Public Administration

Master’s Programme

The master in Public Administration aims to provide graduates an integrated set of dynamic capabilities, firmly grounded in knowledge and skills at an advanced level of understanding in the scientific area of the AP, with particular attention to the Macau Special Administrative Region, as it is intended that this Masters course will run in Leiria and Macau as well.

Programme Coordinator

Luís Pedroso de Lima Cabral de Oliveira
coord.map.estg@ipleiria.pt

Reference

2047

School

Technology and Management

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

Evening

Length

4 Semesters

Vacancies

General and International student contingent: 30

Notice

Edital 2025 2v (PT Doc)

DGES certification

Link to Registration

Objectives

Programme

This Masters course aims to train multidisciplinary professionals to exercise of functions in AP and private sector companies that relate to the AP, as well as academic training in this area. Seeks to respond to new challenges facing the AP, as a result of the evolution of the state of globalization, European integration process and the Macau-China relationship, and require a new performance based on criteria of efficiency and productivity, without, however, forget the responsibility of the Public Service prosecutor of social equity.

Study Plan

ECTS: 120

1st Year
2nd Year

1st Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Public Administration Law (Portugal and Macau)	1st Semester	6	1st Year
1 – The Public Administration 2 – The Administrative Law 3 – Administrative Organization 4 – Administrative Powers 5 – Persons employed in administration 6 – Administrations activities 7 – Administrative Safeguards
	Political Science	1st Semester	6	1st Year
1 – Concept and Object of Political Science. 1.1. Definition of Politics 1.2. Definition of Political Science 1.3. Openness, eclecticism and multidisciplinary 2 – Brief History of Political Ideas. Contemporary political thought. 2.1. Classical antiquity 2.2. The Middle Age 2.3. The Modern Age 2.4. Illuminism 2.5. The Contemporary Age 3 – Characterization of the state. 3.1. The State in history. 3.2. General characteristics of the State 3.3. The State as a political community or people 3.4. Forms of State 3.5. Separation of powers 4 – Political Forms . 4.1. The types of political forms in general 4.2. The major doctrinal classifications 4.3. Comparative Political Systems 5. Themes / political problems in the contemporary world. 5.1. The European Union: a political system sui generis 5.2. Cultural diversity: the end of the homogenous nation-state 5.3. Globalization and global governance
	Public Policies (Portugal and Macau)	1st Semester	6	1st Year
PART I. Public Policies on a process-oriented approach State and society. The State functions. Public Policies: concept, actors and instruments. Problem definition and their introduction in the political agenda. Policy formulation and Decision-making. Policy implementation. Policy Evaluation. The evolution of the Policy Sciences and the explanations for policy change PART II. Governance models and their relationship with policy-making Public governance models European integration models. Public policies in the Regional and Local governance levels PART III. Sectoral Analysis of Public Policies Analysis of cases of public policies
	Human Resources Management in Public Administration	1st Semester	6	1st Year
1.Background and evolution of Public Administration: the special case of New Public Management 2. The management of human resources in Public Administration: some policies and practices 2.a. Public Service Motivation 2.b. Recruitment and selection 2.c Performance Evaluation in Public Administration 3. New research trends in human resources management
	Data Analysis	1st Semester	3	1st Year
Basic concepts in data analysis 1.1. Population and sample 1.2. Steps in the data analysis process 1.3. Data classification according its scale of measurement 1.4. Introduction to SPSS Descriptive statistics 2.1. Presentation of the data: tables and graphs 2.2. Measures of location 2.3. Measures of dispersion 2.4. Measures of asymmetry Statistical inference 3.1. Basics concepts 3.2. Sampling distributions 3.3. Confidence intervals 3.4. Hypothesis testing Bivariate analysis 4.1 Contingency tables 4.2 Chi-square test 4.3 Correlation 4.4 Linear Regression
	Scientific Research Methodology	1st Semester	3	1st Year
O1 – Knowledge and understanding: O.1.1. To understand the dynamics of scientific production in Social Sciences; O.1.2. To master the research methodologies of scientific work as well as how to present their results; O.1.3. To formulate a topic and define the subject matter of research; O.1.4.To know different methods used in research, sampling techniques and data analysis; O.1.5. To acquire knowledge base at the level of research on the writing of a thesis. O.1.6.To master communicative strategies. O2 – Application: O.2.1. To apply research methodologies; O.2.2. To describe a subject/object of study of a research project; O.2.3. To apply different methods used in research, sampling techniques and data analysis. O3 – Communication skills To develop linguistic, non-linguistic and strategic communication skills.
	Special Administrative Law (Portugal and Macau)	2nd Semester	7	1st Year
The General Data Protection Regulation Public Service Law: brief notes Right of Urbanism 3.1.Concept of Urbanism Law 3.2. Constitutional Principles of Urban Planning Law 3.3.The Administrative Organization 3.4.Entities, bodies and services with powers and competences in the field of urbanism 3.5.Legal Regime for Territorial Management Instruments Right of Expropriations 4.1. Notion of expropriation for public utility 4.2. Object of expropriation 4.3. Structure of the legal expropriation relationship 4.4.Proposals for legitimizing expropriation 4.5. Common expropriation procedure 4.6. Deviations from the common expropriation procedure Environmental Law 5.1. Notion 5.2. Constitutional consecration 5.3.Sources of Environmental Law 5.4.Principles of Environmental Law
	Public Procurement (Portugal and Macau)	2nd Semester	7	1st Year
Part One – Public Procurement:- Sources of law; European Law of Contracts; – Principles; – Subjective and Objective application of the CPP; – Procedures Diverse steps of each procedure. Part Two – The e-procurement: Portal Base. – The principles of competition and public interest in public procurement – Horizontal policies promoted by public procurement – The system for the control, audit, and prevention of economic corruption – Comparative analysis of public procurement systems – New research trends in the field of Public Procurement in its institutional dimension
	Socioeconomic Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region	2nd Semester	6	1st Year
Globalization dynamics and its socioeconomic consequences; Statistical sources for the analysis of socio-economic policies; The European Union as a transformation actor in the socioeconomic policies in Portugal; Welfare State: historical conditions for its development, functions, objectives and diversity of models in Europe Social Policies in Portugal and their connection with Portugal: case studies Stages of development of the Portuguese Economy in the 20th and 21st centuries Economic Development Policies in Portugal: tcase studies The impact of the European Union and Community Funds on socio-economic development in Portugal Socioeconomic policies in other regional blocs: the case of Asia-Pacific
	Leadership and Negotiation	2nd Semester	6	1st Year
Management and organizations Leadership in organizations Negotiation Conflict management New research trends in leadership, negotiation and conflict management
	Information Systems and Technologies	2nd Semester	4	1st Year
The information and knowledge society 1.1 Concept and perspectives Electronic Government 2.1 Concept, objectives, implementation, impacts and evolution 2.2 Interaction Groups: G2C-Government to Citizen, G2GGovernment to Government, G2B-Government to Business, G2E -Government to Employees 2.3 Models and maturity levels: presence, interaction, transaction, transformation 2.4 Local E- Government 2.5Quality of Electronic Services Public Administration Information Systems and Online Services 3.1 Information Systems concepts: definition, characteristics, components, architecture, functions and types 3.2 Information Systems in Public Administration and Online Services Collaboration and Productivity Tools Data analysis tools

2nd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Dissertation/Project/Internship	Yearly	60	2nd Year
Dissertation a) Personalized tutorial guidance for the development and organization of the scientific dissertation in the area of Law or Public Administration. 1. Preparing the dissertation 1.1 Presentation of relevance of the thematic 1.2 Objectives of the work 1.3 Literuture review 1.4 Methodology (theoretical, experimental, empirical and laboratorial) 1.5 Results and critical analysis of the results 1.6 Conclusions Project a) Preparation of the project 1.1 Presentation of relevance of the thematic 1.2 Objectives of the work 1.3 Literuture review 1.4 Methodology (theoretical, experimental, empirical and laboratorial) 1.5 Results and critical analysis of the results 1.6 Conclusions Internship a) Preparation of report internship: 1.1 Critical description of the context of the internship (company and functions) 1.2 Detailed study of a specific function in a organization: 1.2.1 Objectives 1.2.2 Resolution Mode / implementation and framework with scientific and technical literature 1.2.3 Results analysis and business impact 1.2.4 Conclusions a) Choose one of three optional subjects.

Entry Requirements

People who can apply to the Master’s Degree:

Holders of an undergraduate degree or a legal equivalent in Law, Public Administration, Economics and Management;
Holders of a foreign higher education diploma, granted after a first cycle of studies, under the principles of the Bologna Process, by a State, which has subscribed this Process, in Law, Public Administration, Economics and Management;
Holders of a foreign higher education diploma that is recognized as meeting the objectives of an undergraduate degree by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management, in Law, Public Administration, Economics and Management;
Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as certifying the skills to attend this cycle of studies by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management.

International Student
All information related to the international student application should be consulted on our International Students webpage.

Accreditation

State: Accredited
N. years of accreditation: 6
Publication date: 01-04-2019
A3ES Accreditation

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Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 50€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 1140€
International student contingent: 3000€

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