Department of Public Administration was founded in 1992 and is the largest public administration teaching and research center in Estonia.

DPA is the only higher education research center in Estonia that teaches public administration at all levels - BA, MA and PhD. 

DPA specializes in two main research fields:

• Public administration and management

• Innovation policy and technology governance

We concentrate on cutting-edge research and international cooperation in both fields and see us becoming the leaders of the international research community in integrating the research streams and finding synergies between the two fields.

Our competencies and interests in these fields are strongly linked to the studies on small states and on the challenges of development and ctaching-up. Our strategic vision foresees international teaching and research that is also strongly linked to the local knowledge and capacities.