ASoG welcomes new students of the AY 2022-23

The Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) welcomes its new students into its flagship degree program, Master in Public Management (MPM) for the Academic Year 2022-2023.

The ASoG welcomed 65 new students out of almost a hundred applicants to the MPM Public Offering in its August 2022 intake. The new MPM students come from diverse professional backgrounds, holding middle to senior leadership roles in their respective institutions from sectors such as the local government sector across the country; the national government; non-profit organizations; the military; and the private sector. The new students, who took their first MPM classes last 20 August 2022, are expected to obtain their professional ASoG MPM degree by March 2024. Seven of the accepted students are scholars of the Dean Dina Abad Emerging Leaders Fellowship and partnerships.

Besides the new students of the MPM August 2022 intake, ASoG also welcomed last July 2022 more than 160 Doctors to the Barrios of the Department of Health, as students of a specialized ASoG Master in Public Management - Health Governance track (MPM-HG for DTTBs). The MPM-HG for DTTBs program is part of the training and capacity building offering of the DOH to its DTTBs. Under the specialized MPM-HG, the ASoG DTTB cohort shall undergo remote classes of customized MPM electives that are designed to enhance their knowledge and skills in Health Design and Systems. The MPM-HG for DTTBs program is being led by the Directors Dr. Mario C. Villaverde, MD, MPH, CESO I for Governance and Management; and Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, MD, MD (UK) for Leadership and Innovation.

The applications for the next standard intake of the ASoG MPM late October of 2022. For more information on the MPM, visit ateneo.edu/asog/academics.