Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Great Hall
Day 2: Exercise your brain at Math Camp, enjoy lunch with faculty and staff, advance job prospects with Graduate Career Services, get caught up in the Logistics Loop, and more!
Job opportunities
Many Ford School students seek employment opportunities that use the skills they are developing while in graduate school. There are a number of graduate student assistantships and work-study positions available.
Graduate...
Tuition
Tuition and fees are established at the university level, and the tuition for Ford School bachelor's students is the same as the tuition charged for all upper-level undergraduate students in the College of Literature, Science and the...
University of Michigan resources
Rackham Graduate School
The Rackham Graduate School administers a number of fellowship programs with various eligibility criteria. These fellowships often require a detailed application and have deadlines...
Degree Requirements for the Public Policy & Sociology PhD Program
** Note that some requirements may change after the time of publication. Similarly, it is likely that not all courses described below are offered each semester. It is the...
Financial support for doctoral students
Graduate school is an expensive undertaking, requiring a significant investment of time and financial resources. The University of Michigan, through a combination of college, departmental, and graduate...
Degree Requirements for the Public Policy & Political Science PhD Program
** Note that some requirements may change after the time of publication. Similarly, it is likely that not all courses described below are offered each semester. It is the...
Online applicationThe University of Michigan strongly encourages all applicants to apply online. The applications for the master's of public policy and the master's of public affairs are available through the Rackham Graduate School website. We are...
Funding resources
Financial resources are available to students who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree and professional career in public policy or public affairs.
Many students are able to secure funding through fellowships, grants,...
Degree Requirements for the Public Policy & Economics PhD Program
** Note that some requirements may change after the time of publication. Similarly, it is likely that not all courses described below are offered each semester. It is the...
Year after year, our alumni confirm that policy writing is one of the most essential skills that they developed at the Ford School. It makes sense: no matter how much you know about a given policy problem, it does neither your colleagues nor your...
Dissertations
Our students' dissertation titles are recorded below. Full-text versions of all the dissertations are available via the University's Deep Blue service.
Public Policy & Economics
Student Name
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Our minor in public policy is a competitive-admissions program designed to make the critical thinking and analytical skills taught at the Ford School available to more Michigan undergraduates.Students enrolled in the minor will learn to design and...
An OverviewEach year, all first-year master's students participate in a three-day simulation known as the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE), a highly interactive that allows students to immerse themselves in a timely policy issue, demonstrating their...
All BA, master's, and PhD students are encouraged to connect with staff on the Student and Academic Services team for support and academic planning. Advisors are equipped to help students navigate resources at the Ford School and across the...
At the Ford School, we recruit students who have demonstrated potential to be leaders and agents of change in a field that is evolving at unprecedented speed. We seek students who have a team-oriented approach to problem solving, who are capable of...
Student organizations are an integral part of the Ford School community—they recruit policymakers and scholars to speak at the school, provide a forum for students to discuss and take action on shared policy interests, raise money for deserving...
The application for Fall 2023 is now open and the deadline to apply is February 1. Students will be notified about admissions decisions by the end of...
