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Career paths

Our programme is structured at three levels. Each level would equate to a certain role in industry. As a guide, these are detailed below:

  • Graduate Certificate - Subject Matter Expert/Team Member
  • Graduate Diploma - Project Manager
  • Masters Degree - Programme Director/Chief Project Officer/Senior Project Manager

Graduate Attributes

Our graduates will have the following attributes:

  • Research and inquiry - Students will develop an appreciation of the role of project manager or engineer manager in the professional world. They will gain an ability to apply and contextualise a deep understanding of a specific project management discipline.
  • Information literacy - An ability to gather, manage, integrate and critique information attained from various sources in order to ascertain the relevant information required for the identification, formulation and solution of a problem. Possess a deep understanding and appreciation of engineering design and implementation.
  • Personal and intellectual autonomy - Graduates of the MPM will be able to work as strong team members, in a way that is informed by openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new challenges in a management, consulting and international project management and engineering management environment.
  • Ethical, social and professional understanding - Graduates will possess an ability to lead a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team. They will have an appreciation and ability to promote sustainable project management and design projects. Graduates will have the knowledge and capabilities to devise a plan for projects, perform cost modelling and schedule control, risk management and analysis, and human resources management in a number of PM domains to meet all standards set by their relevant specialisation regulating bodies.
  • Communication - Graduates of the MPM will be able to effectively communicate ideas in project management to a wide range of personnel, from managers to construction and industry professionals. They will have a strong ability to write professional reports and research articles.