Governmental Studies Graduate Programs

Geospatial intelligence helps you navigate the need to uncover answers despite the reality of missing, incomplete, or intentionally hidden data. Learn to understand a particular environment – anywhere on Earth – through analysis of data from satellites and sensors in order to shape important decisions in the government, private, and non-profit sectors.

Global security in the 21st century is complex: rising powers, non-state actors, hybrid wars, cyber challenges, resource scarcity. With these challenges comes an opportunity to create smart, effective policies that helps shape and protect our world.

Bring about meaningful change and advance your career with a master’s in government. The flexible program equips you with practical skills for solving today’s governmental, political, and policymaking challenges.

This cutting-edge program empowers students to tackle meaningful policy challenges using analytics. Students graduate with the expertise to be data-driven decisionmakers and policy leaders in both the public and private sector.

It’s no secret: Intelligence analysts provide insights that enable decision-making in a complex and uncertain world. Timely, accurate, and actionable intelligence is a key advantage in a competitive global environment where information is power.

Nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations advance social progress, support health and human rights, aid in disaster recovery, and provide arts and education, among other critical services. Become the agent of change you aspire to be through mission-based work.

Advance your government or public service career with Hopkins’ innovative and flexible MA in Public Management program. Whether an online or on-campus student, what you learn in class will help you to address real-world governance and policy issues.

Whether you are looking to join the intelligence field or advance your career to leadership positions within the intelligence community, this post-baccalaureate certificate is designed to help you accomplish your goals.

Learn to perform sophisticated data analyses, draw substantive conclusions, and effectively communicate results to address contemporary political, policy, and governance challenges.

Nonprofits around the world are shaping public policy, delivering services, mobilizing for collective impact, contributing to our economies, and in general facilitating the citizen participation and influence that creates free and effective societies.

Advance your knowledge in government and politics, ethics, global economics, financial theory, and management, and set yourself apart from the competition in a career that overlaps public and private sectors.

The combined MA in Government/Certificate in Intelligence prepares its graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in those parts of the government and private sector that use intelligence or work with the Intelligence Community. Students can complete this program with only 15 courses. Most students take two courses per semester.

Students pursuing an MA in Global Security Studies may obtain an additional credential by completing courses that lead to the Certificate in Intelligence. This combined credential will prepare its graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in those parts of the government and private sector that use intelligence or work with the Intelligence Community. Students can complete this program with only 15 courses.

Students pursuing an MS in Data Analytics and Policy may obtain an additional credential by completing courses that lead to the Certificate in Intelligence. This combined credential will prepare its graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in those parts of the government and private sector that use intelligence or work with the Intelligence Community, as well as other parts of the national security community. Students can complete this program with only 15 courses.

Students pursuing an MA in Public Management may obtain an additional credential by completing courses that lead to the Certificate in Intelligence. This combined credential will prepare its graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in those parts of the government and private sector that use intelligence or work with the Intelligence Community.

Students pursuing an MA in Public Management may obtain an additional credential by completing a sequence of courses offered by the Certificate in Data Analytics and Policy. This combined credential will prepare its graduates for careers in government agencies that require extensive use of data analysis in policymaking and public administration.

Enhance your understanding of how the government and non-profit sectors overlap and how they need to cooperate in order to succeed with their missions.