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MSc Project Management

The Masters Course Structure

The MSc Project Management has ten modules, underpinned by contextualised cases and activities to suit diverse industries and student populations. The course is accredited by the Association of Project Management (APM) and the Project Management Institute (PMI).

The Course will facilitate • A high quality educational experience supported by flexible, high quality delivery.

• Rich experience across all disciplines (e.g. coursework assignment and dissertations based on real sector projects and genuine context).

• Development and specialisation of your project management knowledge and underpinning skills.

• Individuals to achieve professional competence in project management.

Modules • Project Fundamentals • Project organisation and Behaviour • Project planning and Control • Commercial realities for projects • Risk and Safety Management • Project strategy and Leadership • Professional Body of Knowledge for Project management • Technical Implementation – Team Project • Individual Project • 1 Elective

“The training, academic and professional certification and student activity weekend helped me to secure a job with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) when I completed my course. I was well prepared for my interview from the experience I gained in the course and the student activity weekend. My manager asked me for any situation in which I have led a team, and he was very impressed at my team’s performance at the student activity weekend and how I managed the issues. He told me, after I secured the job, that my experience at the student activity was a key factor in me securing the job.

I was happy and excited because when I started the course I was intending to secure a Masters degree, but I achieved so much more. I secured my degree, an APM certification, a John Edge award from APM and an outstanding Project Analyst role with EDS!” Oluwaseun Olunuga

What can we offer you?

The Project Management course is suitable for

Course aims and objectives

• Graduates who wish to pursue a career in project management

This course will develop knowledge, understanding and management competencies in project management.

• Project Managers who wish to develop their professional practice and gain a qualification in this specialist area • People from a range of disciplines who undertake project Management as part of their job role or who wish to move into this professional discipline Study Project Management in your own discipline This course is appropriate to all sectors of the economy: • Financial and Professional Services • Government/NGO/public Sector • Engineering

On completion of the course students will have achieved the following specific objectives: • A comprehension and up-to-date knowledge of Project Management, including key principles and practices • An ability to apply a significant range of professional and business skills, practices and techniques in project management • An ability to communicate effectively in project within a chosen discipline and industry, including both people-related communication and teamwork • An ability to initiate, manage and implement projects through the application of sound financial, business and technical competence.

• Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable energy • IT/Software • Health and Social Work

“Barely 3 weeks after submitting my thesis I applied for a temporary job in a leading subsea company as a project administrator. It is very exciting working with real-life experienced project managers, I learn daily from their skills and I am able to apply all the classroom learning to real life projects - it all now makes sense.

I intend to work alongside these experienced project managers for a minimum of 2 years, which will enable me develop more skills and identify the area of project management I will focus on”.

Marho Ovbagbedia

Benefits?

The stimulating teaching and learning is focused on encouraging individuals to apply theory to their individual work situation or career choice. Throughout the Masters you will gain valuable experience, skills and knowledge which will enhance your own development and your organisation’s or future organisation’s project management operations. Each time you return to work or leave a lecture, you will have gained practical ability that you can start to apply in both work and personal situations immediately. You will have a far greater understanding of how to apply project management and have the competencies and confidence to implement your learning. In particular the Masters offers: • enhanced competence across all aspects of the project management life cycle • a rich experience across many project management disciplines which will enhance career prospects • a placement experience for full time students which bridges the gap between theory and practice and provides practical learning • improved personal and professional development through exposure to the latest thinking in all aspects of project management • balanced vocational and theoretical curriculum in a stimulating and challenging environment delivered via a PMI and APM accredited university

RGU MSc students wining the John Edge Trophy 2009

Course structure FULL-TIME (1 YEAR COURSE) Year 1 Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

Project Fundamentals

Risk and Safety Management

Project Technical Implementation

Project Organisation and

Project Strategy and Leadership

– Team Project

Behaviour

Professional Body of Knowledge

Project Planning and Control

in Project Management

Project Management Individual

Commercial Realities for Project

One Elective

Project

Managers EXIT AWARD Postgraduate Certificate in Project Management

EXIT AWARD Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management

EXIT AWARD MSc in Project Management

DISTANCE LEARNING (3 YEAR COURSE) Year 1 Semester 1 Project Fundamentals Project Organisation and Behaviour

Year 2 Semester 1 Risk and Safety Management Project Strategy and Leadership

Year 3 Semester 1 Project Technical Implementation – Team Project

Semester 2 Project Planning and Control Commercial Realities for Project Managers

Semester 2 Professional Body of Knowledge in Project Management One Elective

Semester 2 Project Management Individual Project

EXIT AWARD Postgraduate Certificate in Project Management

EXIT AWARD Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management

EXIT AWARD MSc in Project Management

Professional Recognition In 2007 the Masters became the first in the UK to be awarded full accreditation by the Association for Project Management (APM) for both the full-time and distance learning modes.

In addition, this course was accredited by the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Centre for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) on 1 December 2009. We are now one of the 27 institutions in ten countries to be accredited by GAC and the first UK university to achieve this accreditation.

These accreditations are testament to the highly vocational focus of the course. This is reinforced by the fact that in both 2007 and 2008, teams from the full time Masters won the APM challenge weekend Association for Project Management’s Student Weekend, fending off competition from universities throughout the UK. In addition, Aberdeen Business School is recognised by the PMI as a Global Registered Education Provider (REP). Registered Educational Providers are organisations recognised by the PMI to offer project management training for Personal Development Units (PDUs).

Aberdeen Business School is recognised by the Project Management Institute as a Global Registered Education Provider. Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s) are organisations approved by PMI to offer project management training for Professional Development Units (PDU).

Aberdeen Business School Ranking • The Times Good University Guide 2010 position the University for Business Studies at 31 out of 110 • Guardian University Guide 2009 ranks the Robert Gordon University for Business and Management in position 49 out of 121 • Eduniversal Dean’s 2009 Survey positions Aberdeen Business School at 13 in the 3 Palmes category for excellent business school in the United Kingdom Entry requirements • A degree/honours degree or degree equivalent with backup industry experience or • Qualifications of an approved Professional Body or Institution, or • Relevant industrial, commercial or professional experience at a level sufficient to justify exemptions from the normal requirements

• All international candidates for whom English is not their first language, must demonstrate a suitable level in spoken and written English. This is normally demonstrated by gaining a certificate from either IELTS 6.5 (minimum score) or TOEFL 570 (minimum score).

Course Duration Start Date: September (Full-time 1 year) January and September (Online Distance Learning 3 years) Fees and bursaries Fees are payable for each stage of the course that you undertake.

Visit: www.rgu.ac.uk/mscprojectmanagement Contact: StudentFinance@rgu.ac.uk T: +44 (0)1224 262664

Scholarships International or Distance-learning applicants can apply for a merit based scholarship once they have been offered a place on the MSc Project Management. The scholarship is judged on three criteria: Academic excellence; demonstrated career progression and achievement; and personal statement.

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James Robertson, Placement Manager presenting award for Best Project Management Placement Company 2009 to Tony Littler, Petrofac Training Regional Manager for the Americas

“Undertaking the MSc degree in Project Management has been an integral contributory factor in securing my position as a Project Management Co-ordinator with Petrofac Training. The MSc qualification, which is accredited by major project management associations, along with the APMP certification has given me vital credibility in my current role. The course offers a practical, relevant and sound grounding to project management by covering fundamental topics whilst achieving a balance of theory with reality.

It challenged my abilities and broadened my horizons as I gained essential skills and vital knowledge for my project management career. The dissertation has opened further research opportunities and I am currently writing a research paper which I plan to present at a project management research conference.

The emphasis on Continuing Professional Development has inspired me and I intend to pursue this in order to ensure I continually meet the status of being a Project Management Professional. I have also recently become a member of the APM specific interest group – Women in Project Management.

When I look back at the course, I have a sense of satisfaction, achievement and success�

Melanie Thom

Contact us Visit: www.rgu.ac.uk/mscprojectmanagement E: myfuture@rgu.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1224 262203 Apply online at www.rgu.ac.uk/applyonline