University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance  The University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG) was a public policy and public administration school located in Toronto, Ontario. On April 6, 2018, the University of Toronto announced that the School of Public Policy and Governance and the Munk School of Global Affairs would merge to become the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. The merger took effect on July 1, 2018. The Master of Public Policy programme and many public policy scholars remain headquartered in the Canadiana Gallery at 14 Queen's Park Crescent West. The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy offers a two-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, with a core curriculum emphasizing practical and applied dimensions of policymaking. The program also includes a paid internship during the summer between the first and second year. The School has internship partners include the Canadian Federal Public Service, the Ontario Public Service, the City of Toronto, the City of Mississauga, as well as many non-governmental organizations and research think tanks. The Munk School housed the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank, until the Centre closed in April 2019. The Munk School currently offers a two-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, with a core curriculum emphasizing practical and applied dimensions of policymaking. The curriculum includes core courses that provide a foundation in subjects ranging from political science and legal analysis to such specific analytic tools and concepts as microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and quantitative methods for policy analysis. The curriculum also includes five electives, taken either at the Munk School or other graduate departments on the University of Toronto campus, that allow students to bridge the spheres of domestic policy and international or global policy in order to address the complex issues facing modern governments and other policy-making organizations. Integrating seminars are led by faculty members. Invited visiting public sector leaders and external researchers bridge theory and practice, providing contact with senior professionals in government and the broader public, private and community sectors. In addition to the two-year course work students are required to complete an internship during the summer between the first and second year. The school internship partners include the Canadian Federal Public Service, the Ontario Public Service, the City of Toronto, the City of Mississauga, as well as many non-governmental organizations and research think tanks. Admission to the two-year professional Master of Public Policy program is highly competitive. The school typically receives 600+ applications for only 80 first year spots.