Program Overview

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Graduate Programs

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs offers several graduate programs, including:

• Master in Public Affairs
• Master in Public Policy
• Ph.D. in Public Affairs
• Joint Degree Program in Social Policy
• HMEI-STEP Fellowship Program
• Certificates

Master in Public Affairs

The Master in Public Affairs program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of public policy and international affairs. The program includes:

• Fields of Study
• Curriculum & Requirements
• Policy Workshops
• Summer Internships
• Joint Programs
• Current Students

Master in Public Policy

The Master in Public Policy program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of public policy and international affairs. The program includes:

• Fields of Study
• Curriculum & Requirements
• Current Students

Ph.D. in Public Affairs

The Ph.D. in Public Affairs program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of public policy and international affairs. The program includes:

• Security Studies
• Curriculum & Requirements
• Faculty
• Current Students - Security Studies
• Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)
• Curriculum & Requirements
• Faculty
• Current Students - STEP
• Current Students

Joint Degree Program in Social Policy

The Joint Degree Program in Social Policy is a collaborative effort of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Departments of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Population Studies, and Economics. The program combines work in a basic social science with a multidisciplinary perspective on the problems of economic insecurity and inequality.

• The program follows a “discipline-plus” structure in which all students complete a Ph.D. in a basic social science, and also study economic insecurity and inequality in advanced postindustrial societies and the developing world.
• Students are both full members of their disciplinary departments and participants in this interdisciplinary community; students must be admitted by their disciplinary department as well as by the multidisciplinary Social Policy faculty.
• JDP students receive funding equivalent to that provided by their home departments, consisting of tuition plus a need-based living stipend.

Certificates

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs offers several certificate programs, including:

• Health and Health Policy (HHP)
• Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)
• Urban Policy (UP)

Undergraduate Program

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs offers an undergraduate program in public and international affairs. The program includes:

• Curriculum & Requirements
• Advising
• Policy Task Forces
• Policy Research Seminars
• Study Abroad Programs
• Minors and Certificates
• Public Service Internships & Careers
• Honors Class
• Community Profiles
• Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic

Research Areas

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has several research areas, including:

• Climate Change, Environment, Energy
• Demography, Immigration
• Education, Labor
• Families, Children
• Finance, Fiscal, and Monetary Policy
• Globalization, Foreign Policy, Trade
• Health
• Housing, Communities, Neighborhoods
• International Development
• Law, Justice, Human Rights
• Migration, Refugees
• National Security, Intelligence, Defense
• Politics and Governance
• Poverty, Inequality, Opportunity
• Race, Gender, Identity
• Science, Technology, Innovation
• Social and Behavioral Psychology

Centers & Programs

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has several centers and programs, including:

• Afghanistan Policy Lab
• Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing
• Center for Health and Wellbeing
• Center for Information Technology Policy
• Center for International Security Studies
• Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment
• Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
• Education Research Section
• Empirical Studies of Conflict
• Initiative for Data Exploration and Analytics
• Innovations for Successful Societies
• Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
• Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy
• Law@Princeton
• Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
• Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
• Office of Population Research
• Princeton Survey Research Center
• Program on Science and Global Security
• Research Program in Development Economics
• Research Program in Political Economy
• SPIA in D.C.
• SPIA in N.J.