Please note: The JTS/SIPA program is currently on hiatus.

Admission Requirements

For admissions, see The Graduate School.

Additionally, students must be admitted to the Columbia University School of International and Public Administration. Information on the Columbia program may be obtained from the School of International and Public Affairs, 420 118th Street, New York, NY 10027, or on the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs website.

Degree Requirements

Courses

In addition to courses required of all students in The Graduate School, a minimum of sixty-nine graduate credits are required as follows:

• A minimum of forty-five credits in public administration (to which the School of International and Public Affairs adds a maximum of fifteen transfer credits for work completed at JTS);
• Twenty-four credits in Judaic studies (to which The Graduate School adds six transfer credits for work completed at Columbia) as follows:
  • Six credits (two courses) in American Jewish social history;
  • Three credits (one course) in the analysis of contemporary Jewish issues with traditional Jewish sources;
  • Three credits (one course) in Jewish history, either in modern Jewish history or medieval Jewish communities and culture;
  • Three credits (one course) the Israel seminar;
  • Nine credits (three courses) of electives, approved by the adviser.

All students must register for four semesters of a noncredit Professional Leadership seminar.

In addition to the courses described in the preceding section, students who wish to pursue teacher certification for non-education majors will be required to take between two and five additional courses. Students may choose to take courses that meet the certification requirements as their three electives in the MA program. These courses must be approved by the Public Administration Program and the teacher certification advisers.

Degrees are awarded only upon successful completion of both (JTS and Columbia) parts of the program. Students can generally complete the program in four to six semesters plus one or two summers (two to three years).