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Master of Engineering Project Management

This course is available

Online, On-Campus

Level of Study

Master's Degree

Duration

120 credit hours

Next start date

Expected Jul 2023

Campus

University of Auckland

Summary

A career-focused qualification that brings together coursework and a project designed to prepare students for careers in international project management and leadership of major projects.

New Zealand is recognised as a global leader in innovative project management approaches, delivering world-class projects across all engineering disciplines. Develop your skills and credentials as a professional project manager, able to lead and direct multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

This programme provides students with the in-depth knowledge and skills needed to succeed in project management in a variety of industries. Focusing on two key project management practices, Waterfall and Agile, this programme enables students to work towards industry-recognised professional certification.

Students will gain sound fundamentals in project management concepts and application, whilst completing a spectrum of elective courses that broaden acquisition of knowledge and skills within the engineering project management specialisation.

A project towards the end of your programme enables you to apply your theoretical skills to real-world industry projects, and consolidates your learning.

Study this programme online: The Master of Engineering Project Management is also available through Auckland Online. This will allow you to complete the programme through a set of 100% online courses.

This programme is offered in two forms, to suit the existing qualifications and experience of candidates.

120 points for candidates with a four-year bachelors (honours) degree.
180 points for candidates with a three-year bachelors degree.

You will complete four 15-point core courses, and either two 15-point electives for the 120-point programme or six 15-point electives for the 180-point programme. You can view what selections are available in the 'courses' tab.

For both programmes you will also complete a 30-point project, which will consolidate your learning and allow you to apply your skills in a real-world setting.

Where could this programme take you?

You will gain competencies in all aspects of portfolio, programme and project management, and will be familiar with a broad range of tools, techniques and methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall. Our graduates will have the skills needed to succeed as a project manager in the engineering sector.

Jobs related to this programme

Engineering manager
Portfolio manager
Programme manager
Project director
Project manager

Entry criteria

Taught 120 points

You must have completed a four-year bachelors degree in engineering at a recognised university (or similar institution) that includes:

  • Broad coverage in your first year of the foundational science topics that underpin engineering disciplines: mathematical modelling, chemical and materials science, electrical engineering theory, mechanics, programming, and engineering design
  • One year of postgraduate-level study
  • A research project or dissertation comprising at least one-quarter of the final year

Alternatively, you must have completed one year of postgraduate study, following an undergraduate degree, in a relevant discipline at a recognised university (or similar institution) with a GPA of 4.0.

Relevant disciplines include applied science, architecture, commerce, construction, information technology, science and technology.

You will also need at least two years' professional engineering experience.

Taught 180 points:

You must have completed an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline at a recognised university (or similar institution) with a GPE of 4.0.

Relevant disciplines include applied science, architecture, commerce, construction, engineering, information technology, science and technology.

You will also need at least two years' professional engineering experience.

IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 and no bands less than 6.0; Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 90 and written score of 21; Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 68 and a writing score of 21; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 176 and no bands below 169; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 58 and no PTE Communicative score below 50; Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (FCertEAP): Grade of B-; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85.

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