Course summary

Our MSc Project Management course will help you gain technical and non-technical project management skills to equip for your successful entry into the professional world of project management. Accredited by the Association of Project Management (APM), our course addresses the key concerns of project management, ensuring you graduate with the skills the industry demands. The skills that you gain will have an emphasis on engineering and industrial industries, but will also be transferrable across several different sectors to ensure that you become one of tomorrow’s leading managers in a variety of industrial sectors. As part of the course, you will develop these skills to an advanced level, which will make you a highly skilled manager and capable of managing complex industrial projects. There is a continued demand for competent, versatile postgraduates who can use industrial applications, and who can develop and implement innovative solutions for the manufacturing and industrial sectors. What's covered in this course? This course will encourage your creative thinking and the development of engineering and project management skills through teamwork, discussion and peer review. You will develop new skills to an advanced level, becoming a highly skilled manager capable of administering major projects within and across different engineering and industrial settings. The modules are tailored to keep in mind the modern world technological and environmental changes, to equip you for your area of interest and desired sector. In addition to further academic research opportunities, career prospects are expected to keep pace with the rapid advances in engineering and project management methods and intelligent based technologies, hence there is expected to be continuing demand for competent, versatile postgraduates who can design and implement innovative solutions for industry. Professional Placement option This course offers an optional professional placement. This allows you to spend 20 weeks with an employer, following completion of your taught modules, and is a great way to enhance your employability. The experience you gain through your placement will allow you to evidence your professional skills, attitudes and behaviours at the point of entry to the postgraduate job market. If you choose the placement option, you will be responsible for finding and securing a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. You will be able to draw on the University’s extensive network of local, regional and national employers, and the support of our Careers teams. If you do not secure a suitable placement, you will automatically be transferred back to the standard, non-placement version of the course. Please note: Placements will only be confirmed following a competitive, employer-led selection process. As such, the University will not be able to guarantee placements for students who have registered for the professional placement option.