Welcome

At Chicago Harris, we combine rigorous analytical training with relevant application of those skills to solve real-world problems. We prepare policy professionals to ask the right questions, find the best answers, and achieve effective results.

Students come to us from all over the world, with diverse social, political, and academic backgrounds and an extraordinary array of policy interests—child and family policy, social policy, international policy, public finance, health policy, education policy, and more. Yet, for all their diversity, they are drawn here by the promise of learning skills that will help them make the world a better place.

When they leave Chicago Harris, our graduates are prepared for careers as varied as their interests and backgrounds. They work in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. They work in multinational organizations and local NGOs. They work in metropolitan centers and remote rural villages.

Regardless of their career paths, Chicago Harris graduates are bound by a common passion for problem-solving, a common commitment to the public good, and the shared experience of having attended one of the most exciting and challenging policy schools in the country. Chicago Harris will give you the tools to tackle the most pressing policy issues of our day. What you do with them is up to you.

Colm O’Muircheartaigh, PhD