MSc Engineering Project Management
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The MSc in Engineering Project Management prepares students for a professional role in the management of engineering projects by providing students with an understanding of both the people-related and technical requirements necessary for the successful management of engineering projects, as well as the organisational and strategic aspects. The programme also stresses the processes that are used to produce, process and service engineering-based innovation projects from idea through relevant analyses to launch, relate innovation to improvements in products, processes and competitive advantage and explain how intellectual property is protected and exploited.
This MSc is one of four MSc courses within the Management of Projects Group of Programmes. The other MSc courses are: Management of Projects, Commercial Project Management and Construction Project Management.
The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering has a long history of delivering project management-related masters courses and the staff who deliver the programme are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds and industrial experience.
Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD), the University of Manchester's new £400m purpose-built home for engineering and material science, is nearing completion. The physical move to the new development is scheduled to take place between January 2022 and December 2022. Whilst it is anticipated there may be some disruption due to power shutdowns, areas of buildings closing and reduced access during the period of the move, extensive plans are in place to ensure there is minimal interference and excellent student experience remains pivotal.
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Teaching and learning
The Engineering Project Management MSc is a full-time course that is studied over 12 months, starting in September each year. The programme comprises eight taught course units, each worth 15 credits, and a research dissertation worth 60 credits. Students study four core units fundamental to project management, which are shared by students on the other programmes within the group. In addition, the Innovation Management unit is programme specific unit where students will be required to collaborate in a project team to interpret information, make decisions, solve problems and overcome difficulties associated with teamwork and communication when managing an innovation project. Students must also select three option units and carry out an Engineering Project Management based dissertation.
Assessment of the taught part of the programme is via a combination of formal written examinations and coursework assignments, which will include group work and oral presentations. Some assessment is based on online material provided by the Association for Project Management (APM) and PRINCE2 (a process-based method for effective project management).
Career Opportunities
The MSc Engineering Project Management Programme acquaints students with the basic processes of project management but focuses more specifically on the application of these in an engineering and innovation context. Practical skills in engineering-based innovation projects and the protection and exploitation of intellectual property are developed. Successful graduates of this programme find employment in a wide range of organisations such as High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Nissan Technical Center South East Asia, Worley Parsons India, Saudi Aramco.