Public Policy and Management with Placement Year

The Public Policy and Management with Placement Year program from SOAS University of London provides students with state-of-the-art knowledge of theories, doctrines, and techniques for making public sector entities perform efficiently and effectively. You will develop practical skills to design and implement systems of public service delivery, to devise applications of digital technologies to public services, to lead innovation and change, and to manage public financial resources.

You will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss some among the crucial issues that government face nowadays, from healthcare to education, climate change to natural disasters, from migration to poverty reduction, and from the cultivation of capacity building to the development of digital strategies. A wide range of optional modules will provide you with the opportunity to explore several public sector-related topics.

Employment

Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.

Recent Finance and Management graduates have been hired by:

• Christian Aid

• Dagong Global

• Deloitte

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• Elbus Group

• Financial Times

• FM Capital Partners

Courses include:

• Management, Innovation and Leadership in the Public Sector

• Public Policy: Perspectives, Issues and Strategies

• Digital Government and Regulation

• Public Financial Management

• Data Analytics with Phyton