Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration

The Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration (PGDPA) is a one-year, full-time course designed for the graduates selected through competitive Civil Service Entrance Examinations in Bhutan and it is housed in the Department of Management Development (DMD). The focus of the course is to produce competent and professional administrators and managers for careers in public, corporate, and not-for-profit organizations. The course is discontinued and now its replaced by FIT ++Administrative Services.

The course aims and objectives

• The objectives of the course are to make our graduates career ready by:
  Familiarizing the trainees with political, economic, social, and administrative issues of the country and world at large in the changing contexts and emerging democracies.
• Equipping the trainees with skills, knowledge, and attitudes to shoulder the responsibilities of a public service officer.
• Promoting overall personality development of the trainees: intellectual, moral, attitude shift, integrity, and professionalism.