GSBPP Overview

The Graduate School of Business & Public Policy is responsible for academic programs designed to educate officers and DoD civilian employees in a variety of functional management specialties. About 250 resident students are enrolled in various Master's degree curricula at any point in time. The school offers resident graduate programs and non-resident graduate programs using on-site instructions or latest VTE technology.

Other educational programs offered by the school include executive education programs and short courses for professional certification for DoD/DoN personnel.

The school's research efforts span a broad spectrum of DoD/DoN management and policy issues, ranging from basic scholarly pursuits to applied research designed to assist policy and operational decision making.

The Graduate School of Business & Public Policy and its graduate programs have achieved the distinction of being one of only two institutions in the country earning dual accreditation by AACSB -The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and NASPAA - the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

Our Mission

• To Improve the managerial capabilities and leadership qualities of US and international officers and government civilians through graduate education, research, and professional service.
  
  
• To develop students' abilities to analyze, think critically, and take intelligent action so they can more effectively carry out their professional responsibilities, and lead their organizations in complex, and sometimes lifethreatening, environment.
  
  
• To conduct research that supports military decisionmaking, problem solving, and policy setting, improves administrative processes and organizational effectiveness, contributes knowledge to academic disciplines, and advances the mission of graduate education.
  
  
• To provide professional expertise that supports the development of the Naval Postgraduate School, the Departments of Navy and Defense, and other branches of Government, as well as our professional and academic organizations.