地方政府硕士课程为地方政府的专业人员，管理人员和领导人提供了先进的知识和技能，可以对理论和实践进行批判性的思考。这使他们能够将这些知识应用到战略思考，规划和塑造当地社区中。该课程为毕业生提供基于证据的学习方法，以在当地政府工作场所建立较高的影响力和领导力。该课程以悉尼科技大学地方政府中心的研究和能力建设活动为基础，提供了一个跨学科的课程，其教学活动遍及整个学院。开发了一个教育计划以匹配每个参与者的个人需求，并且可以通过密集的区块发布或在某些情况下通过在线交付模式来研究主题。
The Master of Local Government provides professionals, managers and leaders in local government with an advanced body of knowledge and skills to reflect critically on theory and practice. This enables them to apply this knowledge in their roles in strategic thinking, planning and shaping local communities.<br><br>The course provides graduates with an evidence-based learning approach to build a high level of influence and leadership in their local government workplace. The course, which is informed by the research and capacity-building activities of the UTS Centre for Local Government, provides an interdisciplinary program with teaching and learning activities ranging across and beyond the faculty. An education program is developed to match the requirements of each participant's individual requirements, and subjects can be studied through intensive block release or in some cases through online delivery mode.