Public Management, Graduate Certificate

Indiana University
Graduate Certificate in Public Management

Department of Public Policy
Dr. Brian L. Fife, Director of Graduate Studies
260-481-6351 ~ ipfw.edu/public-policy ~ Neff Hall 260

The Certificate in Public Management program is a 15-credit-hour program of study in public management that is flexible enough to be adapted to the needs of pre-career and in-service individuals. Career employees of public and private sector agencies seeking courses in public management, and especially those changing from professional or technical roles to managerial roles, may find the certificate program beneficial.

Application and Admission

You must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university to apply. You should request an application form from the Department of Public Policy (PPOL), and submit the application documents, along with official transcripts of your college and university work, to the department chair. An application fee of $30 is required of each student who has not previously enrolled in an Indiana University graduate program as a regularly admitted student.

Program Restrictions

• Students enrolled in a certificate program must complete it within 15 credit hours of approved PPOL course work with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B) or better. Failure to do so results in automatic dismissal from the certificate program.

• Students who have completed more than three PPOL courses are not eligible for admission to the certificate program.

• Transfer credit, course substitutions, or course waivers are not accepted for meeting the Certificate in Public Management requirements.

• Students admitted to a PPOL graduate degree program are not eligible for admission to the certificate program or eligible for the awarding of a certificate.

• Admission to, or successful completion of, a certificate program does not guarantee subsequent admission to any PPOL graduate degree program.

• Students enrolled in the certificate program, and who apply to the M.P.A. program, must meet all M.P.A. admission requirements.

• Students enrolled in the certificate program and who apply to the M.P.M. program, must meet all M.P.M. admission requirements.

• Students planning to request admission to a PPOL graduate degree program after successfully completing a certificate program should follow the regular application procedure outlined for the degree program.