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An academic program for public affairs in Austria

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Since the mid-2000s a need for well-educated public affairs professionals emerged in Austria. In 2006, the University of Vienna established a postgraduate Master of Arts program with an specialization in public affairs. The extra-occupational program runs for four semesters with a workload of 120 ECTS-points. The program consists not of practical training only, but is founded upon a theoretical framework. It successfully integrates real world, experiential, learning into higher education. To graduate students have to write a master thesis and pass a final examination.

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  1. Department of Mass Communication, University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 29, Vienna, 1090, Austria

    Julia Wippersberg, Nicole Wagner & Klaus Lojka

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Wippersberg, J., Wagner, N. & Lojka, K. An academic program for public affairs in Austria. Int Groups Adv 4, 52–64 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1057/iga.2014.25

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