Our Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree requires students to complete professional experiences in their areas of interest. This means we have over 100 graduate students each year seeking experiential learning opportunities as a way to gain hands-on skills in applying their classroom knowledge to real-world organizational problems. When you hire an Evans School intern, you will receive the benefit of:
- Professional skills of rigorously trained Evans student
- Targeted focus on short-term projects or challenges facing your team
- Low-risk recruitment and capacity-building resource for your organization
Our MPA students are required to complete 400 hours of experiential learning (internship, part-time job, full-time job, fellowship, volunteer work, etc.) related to their MPA studies so they can apply what they’re learning in the classroom to real life settings.
To create a position for MPA students that would support their requirement, the Career Development team looks for positions with the following skills: Leadership, Analytical/Managerial Problem Solving, Program Development, Policy Implementation/Evaluation, Research, Quantitative/Qualitative Analysis, Civic Engagement, Budgeting/Financial Management, Assessment/Program Evaluation, and Stakeholder Collaboration/Outreach.