Master of Science - Strategic Project Management

MSc in Strategic Project Management is designed with industry in mind. This course aims to offer practitioners in project management with an advanced level set of courses culminated by a final research-based dissertation that combines strategy with project management.

This unique combination should equip students with the necessary concepts, tools and techniques to enhance their project management skills based on up-to-date theory, best practice standards and methodologies. The programme is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), the world's leading specialised accrediting body for project management higher education degree programmes.

The strategic management component of the degree will help students to develop an additional skill which is essential for senior managers; the ability to to formulate strategy and then implement it through a strategic project management vehicle that comprises portfolios, programmes and projects.

Throughout this degree programme, the industry-relevant courses aim to stimulate students' understanding, critical thinking and develop experience of enterprise-wide applications of strategic project management.

MSc in Strategic Project Management develops strategic awareness and the relevant competencies to form and implement competitive strategies for organisations within the public and private sectors. From a strategic management perspective, particular focus is placed on learning how to build sustainable competitive advantage by finding opportunity in uncertain or growing economic environments.

Within the subject of project management, students will learn how to establish quality and monitor performance of projects through the latest applied project management and leadership techniques.