areas. The Program is designed for policy professionals with five to seven years of substantial policy and/or management experience. Executive Master in Policy Leadership The 30-credit Executive Master of Policy Leadership (EMPL) equips policy professionals with the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to advance to senior leadership and executive level positions. The curriculum is designed with special attention to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) for the Senior Executive Service (SES). The EMPL is delivered in a 5-day executive format. Non-credit certificates Certificate in Educational Leadership and Management is a non-credit professional development certificate designed to help local and state education officials support and lead improvement efforts. Customized executive education These are customized training programs in a variety of topics: international and domestic public policy issue areas; Congress and the executive branch; leadership and management; program evaluation and quantitative methods; writing for public policy; political organizing and influence; as well as other topics. International programs MSPP offers a number of global learning opportunities including a dual degree with the University of Geneva, five study abroad options, a Spring Break immersion experience, and a sustainable development project. University of Geneva, Switzerland HEC Paris, Paris, France The Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany Fudan University, Shanghai, China (in collaboration with Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Faculty The McCourt School consists of 20 core faculty members, 10 visiting faculty members, and more than 100 adjunct faculty members. A 2010 report by the Women in Public Policy group at the Goldman School of Public Policy found that of 10 leading public policy schools, that MSPP ranked #1 in the overall percent of tenured and tenure track faculty that are women (about 40 percent). Rankings The 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate programs in public affairs ranked The McCourt School in the 90th percentile of all programs in the nation at 25th, tied with University of Ohio, and UNC-Chapel Hill, among others. MSPP ranked first in the Washington, D.C., area in the specialty area of Social Policy at 20th; the school also ranked 15th in Health Policy and Management, and 15th in Public Policy Analysis. The McCourt School is not ranked by the National Research Council because it does not have a doctoral program. Student organizations Georgetown Public Policy Student Association: The Georgetown Public Policy Student Association (GPPSA) is the student government of