This MSc Project Management course is designed to teach people from any discipline or degree background, unlike other project management courses. Whether you are from a business, arts or technical background this course is for you.
The course has been designed in line with the requirements of both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association for Project Management (APM).
The taught modules ensure you develop a well-rounded set of project and general management skills. In addition, you'll be provided with the opportunity to undertake a professional placement (subject to availability) and put your skills into practice, enhancing your employability. You'll have the chance to find your own placements or to develop professional practice projects, working alongside our industry links through the Institute for Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice (AMAP) and the Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (SAM) project.
Year 1
Modules include:
Develop the building blocks of successful project management. Study topics such as project selection, feasibility, whole life costing and sustainability; the impact of risk, quality and people; effective monitoring and control to ensure successful delivery; and the use of project management software. Undertake an extensive case study/business game to develop your skills in team working and decision making.
Consider some of the issues facing project managers who must efficiently and effectively oversee the delivery of projects, to include consideration of a range of international contexts.
Learn about the importance of commercial and contractual issues in projects. Cover the role of Strategy and Strategic Management, Business Plans, Legal Issues, Commercial Relationships and Financial Management and Tendering.
Explore the role of leadership and people management in ensuring a successful outcome to a project. Investigate the issues and strategies in managing risk and quality and how these can be deployed to provide a successful project outcome.
Explore how organisation and systems can be understood to help facilitate their design, change and management. Investigate various methods of organisational analysis and modelling, including both hard and soft-system modelling.
Using your research and critical analysis skills, draw on the knowledge you have gained during the course to address a real engineering problem or research question at the forefront of the discipline.
Year 2
Modules include:
Learn how to apply your academic skills in a real-world context. Work as a professional within an organisation, developing your research knowledge and technical skills. Improve your interpersonal, team-working and project management skills, thus boosting your academic performance and future employability prospects.
A masters degree in project management will open up a wide range of employment opportunities for you. Project Managers can be found in most sectors of industry, governments, consulting, non-profit organisations, the arts and many other sectors. Past graduates of our MSc in Project Management can be found in all of these sectors developing successful and dynamic careers.
Project managers have skills that are relevant to most industries and it is one of the fastest growing professions worldwide.
You'll also gain transferable knowledge and skills that can be applied to other sectors of employment and management.
Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year
