The Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) program at Cornell is an interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral degree designed for working professionals who want to enhance existing skills and advance their careers in the broad field of public affairs.
Through an 18-month blended course of study taught by Cornell faculty, you will receive advanced training in strategic planning and management, economic and financial analysis, program evaluation, and project management.
The complex challenges facing the world are not solved solely by governments, nor by corporations or nonprofit organizations working alone, but with leadership and innovation from all three sectors. An Executive Master of Public Administration degree from Cornell University shows the world that you belong right in the middle of that solution set.
Program Overview
- Data-Driven Organizations, Policy and Decision-Making for Executives
- Strategic Advocacy for Executives
- Public Administration: A Strategic Planning Perspective for Executives
- Leadership for Public Service Executives
- Negotiations Skills for Executives
- Law and Public Agency Decisions for Executives
- Market Regulation for Executives
- Navigating Public-Private Partnerships for Executives
- Microeconomics for Public Affairs Executives
- Managerial Statistics for Public Affairs Executives
- Program Evaluation for Executives
- Translational Research for Executives
- Media Strategy for Policy Executives
- Strategic Nonprofit Management for Executives
- Project Management for Executives
- Financial Accounting for Executives
- Public Budgeting and Finance for Executives
- Managing Change in Public Affairs for Executives
- Fundraising for Executives
- Public and Nonprofit Marketing for Executives
- Effective Policy Writing for Public Affairs Executives
- International Public Management for Executives
- Public Interest Technology for Executives
- Corporate Responsibility for Executives
- Vulnerability and Resilience Planning for Executives
Students will make two 1-week visits to Cornell’s campus, where they will meet their classmates and professors in person. These residencies include intensive courses in
- Year 1 Summer residency week:
- Microeconomics for Management and Policy II
- Strategic Nonprofit Management II
- International Public Management II
- Year 2 Summer residency week:
- Vulnerability and Resilience Planning for Executives
- Managing Change in Public Affairs for Executives
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Ariel Avgar, Professor, Cornell ILR School
- Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Karima Mariama-Arthur, Lecturer, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
- Mark Bayer, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Rebecca Brenner, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Jared Carter, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- General George W. Casey, Jr., Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Brandon Chiazza, Lecturer, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
- Sharon Cleary, Lecturer
- Elizabeth Day, Lecturer, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
- Jes Deshields, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Bambi Douma, Lecturer
- Rick Geddes, Professor, Cornell Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Karan Girotra, Professor, Cornell Tech, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Joe Grasso, Vice President of Finance and Administration, Le Moyne College
- Dan Lamb, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Daniel Manne, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Alan Mathios, Professor, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- John Mathiason, Adjunct Professor, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Barbara E. Mink, Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Mark Musell, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Thomas O’Toole, Executive Director, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
- Leslie Rapp, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Raza Rumi, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Álvaro Salas-Castro, Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Nicholas Sanders, Associate Professor; Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
- Nadine Skinner, Lecturer
- John Tobin, Professor of Practice, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Cindy Van Es, Professor of Practice, Cornell Dyson School
- Jeff Wright, Lecturer
- Tasha Austin Williams, Lecturer