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At the University of Virginia’s Batten School, you’ll learn to combine rigorous policy analysis with the leadership skills needed to turn ideas into action and preparing you to solve complex challenges across sectors.
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Our Approach Where policy meets leadership and ideas become impact.

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The University of Virginia Explore how UVA Batten students benefit from being a part of a top-ranked public university.

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Awards & Fellowships Learn about the Outstanding Virginian Award, Thomas Jefferson Medal in Citizen Leadership, and Tadler Fellowships

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Undergraduate Find information about our B.A. in Public Policy and Leadership, Minor in Public Policy and Leadership, and Minor in Social Entrepreneurship.

Graduate Find information about our MPP, Accelerated MPP, Dual Degrees, and Graduate Certificates (in-person or online).

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Our focused policy areas reflect the work of our nation’s best scholar-practitioners to address the greatest challenges facing our world today.
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Research Centers & Labs Our centers, labs and researchers are an essential point of convergence for interdisciplinary collaboration at UVA and bring our groundbreaking research and initiatives further out into the world.

Trending Policy Topics Get the latest news about our faculty making an impact in trending policy issues.
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Faculty Directory Learn about or contact our faculty, more than 70 of the nation's best scholar-practitioners in disciplines including political science, psychology, policy history, economics and law.

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