By interacting with staff members from various disciplines as well as with different societal stakeholders, students will learn to foster new forms of engagement across sectors of the economy and society. The programme prepares the graduates to work in the private, public or third sector in tasks that involve analysing, planning, and steering complex change processes.

The administrative science specialisation provides students with sound academic skills for anticipating, analysing, and responding to the complex, dynamic challenges facing contemporary public sector organisations and institutions. The specialisation focuses on governance issues in the context of public sector reforms and novel collaboration forms.

A cross-cutting theme of the specialisation is the role of public governance in fostering socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable societies. The studies consist of interdisciplinary joint studies, specialisation-specific advanced studies, free choice studies and a Master’s thesis. When applying to the programme, you may choose from the following options: Governance for Sustainable Change and Sustainable Business Management.