School of International and Public Affairs

School of International and Public Affairs
Established	1946
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Dean	John Coatsworth
Degrees	MPA, MIA, PhD
Enrollment	1,150 students (2005)
Website	sipa.columbia.edu

Also known as SIPA, the School of International and Public Affairs is a graduate public policy school. It is based in the International Affairs Building. It was spawned during an era when funding was poured into area studies programs as a result of the Cold War and the United States's post World War II abandonment of isolationism.

Rumors persist that there were initial plans to name the school after former University President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Regional studies institutes

SIPA contains seven institutes which serve as faculty clusters and research centers for various regions of the world, and several additional regionally-related research centers. Many of these reach out to engage the rest of the university, as well. They include:

• The Institute of African Studies
• The Center for Brazilian Studies
• The Center for Iranian Studies
• The East Central European Center
• The Harriman Institute (for the study of the former Soviet Union and its satellites)
• The Institute for the Study of Europe
• The Institute of Latin American Studies
• The Middle East Institute
• The Southern Asian Institute
• The Weatherhead East Asian Institute