The IGNOU international division offers selected courses to FRSI’s (through Regional Centres in India) and to Overseas Students (through Overseas Study Centres of the University). The international division has expanded its academic courses and different regional centers in various parts of South Asia, the Middle East, and African nations.
IGNOU offers around 60 academic programs to its overseas / FSRI students. Currently, IGNOU offers its study courses and IGNOU study material in the U.A.E(Sharjah), Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Sultanate of Oman among the Gulf countries. Sri Lanka and Nepal, among the SAARC countries and, Singapore, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast in Africa, and Kenya.
So, if you are living in the UAE and looking for study at IGNOU University, now you can easily do that because IGNOU offers different courses for overseas students in the UAE along with over 40+ courses in the country.
If you are searching for study alternatives in UAE, then you have come to the right place. GullyBaba is an online study portal that provides a lot of information on the global division’s units of courses across various nations.
MPA OR Master of Arts in Public Administration is a Master degree conferred to students. Like any other college course, MPA course duration is minimum 2 years and maximum of 4 years.
With the academic session of July 2019, the IGNOU has adopted the Choice Based Credit System presented by the University Grants Commission. The Choice-based Credit System, which is on offer at the Master degree level, gives adaptability to the students to study the subjects/courses of their needs and interests.
IGNOU UAE international division follows the same guidelines of Indira Gandhi National Open University. UAE FRSI’s (through Regional Centres in India) and to Overseas can now adopt the IGNOU MPA courses and IGNOU help book depending upon their needs and Students' requirements.
The MPA application is an expert degree and a post-graduate diploma for the general public area and it prepares individuals to function managers, executives and policy analysts inside the government arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/country wide government, and increasingly more in non-governmental corporation (NGO) and non-profit sectors; it places a focal point at the systematic research of government enterprise and management. Instruction consists of the jobs, improvement, and standards of public management; public policy management and implementation.
Public management programs consist of studies in law, public policy, organizational idea and a ramification of different subjects. Students can earn a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in public management. Internships and graduate assistantships are generally available, maximum normally on the bachelor's and master's stages.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF ADMISSION
MASTER’S DEGREE
MIN. AGE- NO BAR
MAX. AGE- NO BAR
COURSE DETAILS
DURATION (MIN.)- 2 YEAR
DURATION (MAX.)- 4 YEARS
MEDIUM TO INSTRUCTION – ENGLISH and Hindi
First Semester
| COURSE CODE | TITLE OF THE COURSE | CREDITS |
| MPA-011 | State, Society and Public Administration | 8 |
| MPA-012 | Administrative Theory | 8 |
| MPA-013 | Public Systems Management | 8 |
| MPA-014 | Human Resource Management | 8 |
Second Semester
| COURSE CODE | TITLE OF THE COURSE | CREDITS | ||
| MSO-002 | Research Methodologies and Methods | 8 | ||
| MPS-003 | India: Democracy and Development | 8 | ||
| MPA-016 | Dencentralisation and Local Governance | 8 | ||
| MPA-015 | Public Policy and Analysis | 8 | ||
| MPA-017 | Electronic Governance | 4 | ||
| MPA-018 | Disaster Management | 4 | ||
| MPAP-002 | Project Work | 8 | ||
NOTE:- Student Handbook and Prospectus is also available on university’s website www.ignou.ac.in. Information about the courses provided here is partial and should not be treated as comprehensive, i.e. the university would be offering other course than those mentioned here. Students are advised to check with the university for the latest information in regard to the course.