Hertie School

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Hertie School
Hertie School exterior.jpg
South West Wing of the Hertie School
MottoUnderstand today. Shape tomorrow. [1]
Type Private
Established2003
Academic affiliation
TPC
Budget€30.2 million [2]
President Cornelia Woll, President
Dean Andrea Römmele, Mark Hallerberg, Thurid Hustedt [3]
DirectorAxel Baisch [4]
Students801 [5]
64 [5]
Location,
Germany
Campus Friedrichstraße
Colours Red, grey, and white
   
Website www.hertie-school.org
Hertie School of Governance logo.svg

The Hertie School (until 2019 Hertie School of Governance) [6] is a German private, independent graduate school for governance (public policy, international affairs and data science) located in Berlin. Hertie School is accredited to confer master's and doctoral degrees. Half of the school's students are international, with more than 95 countries represented among alumni and currently enrolled students. The working language is English.

Contents

The research focus of the Hertie School, which has existed since its founding, lies in the analysis of the conditions, structures and dynamics of governance. [7]

Since 2018, the Hertie School has established five research centres (Centres of Competence) that focus on future key governance challenges: the Centre for International Security, the Centre for Digital Governance, the Centre for Fundamental Rights, the Jacques Delors Centre and the Centre for Sustainability (from 2021). Additionally, the School's Data Science Lab uses research in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle major societal problems.

History

The Hertie School was founded by the Hertie Foundation, located in Frankfurt. The Hertie foundation was named after the Hertie department store. Named after its founder Hermann Tietz (Her-Tie). The Hertie Foundation was founded with money coming from the last owner of the Hertie department store.

The school was established in 2003 as one of the first European professional schools for public policy. [8] Since 2008 it has been located in the Quartier 110 building on Friedrichstrasse in Berlin. [9] The first study program offered was the Master of Public Policy (MPP). In 2015, the Master of International Affairs (MIA) was added. The Master of Data Science was set up in 2021.

In February 2005, the Hertie School was awarded state recognition as college of higher education by the Berlin Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture (Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur).

In October 2017, the Hertie School once again received full accreditation [10] to confer doctoral degrees for another ten years.

In February 2019, the Hertie School announced that it would move to the Robert Koch Forum from summer 2025 to enable its growth plans. The historic Robert Koch Forum is currently being renovated by the city of Berlin with a budget of 87 million euros. [11]

Enrollment and Degrees

As of September 2023, a total of 801 students were enrolled in the school. This includes 652 master's students, 52 Executive MPA participants and 64 doctoral students. There are over 2,700 alumni. [12]

Predominantly, Hertie School's students have backgrounds in law, economics, political science and international relations and pursue a Master of Public Policy, Master of International Affairs or Master of Data Science for Public Policy degree. The Hertie School also offers an Executive Masters of Public Administration.[ citation needed ]

Academic programmes

The Hertie School currently offers three Master programmes, an executive Master, and a PhD programme:

In autumn 2012, the Hertie School welcomed its first PhD cohort. PhD candidates take core curriculum courses in their first year while beginning their dissertation research and are expected to complete their PhDs within three years.

Student life

Students of the Hertie School are engaged with a number of student clubs, including the students' magazine The Governance Post, the Diplomacy Club, the Latin America Club, the Pride Network, Cinema Politica, The Work, Economy & Social Policy Club, and many more.

Faculty

Notable faculty include President Cornelia Woll, Helmut Anheier, Joanna Bryson, Klaus Hurrelmann and Wolfgang Ischinger. [13]

Partnerships

The Hertie School has established dual degree programs with the MPP Programme at the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris, the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York City, the MGA and MPA programmes at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in Toronto, the MPP Program at the University of Tokyo, the MPA Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Programme in Government and International Organizations at Bocconi University in Milan and the Atlantis dual degree with the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

The Hertie School also has partnerships in the Berlin education landscape: with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), the ESMT European School of Management and Technology, and the University of Potsdam.

The Hertie School is a member of The European University of Social Sciences, or CIVICA. [14] [15] It is also a member of the Open Society University Network (OSUN). The school is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA).

Furthermore, the Hertie School is a member of key political science and policy analysis associations. These include the European Consortium for Political Science Research (ECPR), the American Political Science Association (APSA), the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), PolicyNet, and the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN). [16] The Global Public Policy Network is an international group of top public policy schools from around the world.

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  12. "Who we are | Facts and figures".
  13. Webseite der Hertie School: Core Faculty, retrieved 20 April 2022
  14. "CIVICA Campuses". www.civica.eu (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  15. "About CIVICA". CIVICA.
  16. https://www.gppnetwork.org/ [ bare URL ]

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