Peking University is a leading university in China. Founded in 1898, it was the first comprehensive national university in the country. The University has five principal academic branches: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, information and engineering, and medical sciences.

Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"（the garden of Yan）, is situated at Haidian District in the western suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 2,743,532 square metres (or 274 hectares). It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace.

Peking University is proud of its outstanding faculty, including 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

The university has effectively combined research on important scientific subjects with the training of personnel with a high level of specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization. It strives not only for improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various disciplines.

Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of a new type, embracing diverse branches of learning such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of medicine, management, and education. Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities in the future.

School of Government

School of Government is committed to student learning and the promotion of excellence in the profession, with the aim of establishing a world-class government school and relevant disciplines. It also intends to become a key base of government and public management, of training and educating talents with high quality, a consultative base for decision-making of the party and government, a first-rate base producing academic achievements, and an exchange platform for internal and external academic communities. The school focuses on discipline building and talents training, combining political science and economics, integrating academic research and practical applications, combining normative and positive research, academic training and professional training.

School of Government is a fantastic place to study and work, boasting internationally acclaimed research and outstanding teaching quality. Here are several reasons for you to choose School of Government of Peking University.

School of Government of Peking University is located in China’s Capital City-Beijing with a city history of more than 3000 years and a capital history of about 857 years. As a national historical and cultural city, Beijing has hundreds and thousands of cultural relics. Except from its reputation as a political center, Beijing is also making an excellent performance on economic development, becoming an uppermost financial and business center in China. After entered WTO and held 29th Summer Olympic Games, Beijing has attracted more and more international attentions, and is playing an important and active role on the international arena.

School of Government has an international reputation for its teaching activities and offers a range of degree programs at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD level. The school has more than 50 faculty members who have distinguished themselves in study and research in the different fields. Meanwhile, office hours are provided so that you can have communications with teachers after lectures. Besides, computer and internet services are also available to students for research and study purposes.

“Studying at SG will open doors you have never imagined. The sharing of knowledge and life experiences has been invaluable. Interaction with our professors has been further augmented our time here.” (An international student of MPP Program said)

Peking University Library is one of the leading research libraries in China, combining a long and distinguished history with a vibrant mission of service to the University and the nation. The collection capacity has reached 6,500,000 items, making it the biggest university library in Asia. Besides, there is also a middle-sized library in our School of Government, collecting the document resources with the specialized features. The school library provides service mainly to teachers, undergraduates and postgraduates in our school, but also to the domestic and foreign visiting scholars and researchers in related fields.

Besides, the school has a large, world-embracing view indeed, and it is making great effort to become an important platform of scientific research, teaching, training, consulting and international exchange for China’s Politics, Public Policy and Public Management. Till now, the school has established many collaborative programs all over the world, such as Global Public Policy Executive Training Program, Master in Public Policy Program, Double Master Degree in Public Policy Program with London School of Economics and Political Science, IMPA etc.

Academic Departments & Institutions

-Department of Political Science

-Department of Public Administration

-Department of Public Policy

-Department of Urban and Regional Management

-PKU Research Center for Chinese Politics

-MPA Education Center

We welcome you to the School of Government. We look forward to helping you become the best professional in this field that you can be.

Students living environment and conditions introduced

Students of this project will study and live in the capital city Beijing, Beijing always have four seasons. The temperature of registration season in September may around 28 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in summer may around 35 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature in winter may around 12 degrees Celsius. Students will live in Peking University Zhongguanyuan Global Village International Students Apartment. The apartment facilities are complete, providing home-style service, allowing visitors to feel home warm. The Program students will live in the two-bedroom suite, each with a separate bedroom, shared living room and washroom. The apartment has a communal laundry and kitchen.

Academic Education Programs Sponsored by Ministry of Commerce PRC

Academic Education Programs sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China is designed to foster high-end business officials and managerial personnel for the recipient countries, offering one-year and two-year master programs as well as three-year doctoral programs for the purpose of educating high-end and inter-disciplinary talent working in the applied fields of government, trade, foreign affairs, agriculture, technology, education, culture and health, building intellectual capacity and facilitating the economic and social development of the recipient countries. These programs provide assistance to governmental officials, research fellows, and senior managerial personnel on their master and doctor education in China, which are fully conducted in English. Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree, relevant working experiences, and decent physical conditions, essential for the high-compact curriculum needed for the degrees.

Starting from 2008, thousands of students from developing countries have attended these programs. These graduates are now working in their specialties back in home and undertaking an increasingly significant role in the economic development cooperation between China and their home countries.

As for the positive effects and good results brought by these programs in strengthening economic ties and friendship between China and the recipient countries, the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China will continuously intensify its efforts in enlarging the enrollment scale and improving the quality of education. We believe that by attending the programs and achieving the degrees, you will embrace a successful career and brighter future.

I Program Description

Prospective Students:

Our prospective students are mid-to-senior level officials or managers from the government, the media, NGOs, and other public sectors, who have demonstrated superior performance, both academically and in their work. By the time of matriculation, each must have obtained an undergraduate bachelor's degree in the case of our master program.

Program Objective:

This program is open to fresh university graduates as well as the experienced professionals and the government officials from different countries, and is designed to train those students in the field of public affairs, public administration, and public policy.

Students are expected to complete the program full time over 1 year.

The program aims to

- provide students with an opportunity to develop functional expertise, strategic perspectives, and public policy management tools that they require to operate effectively in a changing public policy environment or to understand such an environment.
- help students to learn both the successes and failures in China's public policy making and management, and therefore to understand more about how to manage political, economic and social development in developing countries.
- introduce students the techniques of policy analysis and program evaluation to resolve complex multi-dimensional policy challenges, as well as sharpen their leadership and communication skills.

Enrollment Plan:

In 2019 we have planned to enroll up to 25 students in our master program in major of Public Policy.

II Education Plan

Instruction:

The language of instruction is English. Classes will incorporate a mix of lectures, seminars, case discussions, tutorials, presentations and so on. Upon application, students could also choose some courses taught in Chinese.

Program Structure:

The program comprises of
- Taught Component (11 courses: 7 compulsory, 4 optional)
- Thesis Component (20,000 words)

General Courses (compulsory, 19 credits in total)

Course Name	Credits
Chinese Politics and Public Policy	3
China's Economic Reform and Development	3
Public Policy Analysis	3
Economics for Public Policy	3
Research Design and Practice	3
Introduction to China	2
Chinese Language	2

Issue Courses (optional, 11 credits)

Course Name	Credits
Innovation and Economic Development Strategy	3
Theories and Practices of International Organization	3
Strategy and Management of Public and Non-profit Organization	3
Health Policy and Reform	3
Regional Development Strategy in China	3
Chinese Foreign Policy	3
Distributive Justice in Public Policy	3
Comprehensive studies of Africa	3
Law and Society in China	3
Comparative Political Culture	2

Please Note: Not all issue courses run every year. If there are fewer than 5 students, a course will not be delivered.

Field trips

Field trips will be arranged for students to visit Chinese government agencies, special economic zones, business corporations, etc., to gain first-hand knowledge of how governments and markets operate under various changing conditions in the reform and opening-up process of China.

Master Thesis

Students are expected to bring specific research questions concerning public policy and management to the program, as a part of thesis research preparation. Towards the end of the first semester, a number of faculty members from the school will be invited as potential thesis supervisors, and the school will make arrangement for students to choose their supervisors. The thesis is expected to combine theoretical perspectives, analytical skills and practical experiences of public management, and aiming at solving practical problems. Students must pass oral exam for the thesis.

Degree Requirements

Students are required to successfully complete 30 credit-worthy course work and a master thesis and thesis defense within the required time period. After meeting the above requirements and with the approval of University Degree Committee, the master degree of Management in Public Policy will be awarded.

III Profiles of Instructors

Attached Documents 2

IV Financial Aid

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce will provide "Chinese Government Scholarships" to admitted students from developing countries.

1）These scholarships cover expenses on their studies and basic life, and round-trip international airfare. The students don’t have to pay for the tuition fee, books fee, field trip fee, English-taught assistant fee and tutor’s fee.

2）The University will arrange the dormitory.

3）The University will transfer the living allowance by month; it is 36000RMB/year for the master program.

4）There is also a settlement allowance of 3000RMB/person.

5）The University will buy insurance for all students.

6）They also include a round-trip international airfare for all the students, and one time for 1y Program, for those Program more than 2ys, will supply one round-trip international airfare, and n-1（n=the Program years period） round-trip international airfares for home visits.

7）All over 1y students need to be done for yearly evaluation, those who fits all requirements can get the second year scholarship.

8）All other fees will be arranged by the Ministry or University or University, the students cannot get any more scholarship if cannot graduate and get degree on time. No more scholarship will be given if students defer the study for any reason.

V Application

1. Requirement

1) Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens from developing countries, with a valid passport, or any other identification certificate sufficient to verify his/her nationality; Applicant should not more than 45 years old (born after September 1, 1974);

2) All applicants shall be in good physical conditions (They do not have serious hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and so on), and carry no infectious diseases which may have a serious impact on public health or fall into any of the health situations prohibited by China’s Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations. They are not in a major recovery period; there is no acute exacerbation, no serious physical disability, not in pregnancy; if someone get pregnant during the study，she needs to drop the program;

3) Applicants for the master program must have attained a Bachelor degree or above; generally have three or more than years of work experience;

4) The applicants who have a professional learning or work background related to the project being applied and have priority in the incumbent;

5）Serve as a middle-level public official in the government of their country, or as a senior manager of various institutions and enterprises, as well as academic staff of universities and research institutions;

6) Applicants must be proficient in English. Non-native English speakers or candidates whose undergraduate education was not conducted in English are required to submit a test score of IELTS （6.0 or above）or TOEFL（90 or above）as proof of English proficiency;

7）The applicants should have the potential for career development in this field, and intend to promote friendly exchanges and cooperation between the host country and China;

8）Registered students who stay in China or have been taken by other Chinese government scholarships may not apply;

9) Only applicants recommended by the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of Chinese Embassy in the country that accords with the candidate’s nationality will be considered.

2. Procedure

1) Application to Peking University

Please fill the attached Application Form, and ALSO visit Peking University international student online service system (http://www.studyatpku.com/), after registering and logging in, check the English taught master's degree program in School of Government "Master Program in Public Policy for Leaders in Developing Countries", fill in complete information and upload the related attachment, download and print out the form and sign your name and date, finally paste a photo (or passport photo) with the appropriate size in the specified position on the printed paper form.

2) Application to Chinese Government Scholarship

Please visit the online application system of Chinese Scholarship Council at http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/, check https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/login and register for an account. Select the program “Type B”, fill in all the required information, and an application form will come into being. Print out the form, put on a hand-written name and date, and then paste a photo on it. To complete the form successfully, please note the following information:

(1) The agency No. of Peking University is 10001;

(2) For the master program, Discipline is “Management”, Major is “Public Policy”;

3) Materials

Applicants are required to prepare an application package. Please read the following part carefully to prepare the application materials. If the received application package is not complete, the application will not be accepted.

Documents		Requirements	Original copy	Photo copy
1	Application Form	Please finish the first step in above application steps and then print the complete form out.	1	1
2	Graduation certificate & degree diploma	1. Graduation certificate and degree diploma must be original documents or certified copies either in Chinese or English 2. Applicants expecting to graduate should provide an official letter stating expected graduation date.	1	1
3	Official academic transcripts	1. The transcripts must be original documents or certified copies either in Chinese or English. 2. The transcripts should include list of courses taken and standard achieved.	1	1
4	Personal statement	1500 words in English. Please make a detailed statement from the perspectives of your academic background, work/research experience and achievements, research proposal, future career plans and intensions, etc.	1	1
5	CV	In English.	1	1
6	Recommendation letters	1. The referees can be professors or government officials from central or local government authorities. 2. The recommendation letter must be original documents either in Chinese or English.	2	2
7	Copies of English language proficiency test results	If the applicants are not native English speakers or whose undergraduate education was not in English should provide English language proficiency test result	1	1
8	Photocopy of valid passport	The passport type must be ordinary. Important: All successful candidates should enter in China and register with PKU with the same identity they used while applying for the maters’ program at PKU.	0	2
9	Recent passport size photos	One photo should be stuck on the application form.	2	0
10	Physical Examination Form	The health form shall be issued within one month before the submission of application, showing that the applicant carries no infectious diseases which may have a serious impact on public health or fall into any of the health situations prohibited by China’s Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations.	1	0

4) Submission

(1) The students can apply for the scholarship program after obtaining the approval and recommendation of the relevant responsible department of the government, and submit the materials according to the specific requirements of the relevant departments of their country;

(2) If the government allows the individual to submit the materials directly to the Chinese embassy, the student must hold the relevant certificate or recommendation letter approved by their country, and take the original documents and scanned electronic version formed by the above 1, 2 and 3. Submit all to the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in their country;

(3) The responsible department of their government should issue a letter for the recommended student to Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy, to request the Recommendation letter, and indicate in the written request that if the intended university is already full, whether to accept adjustments from other university-related majors. If any other special instructions, all can be presented together.

Important:

(1) All materials submitted shall be in English or Chinese. If the documents submitted are not in English or Chinese, certified English or Chinese translations shall be provided.

(2) Important documents such as "Graduation Certificate", "Degree Certificate", "Transcript" and "Language Level Certificate", in addition to submitting a copy, the original must be submitted at the same time for verification by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy. After the verification, the students must send a scanned copy of the application materials to the contact person of the university program by themselves.

(3) All paper documents (including originals and photocopies) should be retrieved together after verified by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy. Once you have been accepted, these paper documents should be taken to China and submitted to the designated department of the University for review and archiving.

3. Application Deadlines

The application deadline for the master program is June 28, 2019.

VI Admission

The eligibility of all the applicants will be assessed according to the requirements by the School of Government, Peking University. The Admission Notification will be sent out in late July or early August, 2019.

VII Registration

3^rd September, 2019, unless otherwise informed.

The exact date will be specified in the admission letter.

VIII Contact

Address: Office for External Affairs, Room 122

School of Government, Peking University

Beijing 100871, China

Telephone: (86-10) 62755478 Fax: (86-10) 62755478

E-mail: libo_polly@pku.edu.cn (General Enquiry)

Website: http://www.isd.pku.edu.cn/html/english/

http://www.sg.pku.edu.cn/en/

Reminders:

a) None of the materials submitted to the School of Government will be returned. For important documents such as degrees and transcripts, a stamped copy issued by the institution where the applicant received his/her degrees will be accepted as a replacement of the original copy. In this case, the original copy must be presented for on-site verification.

b) No matter accept or not, the Chinese Government won’t give any further explanation.

c) It is not allowed to bring a spouse or children to China to accompany the students. If a student expects to have his/her spouse, children, relatives or friends to visit him/her during the stay in Beijing, the visitor will have to bear all the expenses by him/herself.

d) The procedures for coming to China and related requirements will be explained in the admission documents.

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