Hi Sonia,

Public administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. The Masters’ programme in Public Administration is job oriented in nature and multi-disciplinary in approach.

Eligibility: - you should have graduate degree or an equivalent degree is eligible to pursue Masters Degree in Public administration. However, the mode of selection and admission procedure may vary from one university to another.

Some universities also conduct entrance examination to get admission in this course. Selection to this course in these courses is based on marks secure in the final merit and the entrance exam.

You can contact every college individually to get all the information regarding admission procedure of these colleges.

Click here to get details on colleges offering M.A. in Public administration course.

Overall, public administration job prospects are expected to continue to be favorable and there are plenty of career paths to choose for jobs in public administration, including: public management, foreign service, national security, regulation and others.

Public administration leads to careers in the government or public service for which recruitment takes place usually through a competitive written examination not necessarily requiring knowledge of public administration.

If you seeking for careers in public administration sector in government undertakings, will have to join the All India Service Cadres of IDAS, IFS, IPS, IAS by getting through the Civil Service examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

Good luck!!!

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