Double Master of Public Administration (LSE-Sciences Po)

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Programme Code: TMPPSP

Department: School of Public Policy

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
The programme is taught over two academic years (21 months).

**Year 1 at Sciences Po**

The first year is spent at the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po.

**Year 2 at the LSE**

Students will join the London School of Economics

To be awarded the LSE part of the degree, students must complete courses to the value of 4.0 units. Some courses have a unit value of 1.0 and some have a unit value of 0.5.

No interim award is available: students completing courses with a total value of less than 4.0 units receive no award, regardless of performance in the courses that have been successfully completed.

Students who successfully complete courses to the value of 4.0 units may elect to have one of the specialism titles below referenced on their degree certificate if the student has passed the courses attached to that specialism. If no such election is made, or if a student does not pass all of the courses listed under a specialism, the LSE degree certificate will not state a specialism. Students may take courses from other specialisms as option courses.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1	PP4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.0)

Paper 2	PP425 Strategic Policymaking: Economic Analysis, Narrative Development, Political Feasibility, and Implementation (0.5)

Paper 3 & 4	Courses to the value of between 2.5 unit(s) from the following options list:

	MPA Course List

MPA Course List

Economic Policy Specialism

Students must pass two of the following three courses to qualify for this specialism.

PP410 Public Economics for Public Policy (0.5) # A
PP418 Globalisation and Economic Policy (0.5) # B
PP419 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis (0.5) # C

International Development Specialism



PP448 International Political Economy and Development (0.5)
PP449 Comparative Political Economy and Development (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
PP454 Development Economics (1.0) # D

Social Impact Specialism



PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (0.5) # E
PP4J2 New Institutions of Public Policy: Strategic Philanthropy, Impact Investment and Social Enterprise (0.5) F

International Political Economy Specialism



PP418 Globalisation and Economic Policy (0.5) # B
PP448 International Political Economy and Development (0.5)

Courses not contributing to a specialism



FM471 Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing (0.5) #
PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy (0.5)
PP411W Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5) #
PP412 Cold War II? Public Policy Implications of US-China Relations in the 2020s (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice (0.5) #
PP414 Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5)
PP415 Technology, Data Science and Policy (0.5) #
PP417A The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)
PP417W The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)
PP423 Anticipatory Policymaking (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
PP424 Happiness and Public Policy (0.5)
PP426 Public Policy for Blockchains and Digital Assets (0.5) #
PP431 Reimagining Capitalism (0.5)
PP432 International policymaking, diplomacy and security (0.5)
PP433 Topics in Model Based Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy (0.5) #
PP434 Automated Data Visualisation for Policymaking (0.5)
PP435 Trade Policy and Development (0.5) #
PP441 Geoeconomics (0.5) #
PP442 The Politics of Tech, Social Media, and the Press (0.5)
PP443 Sustainable Transport: Cities, Policy and Politics (0.5)
PP444 Brave New World: Macroeconomics at Times of Crises (0.5) #
PP445 Public Economics & Development (0.5)
PP450 Public Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5)
PP4B4 Dissertation (1.0) G
PP4E5 Innovations in the governance of public services delivery (0.5)
PP4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
PP4V8 Policy Paper (0.5) H

Inequality and Poverty Specialism



PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0) (suspended 2025/26)

In addition, students may choose courses from elsewhere in LSE with approval of the Programme Director and subject to acceptance by the course convenor. Availability of a place on a course outside the School of Public Policy is not guaranteed and is subject to space, regulations, and timetable constraints.

Footnote for MPA Course List

A: PP410: Designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.

B: PP418: Designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.

C: PP419: Not available in Year 1.

D: PP454: Not available in Year 1.

E: PP452: Not available in Year 1.

F: PP4J2: Not available in Year 1.

G: PP4B4: Not available in Year 1 or to students on the Double Master of Public Administration (LSE-Sciences Po). Permission Required.

H: PP4V8: Not available in Year 1.

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.