You may have heard about the prestigious International Fellows Program (IFP). It is highly competitive, as only 30 Columbia University students (10 new SIPA students, 10 continuing SIPA students and 10 Columbia University graduate students) are selected each year to participate in the program. Once you are an international fellow, you are a member for life.
The anticipation is over. The 2015 SIPA MIA/MPA application is now available online. If you are interested in applying for the 2015-2016 academic year, please create an account and get started. Select an email address you use regularly and a password that you will remember.
There are two entry points to our 2-year MIA/MPA program — Spring and Fall. Please select the appropriate term you wish to begin your program of study. Spring applicants should submit their application by October 15; spring applications are reviewed on a rolling basis which means the earlier you submit your application, the earlier you will hear back from us.
If fall is a more ideal time for you to begin your studies, you should submit your application and all supporting documents no later than February 5, 2015. There are two additional (and equally important) application deadlines to take note. If you like to plan early, we offer, for the first time, an EARLY ACTION option. If you submit a completed application by November 1, 2014, the Admissions Committee will review and render a decision before the new year. An early decision is only offered to those who meet the November 1 deadline. Applications submitted after November 1 will not receive a decision before March 14. And if you wish to be considered for a SIPA merit scholarship, you must submit your application by January 5, 2015. Admitted students who are selected to receive a SIPA fellowship will be notified in March of their award.
Looking forward to “meeting” you.
An audience of 300 luminaries, faculty, alumni, students, and special guests gathered at the historic Plaza Hotel in New York on April 2 for SIPA’s 14th Annual Global Leadership Awards Gala.
The event honors individuals who, through their work in public policy and administration, have made innovative or otherwise extraordinary contributions to the global public interest, with a focus this year on economic development and sustainability in particular. These leaders exemplify what SIPA can do for individuals and for the world: provide students with the international perspective, academic background, and practical experience to solve the most pressing global challenges.
Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger introduced SIPA Dean Merit E. Janow, who presented awards to this year’s honorees: Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation; and Joan Spero MIA ’68, a Trustee Emerita and senior research scholar at Columbia University.
Highlights of the program included remarks from SIPA students Jessi Jou Tseng MPA ’14 and Joe Lemaron Sadallah MIA ’15. The event raised a record amount of $450,000, which will be used for student fellowships. So that’s good news for our incoming first year students.
"The most global public policy school, where an international community of students and faculty address world challenges."
—Merit E. Janow, Dean, SIPA, Professor of Practice, International and Economic Law and International Affairs
