Course summary
Designed for anyone who wants to fast-track their career in the sector, our MSc Project Management course is enables you to take on greater challenges in project management and increase your competitive edge in the eyes of employers. On the course, you’ll develop strategic project management skills that are highly sought after in sectors across all areas of international business – from project analytics and data handling to managing teams and understanding Big Data. The syllabus has been designed to reflect upon and consider contemporary project management practice and the challenges facing the global business environment right now, as well as providing the strategic leadership and management skills that every business needs. To support your career development, this course is accredited by the Chartered Association of Project Management (APM), and is the only project management master’s degree in the UK offering a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership*. With this in mind, our master’s in project management will bring you up-to-speed with the latest project management practices, trends, and developments. As an example, the recent coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the importance of project management in finding solutions to unprecedented challenges. In fact, project management skills are vital in fields including engineering, technology, education, healthcare, events management, as well as tourism and many more creative and service fields. Because of this, your degree qualification will have wide reaching employer-appeal and is your ticket to a highly rewarding career.
Assessment method
The assessment strategy centres on a strong alignment with real world project management issues and embraces a range of group and individual based assessment types including: Reflective analysis Portfolio development Work products Narrated presentations Case study reports Risk assessments Proposals for agile implementation Digital business transformation project (as above) Students are expected to apply knowledge and theory explored in the modules and produce assessments that simultaneously focus on real business situations and demonstrate the high levels of critical and diagnostic thinking required to meet the standards of a Level 7 business qualification. The programme culminates in the submission of the independent study assessment (Business Transformation Project) that builds upon content examined in the other modules and requires students to develop a digital transformation project plan.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Project Management, Association for
Entry requirements
To be eligible for this MSc project management course at Arden University, you must normally have: A UK Honours Degree at a minimum of second class (2:2) or equivalent. Some of our students decide to join us straight after they complete their undergraduate studies. Or, for those joining us after time in the workplace, we recommend that they have five years of experience as a manager of people or projects.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
Arden University
Arden House
Middlemarch Park
Coventry
CV3 4FJ