Seoul G20 Global Leader's Program

KDI School
Academic Programs
The KDI School of Public Policy and Management offers Master’s programs and a Ph.D. programs. Our curricula drawn from
accumulated resources of the KDI strive to meet the diverse and professional demands of a constantly changing society.
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Master’s Programs
The Master's programs are divided into full-time and part-time courses. Full-time students are able to complete their coursework by
the end of the first year and usually spend the second year working on their research component. Full-time students are able to
graduate in 18 months. Part-time programs operate in a flexible combination of evening and weekend classes. Part-time students can
graduate within two years without interrupting their careers. Both full-time and part-time courses are available for the MDP and MPP
programs. All classes are conducted in English.
Academic Programs
Full-time Program
Part-time Program (Residents in Korea Only)
Programs
Concentrations
•MDP: Master of Development Policy
•MPP: Master of Public Policy
•Global Finance and Regulation
•Trade and Industrial Policy
•Fiscal and Social Policy
•Regional Development and Environment
•MDP: Master of Development Policy
•MPP: Master of Public Policy
•Global Finance and Regulation
•Trade and Industrial Policy
•Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development
Global Network
•Global Governance and Political Economy
•Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development
•Public Management and Leadership
Duration
•1.5 years (4 semesters)
•Coursework: 1 st year at the KDI School
•2 years (6 semesters)
Class Schedule
Tuition
•Thesis Writing: 2 nd year in home country
•Daytime (08:30 - 18:00)
•28,000,000 KRW
•Scholarship opportunities available
•Weekday Evenings (19:00 - 22:30)
+ Saturdays (09:00 - 17:30)
•28,000,000 KRW
•Scholarship opportunities available
Campus Life
Seoul G20 Global Leader’s Program
Hoping to further the Seoul Development Consensus endorsed at the G20 Seoul Summit in November 2010, KDI School introduces Seoul
G20 Global Leader’s Program. Seoul G20 Global Leader’s Fellowship is a degree program that offers specialized core courses and seminars
that deal with G20 agendas. Students in this program will be provided with increased scholarship benefit, and can choose to pursue either
MDP or MPP degree. Target students include government officials of division head-level or above or with minimum 6 years of working
experience in the public sector. Korea Global Leader’s Fellowship (KGLF) is an executive program for high-level government officials around
the world. Co-operated with the (tentatively named) G20 Global Governance and Development Center, KGLF is designed to raise the core
competence of executives within a year through intensive seminars and research in Korea’s development experience and G20 agendas.
Ph.D. Programs
The KDI School offers Ph.D. in Development Policy and Ph.D. in Public Policy. One-year residency is required for all students, during
which students must take at least 9 classes (27 credits). Afterwards, they are required to pass a comprehensive examination covering
their field of study. Once they pass the exam, students must take 9 more credits (36 credits in total). Upon completing the
coursework students are required to pass an oral examination in their field of study, followed by the submission of a thesis. Starting
from their second year, students have the option of pursuing work and study simultaneously.
*Tuition: Total 25,000,000 KRW (first year: 1,500,000 KRW, second and third year: 5,000,000 KRW respectively, from fourth year on: 1,000,000 KRW per year)
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