The major objectives of the Department of Public Affairs are to provide students the necessary public affairs training through offering courses needed to establish students' own specialties. Thus, in terms of career after graduation, there are five broad categories for students to choose from:
- To prepare for a career in teaching or academic research, students might further their public affairs study in a doctoral degree.
- To enter public service, graduates may register for national civil service examinations.
- To advance the development of the nation and the society as a whole, students might work as legislators, national assembly aides, journalists, pollsters, or members of Think Tanks who analyze policies and offer suggestions.
- To make good use of their professional specialty, graduates could work as professionals in the private sector, responsible for a variety of training programs.
- To map out and carry out societal reform, graduates could work in different kinds of NPOs for public service.