Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Who we are

Over the years Oxford has sought to create a community of leaders around the world based on mutual trust and similar values, shared understandings of global challenges, and the determination to work towards common solutions. To realise this vision in a global context the University established in 2010 the Blavatnik School of Government within the Social Sciences division. The School’s mission is to equip leaders with the skills and knowledge they need in order to address the world’s most urgent public policy challenges and to help drive improvements in public governance throughout the world through education, training and research of the highest academic standards. The establishment of the School has been made possible thanks to a visionary gift of £75 million by Leonard Blavatnik, one of the largest ever received by the University of Oxford. The Blavatnik School of Government is a global school of practice at which future leaders learn. The School offers an exciting, global education to the most able and brilliant women and men from all nations who share a commitment to academic excellence, public service and inspirational leadership. The School offers a one-year (12 month) taught Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree and a DPhil (Oxford PhD) in Public Policy. The MPP is focused on public policy and the practice of government to prepare students for a career in public service, whether in government, in non-governmental organisations or in the private sector.