Project Management (Taught)

Overview
If you're ready to build on your business and management experience and excited to start or continue your successful career in project management, this MSc Project Management degree is for you.

On this Master’s programme you’ll explore the principles and practice of project management. You’ll cover topics including strategic and practical approaches in different business environments, and discover the influence of successful project management on any organisation.

You’ll study key project management themes, including budgets and commercial management, as well as people management, and learn to apply your new knowledge in the workplace.

MSc Project Management is accredited by the Chartered Association for Project Management (APM), the professional body for project management in the UK. During the course you can become a student member of the APM for free and attend APM webinars and events to develop your knowledge and professional network.

This course is delivered on a block basis, which means you’ll study on campus for short periods of time during the year. Whether you’re a busy working professional or an international student, these study blocks give you the ability to stay on campus for a shorter period of time than many other postgraduate degrees so you can complete your studies around your current commitments.

You’ll graduate with the tools you need to become an effective project manager in any size or type of organisation.

Accredited by
This course is fully accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM).

Course highlights

• Explore topics including strategic and practical approaches in different business environments, budgets and commercial management, and people management and risk

• Become an effective project manager in any size or type of organisation

• Study on a block basis around your current commitments

• Become a student APM member for free and attend APM webinars and events

• Hear from guest speakers such as: Caspar Bartington, Head of Volunteering & Education - Chartered Association of Project Management (APM); Rory Burke, Adjunct Professor of Project Management and Author; Dave Corbin, Senior Director - Head of Programme & Project Management (UK)- Gleeds Management Services

Careers and opportunities
You'll graduate from this course with the ability to lead, or be part of, a team undertaking strategic projects, from initiation through to completion.

You'll have the skills for a successful career as a senior project manager in the commercial sector.

What can you do with a Project Management degree?
Here are some routes our graduates have pursued:

• project management

• consultancy

• project planning

• logistics

• product development

Course Modules

The University of Portsmouth is passionate about creating career-focused modules that do more than support your studies, they empower your academic journey and prepare you for what comes next.

We design modules that have:

• Clear themes and skills development as you progress through each year
• Assessments that feel meaningful, often based on real-world tasks rather than isolated exams
• Career-enhancing opportunities such as placements, live projects, enterprise and volunteering

For a full list of the modules you will study on this course, please visit the link to the course page.

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/msc-project-management#modules

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Project Management, Association for