This is an announcement to let you know that we will be performing some system maintenance on Tuesday and this site will be down for a few hours. Although we expect the downtime to be brief, you may get an error message when trying to access the site for a few hours. Everything should be…
International Students: ISSO Office
Close to 50% of the students who enroll at SIPA each year are international students (not U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents). For some international students the transition to New York City can be a challenging one. To help incoming international students make the adjustment to life in New York City the Columbia University International Students…
The Y2Y Global Youth Conference 2009 Essay Competition
The World Bank has been featured on this site before as an organization with opportunities for policy minded people. We featured their Junior Professional Associates Program in a previous entry and we just became aware of another opportunity through the World Bank Youth 2 Youth Community (Y2Y). Y2Y is sponsoring an essay competition on youth…
New Scholarship Program
When I hear about new scholarship opportunities that might apply to our applicants I typically post them in two places – this blog and our Database of External Fellowships. I am happy to report that last spring an incoming SIPA student was awarded a $23,000 scholarship that he found out about by reading this blog. …
Incoming Students: Universities Represented
I have been crunching a lot of numbers lately and I thought it might be interesting to post a list of the universities/colleges our incoming MIA, MPA, and MPA-DP students attended. In total, the applicants for fall 2009 obtained their undergraduate degree from 887 different universities/colleges. This number only includes the university where the degree…
Office Working Remotely
Please note, due to COVID-19, the SIPA Admissions and Financial Aid office are working remotely starting March 16, 2020, until further notice.
We will continue to respond to emails as promptly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Important Dates
October 15, 2020: MIA/MPA/MPA-DP Spring Application Deadline
November 1, 2020: MIA/MPA/MPA-DP Fall Application Early Action Deadline
November 3, 2020: U.S. Election Day
January 5, 2021: MIA/MPA/MPA-DP Fall Fellowship Consideration Deadline
Recent Posts
- Applying in Quarantine: What does a productive application schedule look like in a pandemic?
- Program Assistant Introduction: Tenzin Dawa Thargay MIA ’21
- Program Assistant Introduction: Monica Vega Herrera MIA ’21
- Program Assistant Introduction: Sevita Rama MPA-DP ’21
- Program Assistant Introduction: Zawadia LeFang MPA ’21
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