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Graduate admissions updates and highlights of the School's international community of students, faculty, and alumni.
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GMC Blog
Jun 05, 2024
A Princeton SPIA Perspective: Mid-career MPP
Princeton SPIA has been a profoundly important place for me, offering an array of opportunities to develop personally and academically without…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Students & Alumni
Anna Blue with dog
Apr 30, 2024
My tech policy journey at SPIA
The past few months have been full of stimulating…
Campus Life & Community; Fields & Certificates; Students & Alumni
winter break blog
Mar 08, 2024
SPIA Spanned Seven Continents Over the 2024 Winter Break
Graduate students at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs traveled to all seven continents through a combination of student-led,…
Admissions Categories; Students & Alumni
Deadline day 2023
Dec 15, 2023
Deadline day!
Good luck to everyone applying to the School of Public and International Affairs. Through your application, we look forward to learning about you,…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Students & Alumni
cop28
Dec 14, 2023
SPIA at COP28 in UAE and more on Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
SPIA sent a delegation of students, staff, faculty, and partners to COP28 in UAE. As our students blog about their experience at COP, we will post…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Fields & Certificates
last min blog 2023
Dec 08, 2023
2023 Application Pro Tip: Last Minute Resources
We are one week out from our application deadline. Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in our community—by attending a virtual or in…
Tips & FAQs
Office Hours Students 2023
Nov 16, 2023
Join us for current student virtual office hours!
Please join us for virtual office hours with current students on Tuesday, November 28 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time).Register in…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Fields & Certificates; Students & Alumni; Tips & FAQs
Emma Bloomberg, a 2001 Princeton graduate and founder and CEO of Murmuration; Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg LP and 108th mayor of New York City; Jill Dolan, dean of the college, Khristina Gonzalez, director of the center; and students Kaelani Burja, Alison Parish, and Hannah Faughnan. Photo by Steve Freeman
Nov 15, 2023
Bending the Socioeconomic Curve in Selective College Admissions
The most prominent U.S. college rankings have recently made changes to give more weight to educational outcomes and to diversity, and less credit to…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Students & Alumni
Essays 2023
Nov 08, 2023
Breaking down the MPA/MPP statement of purpose, personal statement, and supplemental essay
Essays for graduate study cover a myriad of topics. Here at SPIA, we hope our essays help reflect and speak to our culture, our community, and our…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Tips & FAQs
English Language Blog
Oct 17, 2023
Duolingo joins IELTS and TOEFL as an acceptable English Language test
Students applying to SPIA’s graduate programs now have the option of Duolingo English Test (DET), in addition to the Test of English as a Foreign…
Tips & FAQs
PUPSG admissions rep pic for blog
Oct 13, 2023
Student government admissions rep. offers some reflections
As the Princeton University Policy Student Government (PUPSG) Admissions Representative, the fall is filled with excitement not only due to the…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Students & Alumni
Open House October 21
Oct 04, 2023
Join us for our Fall Open House - October 21, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. ET
The Graduate Admissions Office of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) will be hosting a Fall Open House on Saturday,…
Admissions Categories; Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Fields & Certificates; Students & Alumni; Tips & FAQs
Sept 2023 admissions blog
Sep 06, 2023
MPA applicants and the Shortened GRE General Test
While some graduate schools of public and international affairs have moved away from testing, we still see significant value in the GRE General Test,…
Tips & FAQs
Princeton University gate. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
Jul 11, 2023
President Eisgruber’s Statement on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
The following statement by Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber was shared in an email to the University community on June 29, 2023. Dear…
Campus Life & Community
year in review
May 23, 2023
A year in review
Thank you to all who applied to SPIA this year. It was a true honor to read your files, learn about your accomplishments, and to understand all the…
Campus Life & Community; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Students & Alumni