MPP/MiM

Master in Public Policy/Master in Management

Students in this dual degree program earn both Georgetown’s Masters in Public Policy (MPP) and the HEC Paris’ Masters in Management-Grande Ecole (MiM). The MPP/MiM dual degree will provide an inter-disciplinary skill set, international educational experience, and an integrated work experience in both Europe and North America for professionals in the early stages of their careers.   The dual training in private and public sector analytical and management skills will prepare students well for today’s job market in which professionals frequently have careers that shift across employers, sectors and international borders. 

Only current students enrolled in HEC Paris’ MiM program can apply. For more information about the MiM program, please visit: http://www.hec.edu/Masters-programs/Master-s-Programs/Grande-Ecole/Master-in-Management/Key-Features. Note: For the McCourt Application, no Supplemental Data Form is required.

To earn this dual degree, students must complete the full first year MiM curriculum requirements at HEC Paris, 36 credits at the McCourt School, and an internship over the course of an intense 28 months. All of the teaching for the dual degree program is in English. The following represents a typical course sequence:

Typical Course of Study

YEAR ONE

Fall & Winter/Spring Semester (at HEC)

• Financial Accounting
• Financial Economics
• Financial Markets
• Introduction to Law and Contracts Law
• Statistics
• Business Economics
• Accounting 2
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Tax Management
• Leading People and Organizations
• Legal Management of the Company
• Management of Information Systems
• Marketing
• Methods of Cost Analysis
• Operation and Supply Chain Management
• Strategy

Summer Semester (at HEC)

• Work

YEAR TWO

Fall Semester (12 credits)

• PPOL 5004, Intermediate Microeconomics (1.5 credit, first half)
• PPOL 5007, Comparative Policy Process
• PPOL 5010, Ethics, Values and Public Policy
• PPOL elective
• PPOL elective (1.5 credit, second half)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

• PPOL 5001, Regression Methods for Policy Analysis
• PPOL 5005, Microeconomics II
• PPOL 5009, Comparative Public Management
• PPOL elective

Summer Semester (6 credits)

• PPOL 5002, Advanced Regression/Program Evaluation
• PPOL 5013, Thesis Workshop I
• Part-time work

 YEAR THREE

Fall Semester (6 credits)

• PPOL 5014, Thesis Workshop II
• PPOL elective
• Part-time work