MSc Project Management

If you're ready to build on your business and management experience and excited to start or continue your successful career in project management, this MSc Project Management degree is for you.

In this Master’s programme, you’ll explore the principles and practice of project management. You’ll cover topics including strategic and practical approaches in different business environments and discover the influence of successful project management on any organisation.

You’ll study key project management themes, including budgets and commercial management, as well as people management, and learn to apply your new knowledge in the workplace.

MSc Project Management is accredited by the Chartered Association for Project Management (APM), the professional body for project management in the UK. During the course, you can become a student member of the APM for free and attend APM webinars and events to develop your knowledge and professional network.

This course is delivered on a block basis, which means you’ll study on campus for short periods during the year. Whether you’re a busy working professional or an international student, these study blocks allow you to stay on campus for a shorter period than many other postgraduate degrees to complete your studies around your current commitments.

You’ll graduate with the tools you need to become an effective project manager in any size or type of organisation.

Course highlights

• Explore topics including strategic and practical approaches in different business environments, budgets and commercial management, and people management and risk
• Become an effective project manager in any size or type of organisation
• Study on a block basis around your current commitments
• Become a student APM member for free and attend APM webinars and events
• Hear from guest speakers such as:
• Caspar Bartington, Head of Volunteering & Education - Chartered Association of Project Management (APM)
• Rory Burke, Adjunct Professor of Project Management and Author
• Dave Corbin, Senior Director - Head of Programme & Project Management (UK)- Gleeds Management Services
• Jerome Evans, Group Programme Director - UK & Europe - Meggitt
• Duke Harrison, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator - Pompey in the Community
• Willie Vance, Technology Project Management Lead - Howden Technology
• Jonathan Perkins, Senior Project Manager - Mace

Accredited by

This course is fully accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM).

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