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| Type | University School |
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| Established | 2001 |
Academic affiliation | TPC |
| Dean | Matthew R. Auer |
| Location | ,, |
| Website | spia |
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TheSchool of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is apolitical science,international affairs andpublic policy school within theUniversity of Georgia (UGA) inAthens,Georgia,United States. It is the fourth ranked public affairs school in the United States.[1]
The School became a standalone entity in 2001 when the department ofpolitical science separated from theFranklin College of Arts and Sciences which had been founded in 1801. Since then, the School has added two additional departments (international affairs andpublic administration and policy). TheMaster of Public Administration program of SPIA which began in 1966 inFranklin College is currently ranked third in the nation byU.S. News & World Report, according to their 2023 rankings.[2] The school boasts 50 full-time faculty members and has produced 11,000 alumni since its founding. Most notably, it produced twoRhodes Scholars in 2008.
The following departments are part of the School:
The following centers are part of the School:
The followingundergraduate degrees are offered by the School:
The followinggraduate degrees are offered by the School:
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