Morohosi
• Associate Director:  Professor Hyoung-kyu Chey
• Degree Offered: Master of Arts in Public Policy
• Scholarship:
  For International Students Only:
  • Japanese Government (Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [MEXT])
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)　Target countries for ADB Scholarship
  • JICA 

• Language of Instruction: English
• Time Schedule:
  • Program Duration…2 years
  • Enrollment…October
  • Graduation…September
• How to Apply: Click here

 

The two-year program (MP2) provides early and mid-career professionals and staff members with the technical skills needed to be professional policy analysts. The program provides a strong platform for advanced research (including doctoral studies). Students are required to write a masters thesis in one of four areas of public policy: Economic Policy, International Development Studies, International Relations, and Public Policy.

 

Target Group

MP2 targets early and mid-career public policy professionals with demonstrated capacity for advanced policy analysis, commitment to public service, and the potential for leadership roles in policy analysis and management. Applications are invited from officials and staff of national and local governments, as well as other international and domestic organizations concerned with public policy analysis and management.

We also accept Japanese students.

Program Design

MP2 has a similar structure to that of the one year program, but MP2 students receive more advanced training and guidance in the technical and practical skills needed for public policy analysis, design, and implementation. In the first year, students complete a series of core, concentration, and elective courses. All MP2 students develop a common interdisciplinary and analytical foundation through the core courses, take specialized courses that provide them with strong analytical and quantitative skills, and select from a wide-variety of elective courses. In their second year, students further develop their research skills and utilize them in writing and defending a master’s thesis under the guidance of a highly-trained specialist in their chosen field of concentration (specialization).

MP2 provides a strong platform for advanced policy research (including doctoral studies). Students are required to write a master’s thesis in one of the approved areas of concentration. Currently, four areas of concentration are available: Economic Policy, International Development Studies, International Relations, and Public Policy. Practical instruction is available from current and former government officials with distinguished careers in public service. In addition to three policy workshops, students receive specialized guidance through a program of independent study.

 

 

 

Click below for details of concentrations: 　
Economic Policy 　
International Development Studies 　
International Relations 　
Public Policy

 

Career Destinations

Graduates from this program are expected to become researchers in public policy or hold professional positions in local or national governments and international organizations.

 

Two-year Master’s Program of Public Policy (MP2) Curriculum        2023/2025

(as of October 2023)

 

Please see  GRIPS Bulletin  for brief descriptions of courses offered

 

Category	Course Name	Instructor
I Required Courses
	Independent Study	TANAKA Makoto, et al.
	Tutorial Ⅱ	Various
	Policy Debate Seminar　Ⅰ	TANAKA Makoto, et al.
	Policy Debate Seminar　Ⅱ	TANAKA Makoto, et al.
	Tutorial I	Various
III Elective Courses	Microeconomics I	WIE Dainn
	Essential Microeconomics	KUROSAWA Masako
	Macroeconomics I	HSU Minchung
	Essential Macroeconomics	NIBAYASHI Ken
	Monetary Economics (Money and Banking)	FUJIMOTO Junichi
	Microeconomics II	WIE Dainn
	Government and Market	HATANAKA Kaori
	Macroeconomics II	MATSUMOTO Hidehiko
	Introduction to Applied Econometrics	IZUMI Yutaro
	Applied Econometrics	LITSCHIG Stephan
	Applied Econometrics Practice	LITSCHIG Stephan
	Trade and Industrial Development	SONOBE Tetsushi
	Competition and Regulatory Economics	TANAKA Makoto
	Transportation Economics	KIDOKORO Yukihiro
	Environmental Economics	MUNRO Alistair
	Resource and Energy Economics	TANAKA Makoto
	Development Economics	KIJIMA Yoko
	Agricultural Development	KIJIMA Yoko
	Development Econometrics	TAKAHASHI Kazushi
	Theoretical Foundation of Economic Policy	TAKAHASHI Kazushi
	Economics of Health and Education	YAMAUCHI Chikako
	International Relations in East Asia	TAKAGI Yusuke
	Comparative Development Studies of Asia	LIM Guanie
	Government and Politics in Japan	MASUYAMA Mikitaka
	International Relations	IWAMA Yoko
	International Political Economy	CHEY Hyong-kyu
	Japanese Foreign Policy	KITAOKA Shinichi, PRESSELLO Andrea
	International Security Studies	MICHISHITA Narushige
	Comparative Politics	TAKENAKA Harukata
	Comprehensive State Formation	LIM Guanie
	State and Politics in Southeast Asia	LIM Guanie
	Structure and Process of Government	YOSHIMUTA Tsuyoshi
	Politics of Global Money and Finance	CHEY Hyong-kyu
	Non-Traditional Security	CROSS Kyoko
	Analysis of Great Power Politics	IWAMA Yoko, et al.
	Comparative Political Economy	KANCHOOCHAT Veerayooth
	International Relations in Europe	IWAMA Yoko
	Introduction to Quantitative    Methods	MOROHOSI Hozumi
	Introduction to Data Science	TSUCHIYA Takashi
	Data Science in Practice	TAKENOUCHI Takashi
	Quantitative Social Systems Analysis	TSUCHIYA Takashi , MOROHOSI Hozumi, TAKENOUCHI Takashi
	Comparative Analysis of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Asian Experience	INTARAKUMNERD Patalapong
	Outline of Energy Policy	NEI Hisanori
	Energy Data Analysis	NEI Hisanori, SUEHIRO Shigeru
	Courses not listed in this table
	X Others	Courses offered by the Center for Professional Communication

 

Origin and Affiliation of Students

(as of October 2022)

Country	Typical Affiliation
Afghanistan	Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development; Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank of Afghanistan); Ministry of Mines
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
Bhutan	Centre for Educational Research and Development;　Ministry of Labour & Human Resources
Germany	Maastricht University
Indonesia	Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Trade, Training & Education Center of Trade; Ministry of Finance; The Audit Board of Republic of Indonesia; Ministry of Industry; Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration; Ministry of State Secretariat; Ministry of Home Affairs
Malaysia	Public Service Department; Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Japan	The Board of Audit of Japan
Myanmar	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kyrgyz Republic	The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
Paraguay	Ministry of Finance
Philippines	Department of the Interior and Local Government
Sri Lanka	Prime Minister’s Office;Ministry of Public Administration & Home Affairs
Vietnam	Ministry of Finance

Recent Theses（2021-2022）

• Perceived challenges in overseas job recruitment in the Philippines during Covid-19: The case of manning agencies and seafarers
• The Impact of Expansionary Monetary Policy on Income and Wealth Inequalities: Evidence from Thailand
• The impact of having an additional child on Mother’s Employment in Sri Lanka
• Household Resilience as a Pathway to Food Security: Evidence from the Philippines
• Study on The Elderly Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia: External Validity Evidence with Different Threshold using The Regression Discontinuity Design
• Exploring Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: An Alternative Explanation of Determinant Factors for Policy Punctuations in The Welfare State Policy
• "Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Health Care with Special Reference to Poorest Income Quintile Households in Sri Lanka: an Analysis Using Household Survey Data"
• The Effect of Government Expenditure on Environmental Pollution in Indonesia