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SIPA and São Paulo: New Dual Degree Established
As part of SIPA’s effort to expand its network of global partners, the School is establishing a new dual degree in São Paulo, Brazil. The deans from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV-EAESP) signed the agreement in New York on May 3. The first class is expected to enroll in the fall of 2010.
SIPA and FGV have designed a unified two-year curriculum, drawing on each school’s strengths, cultures and traditions. During their first year of study, students will complete the core curriculum in public policy in New York or São Paulo, developing analytical skills in economics, statistics, and political systems and gaining an overview of public and nonprofit management. Students will then move to the partner school for a second year of study during which they can choose from a wide array of public policy and business fields to develop a specialization, and graduate with a degree from both institutions.
“Twenty-five percent of our programs are related to public administration,” said Maria Tereza Leme Fleury, Dean of FGV-EAESP in São Paulo. “So we are very honored and excited to sign this dual degree agreement. Not only for the collaboration between the two institutions, but also in terms of research, faculty exchange, and many other opportunities.”
In addition to the new dual degree with Fundação Getulio Vargas, SIPA also offers dual degrees in partnership with Sciences Po Paris, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
“It is important that Latin America is well represented at SIPA and Columbia University. One of the best ways to do that is through our dual degree programs,” said Dean John H. Coatsworth. “FGV is the ideal partner – one of Latin America’s most distinguished schools in Latin America’s biggest country.”
Additionally, SIPA is also in the process of developing new exchange programs in Moscow, Cairo, and Mexico City. These partnerships will complement SIPA’s existing exchange programs with Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy, and the School of Finance at Renmin University in China. The exchange programs allow students to transfer credits toward their degree at SIPA.
Since 2006, SIPA has participated in the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN), a partnership between Columbia University, Sciences Po Paris, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. The mission of the GPPN is to address the most pressing public policy challenges of the 21st century. It aims to have policy impact, be influential in public policy education and training, and to be innovative in teaching and research through dual degree programs, student and faculty exchanges, collaborative research, and publications, such as the new Global Policy journal.
05/05/2010