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The Ford School offers small interdisciplinary policy seminars, individualized support, close relationships with faculty, a broad range of programs and activities, and a policy focus area of your choice.
Based...
We selected you from among a talented, accomplished group of applicants because of your academic and professional achievements and the potential you’ve demonstrated for forging a career of tremendous impact.
The importance of dedicated,...
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We're engaged in public policy at a critical time in our world's history. Our challenges—pandemic, rising inequality, climate change, refugee crises, a rancorous political landscape, and...
Given the unusual public health and economic dislocations facing many service-oriented professionals, including returning Peace Corps Volunteers and Fulbright Fellows, the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is pleased to...
Starting fall 2020, the Ford School will offer University of Michigan undergraduates a 16-credit minor in public policy.
The minor will have a competitive application process that will go live in April 2020. The school expects to enroll around...
The Pipeline Initiative application process is now open for this upcoming year’s prospective Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Affairs students. Prospective students will be placed with a current member of the Ford School community, and...
The Ford School's student and academic services office has a new blog for prospective students: “Inside the Ford School.” It’s a source of admissions information, such as class statistics, application deadlines, and admissions programs (like...
The undergraduate chapter of Students of Color in Public Policy—a student organization at the Ford School—invites newly admitted BA students to an upcoming meet and greet.
Join us for a special session with Dean Barr. Hear about his priorities for the school and what he’s most excited about for the upcoming year. Student & Academic Services will also be on hand to answer any last minute application questions.
With professional, personalized career services and a powerful, deeply committed alumni network, the Ford School helps students achieve their career goals.
In this session, learn about the wide range of opportunities for students to engage with real-world policy issues in the classroom and through research, activities, and workshops.
How will you make a difference? Join Associate Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes at the Trotter Multicultural Center for an undergraduate information session for students interested in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Learn about opportunities to practice social science research and quantitative analysis skills in and out of the classroom and how they provide a toolbox of research, analytical, and management skills that are highly transferable across sectors and issue areas.
Connect one-on-one with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and 50 of the top public policy and international affairs programs from across the county!
How will you make a difference? Join us for an undergraduate information session for students interested in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The Junior Summer Institute (JSI) application deadline is less than a month away! Join us for a virtual information session to learn more about creating a strong application.
