Morningside Heights, Manhattan
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, New York City. It is consistently ranked one of the top
graduate schools
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for international relations in the world.
SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields, as well as the Executive MPA and Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development.
SIPA's alumni include former heads of state, business leaders, journalists, diplomats, and elected representatives. Half of SIPA's nearly 1,400 students are international, coming from over 100 countries. SIPA has more than 70 full-time faculty, many of which include the world's leading scholars on international relations.
History
Columbia University's School of International Affairs was founded in 1946 following the aftermath of World War II. Emphasizing practical training, the mission of SIPA was to foster the understanding of critical regions and to prepare diplomats, officials, and other professionals to meet the complexities of the postwar world. It originated in dynamic regional institutes that drew on Columbia's renowned faculties in history, economics, political science, linguistics, and other traditional fields. The School initially awarded a
Master of International Affairs
The Master in International Affairs (MIA), or the Master in Global Affairs (MGA), also known as Master in International relations (MIR) is a master's degree awarded by schools of international affairs.
Subject matter
Details can vary between deg ...
(MIA) degree.
By 1967, the School was home to eight regional institutes, covering nearly every part of the globe. It also contained the non-area-specific Institute of War and Peace Studies (now the
Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenho ...
), founded in 1951 by university president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Originally housed in a row of
brownstone
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s, the School moved into its own 15-story building in 1971.
To meet a growing demand for public service professionals, the school added a second degree, the
Master of Public Administration
The Master of Public Administration (M.P.Adm., M.P.A., or MPA) is a specialized higher professional post graduate degree in public administration, similar/ equivalent to the Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the issues of ...
, in 1977. In 1981, the program was renamed the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration and the school renamed the School of International and Public Affairs.
In the early 1990s, SIPA began appointing its own faculty, supplementing the distinguished social and natural scientists and
humanists
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with whom SIPA students studied around the university. Within 15 years, SIPA faculty were among the most prominent in their fields, including the one-time director of the U.S. census, a
Nobel Laureate
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George H. W. Bush
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administrations, a former assistant secretary general of the United Nations, and many distinguished research scholars.
In 1992, with support from the World Bank, the Program in Economic Policy Management (PEPM) was established to provide mid-career finance professionals with the skills required for the effective design and implementation of economic policy, emphasizing the problems of developing and transition economies. Students who complete PEPM's requirements are awarded an MPA degree.
To accommodate the needs of working professionals who could not pursue full-time study, SIPA established the Executive MPA program in 1999 as part of the Picker Center for Executive Education. In 2001 the School introduced an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (ESP), which condenses the two years into twelve consecutive months, without a reduction in requirements, and provides core courses in management and policy analysis with a concentration in
environmental science
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and
earth systems
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. The ESP MPA program is offered in cooperation with
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and the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory. In fall 2004 SIPA inaugurated its first doctoral program, the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in
Sustainable Development
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, which combines elements of a traditional graduate education in social science, particularly economics, with a significant training in the natural sciences.
On March 23, 2022 current professor and director of the Saltzman Institute, Keren Yarhi-Milo was named Dean.
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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at the
National University of Singapore
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through the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN).
Concentrations and specializations
In addition to fulfilling all core requirements, MIA and MPA students must also satisfy the requirements of both a policy concentration and a specialization. Students choose one of the following six concentrations: Economic and Political Development; Energy and Environment; International Finance and Economic Policy (includes focus areas in international finance; international economic policy; and central banking); Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy; International Security Policy; or Urban and Social Policy.
Students choose a specialization in one of the following: Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis; Gender and Public Policy; International Conflict Resolution; International Organization and UN Studies; Technology, Media, and Communications; Management; or regional expertise (8 different regions/countries). Regional specializations are offered in the following areas: Africa, East Asia, East Central Europe, Europe, Latin America, The Middle East, Russia, South Asia, and the United States. The Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis (APEA) specialization was discontinued during the 2018–2019 academic year.
Rankings and reputation
''
Foreign Policy
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'' ranked SIPA fifth in its 2018 ranking of "Top Master's Programs for Policy Career in International Relations". In addition, SIPA was ranked first by '' U.S. News & World Report Best Graduates Schools'' in the 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022 world rankings for International Global Policy and Administration and fifth for Environmental Policy and Management.
Centers
SIPA is home to five centers:
* Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP): Supports microeconomic research to investigate the sources of poverty and to inform practical interventions to address them.
*
Center on Global Energy Policy
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(CGEP): Provides independent, balanced, data-driven analysis to help policymakers navigate the complex world of energy.
* Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG): Produces policy-oriented research on global economic governance.
* Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR): Contributes to the resolution of international deadly conflict through research, education and practice. It was founded in 1997 by professor Andrea Bartoli as the International Conflict Resolution Program. The center was renamed in 2002, and it is a research center located within the
Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenho ...
.
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Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenho ...
(SIWPS): Founded in 1951 under the sponsorship of Dwight D. Eisenhower, during his tenure as president of Columbia University, SIWPS was created to promote understanding of the "disastrous consequences of war upon man's spiritual, intellectual, and material progress". The institute has become one of the leading research centers on international relations in the United States.
Publications
'' Journal of International Affairs'' was established in 1947 and is the oldest university-affiliated publication in the field of international relations; it is edited by SIPA students. ''The Morningside Post'' is SIPA's student-founded, student-run multimedia news publication. Its content: student-written investigative news about SIPA and the SIPA community, plus world affairs analysis, opinion, and satire.
''Conflict Resolution Journal'' is a dynamic and evolving web-based project founded by SIPA students.
''SIPA News'' is a biannual publication featuring articles by faculty, students, and alumni as well as news about the school.
Notable alumni
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(graduate student),
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Nobel Laureate
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, Chief UN weapons inspector and head of
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Robert L. Belknap
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, scholar of
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, former director of the
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, former
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and former
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John Henry Coatsworth
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, former provost of Columbia University, Latin American expert
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Steven A. Cohen
Steven A. Cohen (born June 11, 1956) is an American hedge fund manager and owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball since September 14, 2020, owning roughly 97.2% of the team. He is the founder of hedge fund Point72 Asset Manageme ...
, former director of
The Earth Institute
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Michael W. Doyle
Michael W. Doyle is an American international relations scholar who is a theorist of the liberal " democratic peace" and author of ''Liberalism and World Politics''. He has also written on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation o ...
, the theorist of the liberal “democratic peace”
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Albert Fishlow Albert Fishlow is an economist, a professor emeritus of economics at the University of California, BerkeleyHoward Steven Friedman, Health Economist and Statistician at the United Nations
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Ester Fuchs
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, urban and social policy expert
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Geoffrey M. Heal
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Biography
Heal was born in 1944 in Bangor, Wal ...
Christopher R. Hill
Christopher Robert Hill (born August 10, 1952) is an American diplomat who is United States Ambassador to Serbia. Previously, he was professor at George W. Ball adjunct Columbia University in the City of New York, the Chief Advisor to the Chancel ...
, former
United States Ambassador to Iraq
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* Alexander K. Sloan (1931) – ''Chargé d'Affaires''
* Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942) – ''Minister''
* Thomas M. Wilson (1942) – ''Minister ...
and dean of the
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver is a professional school of international affairs offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. It is named in honor of the founding dean, Josef Korbel, father o ...
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Merit Janow
Merit E. Janow is a professor in the practice of international trade and dean at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs from 2013 to 2021.
Biography
Janow teaches graduate courses in international economic and trade pol ...
, the only North American member of the
WTO
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
appellate body; former Deputy Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative
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foreign policy analysis
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FPA is the study of the management of external relations and activities of ...
Rashid Khalidi
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Kenneth Lipper
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New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
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Mark M. Lowenthal
Mark M. Lowenthal (born September 5, 1948) is an author and Adjunct Professor at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD He has written five books and over 90 articles or studies on intelligence and nat ...
, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence Research
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Edward Luck
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William H. Luers
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, retired career diplomat and museum executive
* Mahmood Mamdani, leading Africa scholar
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Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Jack Foust Matlock Jr. (born October 1, 1929) is an American former ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, a historian, and a linguist. He was a Soviet and Communist studies, specialist in Soviet affairs during some of the most tu ...
, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
* Keren Yarhi-Milo, political scientist and director of the
Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
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Mayor of Philadelphia
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as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The current mayor of Philadelphia is Jim Kenney.
History
The first mayor of Philadelphia, ...
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Michael E. O'Hanlon
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Biography
Education and early career
O ...
David Rothkopf
David J. Rothkopf (born December 24, 1955) is a foreign policy, national security and political affairs analyst and commentator. He is the founder and CEO of TRG Media and The Rothkopf Group, a columnist for the Daily Beast and a member of the U ...
, chairman and CEO of The Rothkopf Group, and Garten Rothkopf, and former Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
* Jeffrey Sachs, chief economic advisor to many governments, former Director of the
UN Millennium Project
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, Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals
* Giovanni Sartori, Albert Schweitzer Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Columbia University
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Stephen Sestanovich
Stephen Rockwell Sestanovich (born June 8, 1950) is an American government official, academic, and author. He is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University where he is the D ...
, former Ambassador-at-large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (NIS)
* Gary Sick, Iran expert and three-time member of the National Security Council
* David Siegel - Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial, Organizational and Strategic Management ; CEO of
Investopedia
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David C. Stark
David Charles Stark is Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, where he served as chair of the sociology department and currently directs the Center on Organizational Innovation. He was formerly an External Faculty Member of ...
, professor of sociology
* Alfred Stepan, professor of government
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Joseph Stiglitz
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international relations theory
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.
Notable former faculty
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Ernst Jaeckh
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Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
(1875–1959), German-born orientalist and founder of the Middle East Institute
* Lisa Anderson, former dean of SIPA and a leading expert on the Middle East; former president of the
American University in Cairo
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National sec ...
Robert C. Lieberman
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, former interim dean of SIPA and provost of the Johns Hopkins University
* John Ruggie, former dean of SIPA; former Assistant Secretary-General and chief advisor for strategic planning to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He continues to serve as the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Business and Human Rights
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Zalmay Khalilzad
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, former
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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Amina J. Mohammed
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, Deputy-Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Ministry of Environment of Nigeria
Notable former international fellows
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Michael Armacost
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, diplomat,
Deputy Secretary of State
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Bonnie Erbe
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Jim Hightower
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, progressive activist
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Richard M. Smith
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Smith was born in Pennsy ...
, chairman and editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek''
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Frederick Kempe
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