Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance (Leuven et al)

1) To provide students with specialized and advanced knowledge in public sector innovation and the role of ICT and technological evolutions in that innovation;
2) To integrate specialized knowledge from more technical fields with the public administration field as part of an integrated answer to actual and future challenges of the public sector;
3) To introduce core concepts about public administrations/governance and to create awareness of the specificities of the public sector in the more technical fields;
4) To gain insight and competences contributing to innovations to tackle challenges public administrations are facing;
5) To strengthen the students contributing to ICT-enabled governments and to innovative, inclusive, reflective and sustainable societies;
6) To contribute to the innovation of worldwide public sector organizations by delivering experts in the matter;
7) To meet new societal needs by generating and using emerging technologies in the public sector.

An advanced understanding of and insights into the disciplinary knowledge, specific to public management, public administration, information systems and eGovernance.

Specialised knowledge in public administration processes, and the necessary skills to dissect organisational processes to its basic units in order to improve organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

The necessary academic skills to build rapid proof of concepts, to reflect on approaches, to question assumptions and to assess ideas.

The necessary competencies to define and implement new methods and techniques for the benefit of the public sector. You will be able to translate new techniques successfully, given a profound knowledge of the public sector.

A higher level comprehension of how ICT and information sciences can be used in order to innovate proactively the public sector in a changing society.