About the School: The Peking University School of Government was established on December 22, 2001, based on the combination of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and the Program of Regional Economics within the Department of Urban and Environmental Studies. The school has more than 50 faculty members who respectively work in six departments of political science, public administration, public policy, public economics, urban and regional management, and political economy. The school also has various teaching and research centers and institutes and collaborates with research organizations like the Institution of Political Development and Governance (also the Key Research Base of the Ministry of Education) mainly composed of the school faculty. The school recruits students annually in 3 undergraduate majors, 7 graduate programs, 4 doctorate programs, MPA education, and continuing education.
The school aims to establish a world-class government school in relevant disciplines. It also intends to become a key base of government and public management, of training and educating talents with high quality, a consultative base for decision-making of the party and government, a first-rate base producing academic achievements, and an exchange platform for internal and external academic communities. The school focuses on discipline building and talents training, combining political science and economics, integrating academic research and practical applications, combining normative and positive research, academic training and professional training. The school will strengthen contact, communication, and collaboration with academic communities and governmental institutions in and outside China, so as to promote discipline development and the cause of modernization. |
