Set up in 2017, Master of Public Administration (MPA) of our university has five research directions, which are governance on local government and society, public service and social security, management of public culture and education, fiscal and tax management and public investment, public security and emergency management.

With many well-known public management experts hired as visiting professors and government leaders and professionals with rich management experience as co tutors, our MPA education faculty is strong. At present, there are 52 full-time teachers, including 38 MPA supervisors, 28 professors and 41 doctors, among which 4 enjoy the special allowance from the State Council, 2 are the evaluation experts of the National Social Science Foundation, 4 are members of the University Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education (including 1 vice chairman), 4 are doctoral supervisors, 4 are academic pioneers in Anhui Province and 2 are reserve candidates for academic pioneers in Anhui Province.

In 2019, the MPA professional degree program of our university successfully passed the specific assessment of the national MPA professional degree program.