MS Project Management

Summary

The Master of Science in Project Management is an exciting opportunity to gain a Northeastern University US Masters degree whilst studying at NCH London.

Degree Overview

Companies succeed or fail based on their ability to bring quality products and services to market in a timely manner. Without skilled project managers in place, companies are challenged to deliver projects on time, on budget, and according to specifications. From inception to completion, project managers are responsible for every step in the process: project definition, cost and risk estimations, scheduled planning and monitoring, budget management, negotiation and conflict resolution, project leadership, and project presentation and evaluation.

The Master of Science in Project Management is designed to provide you with the practical skills and theoretical concepts you need to lead complex projects. Featuring real-world case studies, this project management degree presents techniques and tools for managing long- and short-term projects successfully and cost-effectively. Augmenting the core project management courses are concentrations that seek to provide you with content-specific expertise that enables you to deepen your knowledge in your field of interest.

Master of Science in Project Management prepares you to drive innovation throughout organisations by giving you the skills and tools to effectively lead volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous projects from inception to completion in global markets.

Accredited by the world’s leading association for project management professionals, the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs, (GAC), our curriculum has a two-pronged approach that provides the foundational knowledge of scientific-based project management tools, organizational strategies, and theoretical concepts, coupled with the opportunity to deepen subject matter expertise through targeted concentration work and innovative project management concepts.

• Option to engage in experiential learning through the co-op program and/or Experiential Network projects.
• Program curriculum can be tailored to student’s past professional experience with project management.
• Concentrations allow students to focus their study on content-specific knowledge.
• The program is delivered through a hybrid model of online and on-site learning.

Career Development

The programme will prepare students for a range of careers and roles in project management. The skills learned though the MS Project Management will make graduates compelling candidates for employment.

The market for project management skills is growing as organisations look to improve their project success rates. As companies’ interests become more global and complex, demand is driven for improved project management skills. Project management skills are essential in all successful companies.

All applicants will need to: submit an online application; submit a statement of purpose (500–1000 words): Identify your educational goals and expectations of the program. Please be aware that Northeastern University’s academic policy on plagiarism applies to your statement of purpose; upload a professional resume; provide unofficial undergraduate transcripts; official transcripts required at the time of admission; provide two letters of recommendation from individuals who have either academic or professional knowledge of your capabilities such as a faculty member, colleague, or mentor, preferably one from your current employer.