MSc Project Management
University of Sussex Business School
Key Information
Campus location
Brighton, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 2 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 22,500 / per year **
Application deadline
Request info *
Earliest start date
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* international: 1 August 2023 | UK: 1 September 2023
** full-time international students | £13,135/year for full-time home/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
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Introduction
Key information
- Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
- Start date: September 2023
- Apply by: 1 August 2023 (international), 1 September 2023 (UK)
Become a first-rate project manager. You’ll develop the critical skills to help you manage projects in today’s dynamic business and economic environment.
You’re taught and supervised by leading project management experts at the University of Sussex Business School. This course draws on expertise from SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit. Within an environment that values innovation and sustainability, you’ll learn to plan and manage projects effectively and efficiently. Gain a comprehensive understanding of, and develop core competencies in:
- Managing complex projects
- Managing risk and innovation
- Applying design thinking for project management
- Applying advanced project management practices.
Joining the University of Sussex Business School, you benefit from extensive career support and business connections, including employer mentoring, networking, talks and guest lectures. The Careers and Employability Centre can help you find and prepare for internship opportunities through skills workshops, employer events, an employer database, live vacancies and CV reviews. You can also tailor your degree to your career path by choosing options in areas such as agile project management, innovation and sustainability.
Accreditation
Our Project Management MSc has been accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered body for the profession.
The University of Sussex Business School is accredited by EQUIS, the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools. Accreditation ensures rigorous quality control, benchmarking against international standards and is acknowledged worldwide.
Career Opportunities
Our graduates have gone into careers in business, technology, government, regional, international and not-for-profit organisations, as well as academia.
This MSc gives you sought-after skills for a professional career in:
- Project and programme management in the public and private sector
- Management or business consultancy
- Business or technology analysis
- R&D and innovation management
- Entrepreneurship
- Management in large, multinational organisations.
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Curriculum
Full-time and part-time study
Choose to study this course full-time or part-time, to fit around your work and personal life. Modules for the full-time course are listed below.
We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, or due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. It may not be possible to take some module combinations due to timetabling constraints. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
Autumn teaching
- Business and Project Management
- Management Research and Practice Skills
- Managing Innovation
- Project Design Thinking
Spring teaching
- Advanced Project Management
- Management of Risk
- Managing Complex Projects, Products and Systems
Summer teaching
- Research Project (Project Management in Practice)
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Spring teaching
- Agile Project Management
- Artificial Intelligence and Policies for Technological Revolutions
- Energy and Development
- Infrastructure, Innovation and Sustainability
- Innovation for Sustainability
- Innovation in the Creative Economy
- Introduction to Quantitative Research
- Strategic Management (Business & Management
We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, we may need to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to COVID-19.
Admissions
Rankings
- 1st in the UK among science and technology policy think tanks for SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit (Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2020)
- 1st in the UK for annual research income in 2020/21 (Chartered Association of Business Schools)
- 13th in the UK for Business and Economics (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022)
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships
Our aim is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to despite financial barriers so that we continue to attract talented and unique individuals.
Working while you study
Our Careers and Employability Centre can help you find part-time work while you study.