MSc Construction Project Management

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

This programme is ideal 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 coordinating 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?

Alternative career options

Graduates can also use the qualification as a stepping stone into a range of other careers. Some of these roles may require relevant experience and/or postgraduate study. Possible careers include:

• Offshore and petrochemicals
• Civil engineering
• Teaching and education
• Financial management
• Architectural technology
• Logistics and distribution
• Management consultancy
• Planning and development surveying
• Town planning
• Estimation
• Research and development
• Water and environmental management
• Facilities management
• Estate agency
• Investment management

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.

Please note the total course fee for a Home student starting this course in 2023/24 will be £7,920. As this is an 18-month course, the fees are £5,280 for the first year and £2,640 for the final semester.

Home/EU Fees

No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Greater Manchester’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@greatermanchester.ac.uk for more information.

International Fees

No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Greater Manchester’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@greatermanchester.ac.uk for more information.

Bursaries

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Important note regarding tuition fees: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.

We promote active learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and library time alongside your own guided and independent study. We adopt a blended learning and teaching style, including online delivery and engagement where appropriate.

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.

Modules

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

• Construction Management
• Project Management
• Sustainable Construction
• Group Project
• Dissertation

Assessment methods

Level	Assessment method
Level 1	Coursework 85% Written exams 15%

Learning Activities

Level	Activity
Level 1	Guided independent study 85% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 15%

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. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. 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.