The Master of Public Diplomacy is the first graduate-level public diplomacy program in the world.

Students may emphasize public diplomacy training most appropriate for a career in public service, the corporate world or in a non-governmental organization working in the ever-expanding global civil society.

Upon successful completion of the master’s degree, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate strategic thinking and deploy the full range of Public Diplomacy instruments to advance foreign policy goals by engaging foreign publics
• Apply the tools of modern communication technology, including data management and insights, digital analytics, and multi-platform content creation
• Approach issues related to foreign public engagement across a variety of times and geographical locations through multiple academic disciplines including those of Communication and International Relations in order to advance and inform professional practice
• Demonstrate an understanding of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and, as appropriate, other forms of diversity in relation to international communications and their significance and impact in a global society
• Work effectively as both a member of a team and as an individual researcher and/or practitioner in the field of foreign public engagement
• Communicate persuasively and succinctly in spoken and written forms and in the genres of communication currently in use in professional public diplomacy practice