MA/MS in Municipal Management is a master's degree in Public Administration programme offered by École Nationale d'Administration Publique in Québec, Canada. The programme is delivered in a hybrid format. It carries 45.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 865 per credit (CAD 104 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Public Administration
Delivery: Hybrid
Credits: 45.0
Local tuition: CAD 104 / credit
International tuition: CAD 865 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in Municipal Management, offered by ENAP (École nationale d'administration publique) under its Manager profile, is a 45-credit Master of Public Administration (M.A.P.) organized around coursework addressing four interdependent dimensions of municipal governance: politics, citizens, territory, and management. It comprises five mandatory courses (15 credits), three one-credit seminars on current public administration challenges, four concentration courses in municipal management (12 credits), two elective courses (6 credits), and a capstone taken either as a nine-credit project or as a six-credit seminar plus three additional credits. Courses are delivered primarily at the Quebec City and Montreal campuses, with select courses available online. The program targets practising or newly appointed managers and professionals in management positions across provincial, federal, or municipal public organizations, generally expecting prior experience managing human, material, financial, or information resources. It suits professionals working in or moving toward municipal management roles who want formal training across the political, administrative, and territorial dimensions of local government.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.20 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent with a minimum cumulative average of 3.2 out of 4.3; candidates averaging between 2.7 and 3.2 may still be considered after review of academic and professional background, with admission sometimes made conditional on preparatory courses. Applicants without a bachelor's degree may instead qualify with appropriate knowledge, training, or at least ten years of professional-level work experience. All candidates need a minimum of two years of professional-level work experience managing an administrative unit or project with responsibility for human, material, financial, or informational resources; those lacking management experience must submit a supervisor's reference form attesting to their management potential. ENAP requires a very good command of French and English sufficient to understand written material; per the university's admission-process page, non-Quebec-francophone applicants must meet a French threshold of TFI 860/990, a passing DALF result, or 4.6/5.0 on FIVE STAR, with no fixed English score published. Basic office-software literacy is expected and an interview may be requested.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Quebec and the rest of Canada) apply directly to ENAP: the application deadline is 1 June for Fall entry, 1 November for Winter entry, and 15 March for Summer entry, though third-cycle (PhD) programmes admit for Fall and Winter only. International admission runs in fixed windows rather than a single deadline: Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 admissions are already closed, no international admission is offered for Summer 2027, and applications for Fall 2027 open in November 2026 with Winter 2028 opening in January 2027; French and Belgian citizens under reciprocity agreements follow different rules. Dates are subject to change once capacity is reached. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
