Project Management (with 12-month placement option) (Taught)

What makes Project Management at Worcester special?
This postgraduate course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to give you a competitive advantage in Project Management.

You will develop your expertise in areas such as project management, risk management, strategy, leadership and financial management, all of which are important tools for a successful project manager. You will have the opportunity to work as a member of a project management team and be involved in developing a project plan that could potentially be presented to real clients as a live project.

You will be taught by senior academics who have wealth of professional experience and excellent links with industry. Their teaching is informed by insights from industry and the course content is both practical and relevant to real business life. You will also be offered a placement option to provide you with a flavour of the actual world of business.

Certificate in Strategic Management (a Chartered Management Institute qualification) optionally awarded upon successful completion of the programme, which will greatly impact your long term career aspirations. You will also have access to Associate Membership of the CMI.

Key features

• Scholarships and Discounts for international students, based on their grades

• Work-related curriculum that enhances the ability to adapt to complex situations

• Modules based on contemporary research, scholarship and cutting-edge thinking

• Opportunities to work with senior academics who have extensive experience in Project Management

• Cross-learning amongst students of diverse backgrounds and business practices from around the world

• The opportunity to gain access to local and national employers through the internship

• A flexible design allowing two entry points, in September and January

The placement

You will have the opportunity to go on a work placement for 6 or 12 months. You are supported in finding placements and can apply for a vacancy as you would a job. There are dedicated sessions to support you in CV writing, interview skills and job applications as well as access to 1:1 tutorials. Most placements start on completion of the taught modules.

The placement will allow you to gain first-hand experience within a real business environment to enhance your future employability and are usually paid. Some students choose to base their research project on a business-related issue arising during the placement. This would give you access to research participants and primary data, and allow you to apply the theories and principles discussed on the programme to a real organisation.

While on placement, you will be supported by a dedicated placements team able to respond to any problems you may be having, an individual tutor who visits you twice while you are on placement and you will retain access to all the University facilities including e-resources. At the end of the placement, you are required to submit a placement portfolio containing your learning contract, a satisfactory employer appraisal, a case study and an end of placement presentation.