• About Wagner
"Public service is the highest good, and, when done honorably and well, the most rewarding."
-Robert F. Wagner, Mayor Of New York City 1953-1965

Students arrive at NYU Wagner with the desire to serve the public. They leave with the skills and experience to bring about change. Combining coursework in management, finance and policy with cutting-edge research and work experience in urban communities, the NYU Wagner education will enable you to transform your personal commitment into public leadership.

Education at Wagner

Established in 1938, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers advanced programs leading to the professional degrees of:

New Dean Search

After 10 years of leadership, Dean Ellen Schall will be stepping down in the spring of 2013. A Search Committee is seeking applications and nominations for visionary leaders who believe in NYU Wagner's mission and can continue to propel the school to success. Read more about the search, how to make a nomination, and how to apply.

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Dean's Message

"Our vision identifies public service as work of public importance wherever it happens. It recognizes that limited approaches are increasingly ineffective in a world that is as fast-changing, globally interrelated and complex as ours has become."

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