Our two-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) is a 48-credit degree program with a required policy-relevant internship between the first and second years of study. The MPP degree at the Ford School is a generalist degree, through which students gain research, analytic, management and communications skills that are highly transferable across sectors, policy issue areas, and geographic regions. Students build their knowledge and skills through the core curriculum, and then tailor their educational experiences through the flexibility of having a significant number of elective credits. For mid-career professionals, we offer a one-year (9-month) Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree designed to enhance the analytic abilities and management skills of experienced professionals currently working in government, military, government affairs in the private sector, or the nonprofit sectorin the U.S. or abroad.