Title conferred: Master of State and Municipal Public Administration
Duration of program: Two years
Credits required: 120
Plan: Semesters
Additional Requirements
Candidates with previous specialization may enroll without taking the induction course and the admissions exam.
Entrance Profile
The Master's Degree in State and Municipal Public Administration is ideally aimed at professionals having the following characteristics:
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Previous knowledge: training in the social sciences, requiring a bachelor's degree in any discipline in the social sciences and basic knowledge of law, political science, economy, and computation. If a candidate does not fulfill these requirements, the Council of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Department of Law will review the matter, taking into account the arguments presented and the academic and professional history of the candidate.
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Abilities and attitude: skills of observation, perception, concentration, analysis and synthesis, as well as mnemonic ability, motivation to study and work in groups, time availability for fulfilling the credits required by the academic program and interest in developing field studies in which the acquired knowledge will be applied to objective problems.
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All interested students must have an acute sensitivity to societal problems and necessities, a strong sense of responsibility and public service, and conduct themselves according to the utmost ethical principles.
Graduate Profile
Contemporary Mexico requires highly trained professionals with the capacity to efficiently carry out society's demands. In order to meet this necessity, the graduate of the Master's Degree in State and Municipal Public Administration will have the following characteristics:
Theoretical and disciplinary knowledge
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Means for identifying the legal fundamentals of political and administrative work in Mexico, particularly at the level of state and municipal government.
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Extensive and detailed knowledge of the organizational aspects of state and municipal public administration.
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Capacity for analyzing the processes of elaboration of administrative and governmental policies at the state and municipal levels of government.
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Multidisciplinary outlook with respect to regional and local processes of governability, modernization and institutional development, familiarity with the problem of public state and municipal management, utilizing a comparative approach.
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Fundamentals for designing adequate administrative programs for public state and municipal institutions that best meet the challenges of the country.
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Mastery of professional techniques and skills of observation to locate dysfunctional elements of the public structural framework. To formulate complex and critical analysis and diagnostics concerning the political and administrative situation at the state and municipal levels with the purpose of creating, facilitating and conducting efficient, ethical and socially responsible decision-making.
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Academic quality preparing students for Ph.D. studies.
Practical knowledge
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Skills of creativity and innovation to identify and take advantage of the opportunities relating to administrative functioning in the public sector at the state and municipal level.
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Ability to critically reflect about the theoretical and practical problems of public state and municipal administration.
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Sufficient knowledge for legal and administrative research, not only in academia, but also in other activities such as high-level legal counsel for the solution of administrative problems.
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Skills for fostering interpersonal relationships and integrating human groups with social responsibility in decision-making in state and municipal public administration.
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Talent for utilizing the tools for analyzing and evaluating complex problems of local public administration.
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Know-how for the management of public state and municipal programs and administration of governmental bodies in these contexts.
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Offer highly-qualified professional services involving decision-making in social organizations relating to state or municipal administration.
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Assume the roles of management, coordination, evaluation, and mid- and high-level supervision in the local public domain.
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Organize and manage multidisciplinary research teams in academic and professional contexts of public state and municipal administration.
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Integrity in one’s professional practice, a spirit of service, community outreach and education, loyalty to institutions, an unending search for justice, liberty, and freedom; concern for the betterment of administrative structures, conviction in the need to stimulate development in state and municipal contexts.

Enrollment and re-enrollment fees: $ 10,000.00
Admissions period: Annual, in January
Last updated: November 29, 2001
Creation of program: November 29, 2001