Presidio Graduate School
Dual MBA l MPA Degree in Sustainable Solutions

San Francisco, USA

DEGREE TYPE

MBA

DURATION

3 up to

5 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time, Part time

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About : The Dual MBA/MPA Degree in Sustainable Solutions program equips students with skills to tackle pressing contemporary challenges in sustainability. It combines training in business administration and public administration. Students can expect a multidisciplinary approach that prepares them for leadership roles in sustainability. The program length and specific details are designed for those committed to creating impactful change across sectors.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various roles, including sustainability manager, policy analyst, or corporate social responsibility advisor. Opportunities exist in government, non-profits, and private sectors. Completing this dual degree positions individuals to lead initiatives that promote sustainable practices and policies.

Dual MBA/MPA Overview

Sustainable Finance LectureMultisector is the future. The opportunities and challenges of reorienting social and economic systems to more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable models are enormous. Too big for the private sector or public alone. These big challenges require multi-sector solutions. Modern leaders know that in complex systems transformative, sustainable innovation and lasting change require multi-sector collaboration. Whether at the global, national, or local level, it takes stakeholder engagement and cooperation to spot synergies between sectors and then align activity to achieve results. It’s what we call the Presidian Way.

The Presidio Graduate School MBA/MPA Dual Degree equips students with the knowledge, skills, and tools to lead multi-sector collaboration. Students earn two master degrees: an MBA, and an MPA in Sustainable Solutions. This 68-credit curriculum combines the best private sector innovation education with cutting-edge public sector training. Dual Degree graduates see the entire playing field – from both institutional and private sector perspectives. It’s the kind of vision that is essential for leadership roles in industries that straddle the public and private sectors – and for those who seek to align commercial and policy goals with sustainable outcomes.

Program Format

The Dual Degree is built on the same foundation as our MBA and MPA degree programs, which are closely integrated. It follows the distinctive PGS systems-thinking approach to sustainable management — putting an emphasis on broad stakeholder input and buy-in to enable fundamental progress and transformative change. Experiential learning projects provide students the opportunity to practice in real life what they learn in the classroom. This approach equips graduates to take on complex intersectoral challenges.