For more than 60 years, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs has been educating professionals who make a difference in the world. Through rigorous social science research and hands-on practice, SIPA’s graduates and faculty work to improve social services, advocate for human rights, strengthen markets, protect the environment, and secure peace, in their home communities and around the world. The School draws its strengths from the resources of New York City and Columbia University, and yet has a global reach, with 14,000 graduates in more than 150 countries.

SIPA students are an extraordinary group from a variety of backgrounds, who are united by their energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to making a difference in the world. Today half of SIPA’s nearly 1,200 students are international, coming from one hundred countries. They are enrolled either in one of the traditional two-year programs, in the executive program in public administration, or in one of several dual degree programs with international schools such as the London School of Economics, the National University of Singapore, and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).