MSc Construction Project Management Part-time

Master

In Bolton

£ 4,560 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Bolton

  • Duration

    2 Years

Construction project management requires highly skilled individuals who can lead and integrate multidisciplinary teams of professionals. That could be you.

This challenging, industry-focused course gives you the opportunity to not only develop the academic and technical knowledge you’ll need to be a ‘CPM’, but also the management and interpersonal skills so essential for success in this career.

You’ll get to build on the knowledge and experience you’ll have acquired in your undergraduate studies, or in work experience, while we help you prepare to take on the strategic responsibilities that come with managing construction projects. The course is based on the Chartered Institute of Building’s definition of construction project management, which encompasses the whole project lifecycle, from ‘inception to recycling’. As such, sustainability is a key element of this course.

Our teaching staff bring vast industry experience to the course, and many are involved in leading research as part of their own professional development – which means they’re currently involved directly in today’s construction industry, here and all over the world.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bolton (Greater Manchester)
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Deane Road, BL3 5AB

Start date

On request

About this course

This programme is ideally suited to you if you already have construction-related employment experience, and are aiming for senior positions in project management. It aims to develop your awareness of the importance of construction projects to clients, and the context and constraints in which projects are procured and undertaken.

As a construction project manager, you’ll take the lead and play a pivotal role in the successful completion of construction projects. You’ll be responsible for co-ordinating the wide range of resources involved in construction projects, such as labour, materials, finance and consultants to achieve the client’s goals – on time, within budget and to the quality standards required. As a successful graduate of this course, you’ll have developed the management, leadership and problem-solving qualities necessary for a career in this varied, rewarding and challenging field.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?
As a construction project manager, you could work for consultancy practices, contractors, sub-contractors or other specialist companies in the supply chain.

You may be involved at the very earliest stages of construction projects, managing the development of project briefs and designs for clients. Alternatively, you could be working during the construction phase, or managing the substantive resources needed during occupation, maintenance, refurbishment and finally demolition and recycle. Or you could work as an independent project manager, perhaps building up your own consultancy practice.

The programme is also excellent preparation for doctoral-level study and a career in research and university lecturing.

An Honours Degree in an appropriate construction discipline (or a comparable relevant qualification from a UK or overseas institution); or

Professional body membership in an appropriate construction discipline e.g. Chartered Construction Manager, Chartered Builder, Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Architect, Chartered or Incorporated Engineer; or

Qualifications and/or experience equivalent to (1) and (2), e.g. Higher National Certificate or Diploma and substantial experience at a senior level in construction; or

The programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Successful graduates, with appropriate experience, may then to apply to the CIOB for full corporate membership and use the designatory letters ‘MCIOB’ after their name.

We encourage your commitment to lifelong learning through continuing professional development and professional body membership.
We’ll support you to develop systematic and innovative thinking in your approach to problem solving and decision making in construction project management.
You’ll also have numerous opportunities to develop your understanding of the sustainability agenda, linking lower carbon to lower cost.
You’ll have the chance to learn how to evaluate the effects of global changes on the construction industry.
You can find out how to support theoretical knowledge with analytical thinking and information gathering as you resolve complex operational problems.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Management
  • IT Management
  • Construction
  • Construction Training
  • Project
  • Skills and Training
  • Project Management
  • IT Project Management
  • Industry
  • IT Development
  • University
  • Team Training
  • Construction Management
  • IT risk
  • Approach
  • Executive
  • Risk
  • Communication Training
  • Business and Management

Course programme

Modules

Modules listed below are a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules as part of the course.
  • Construction Management
  • Project Management
  • Sustainable Construction
  • Group Project
  • Dissertation
Teaching, Learning And Assessment

We promote active learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and library time, alongside your own guided and independent study.

Assessment is predominantly through coursework. Exams comprise 50% of the overall assessment, in two 30-credit modules – equivalent to about 15% of the programme. We assess group work and peer working in one module. Your dissertation comprises an extended piece of individual research, with a viva voce as the concluding assessment for the MSc award.

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up to date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

Additional information

International Fees - £12,450

MSc Construction Project Management Part-time

£ 4,560 VAT inc.