Project Management

Gain the skills you’ll need to become a successful project manager. You'll ensure a job is done effectively, on time, on budget and to the right quality.

Professional accreditation
Project management plays an important role in organisations across all sectors and industries. Accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM), this course will teach you how to work effectively with others and cultivate the range of technical skills required to be able to deliver projects effectively.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Enhance your knowledge of the principles, roles and techniques of project management

• Learn how to manage the people, time and financial resources that are required to deliver successful projects

• Develop project management skills and competencies to become a creative, analytical problem solver

• Apply key concepts, theories, and principles to create, define, and control a project using a range of technologies and analytical tools to arrive at a solution

• Apply project management skills and analytical tools to a range of projects and project specialisms, such as planning and monitoring planned actual progress, decision making and people management

• Learn how to use contemporary digital technologies, including project management software

• Develop the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels

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Your learning and development
You'll develop and enrich your learning through a range of opportunities, including:

• Feedback and progress assessment

• Extra-curricular seminars

• Field trips

In addition, your knowledge of current issues in the project management context will be enhanced by guest lectures by industry experts.

Hands-on experience
You could choose the sandwich route, which means you’ll gain real-life experience of working within the profession through a work placement.

Your practical knowledge and understanding of project management will be enhanced through our links with industry and organisations. These organisations will encourage you to apply for work placements, visit their premises, and assist on real-life projects.

Practical experiences are a vital part of the course and will enable you to apply your theoretical knowledge in the workplace. They also provide the ideal basis for your final year when you’ll focus on the professional applications of project management.

Why study Project Management at Leeds Beckett University...

• 100% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*

• Fantastic placements and a sandwich year opportunity

• Opportunity to network with industry professionals

• Industry experienced expert teaching team

• Hands-on project scenarios

*Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 20-21

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

• Principles of Project Management
• Project Practice
• Construction Economics
• Contemporary Projects
• Procurement Tendering & Valuation
• Law in the Built Environment

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

• Risk & Value
• Project Teams
• Planning & Scheduling
• Project Methodologies
• Interdisciplinary Practice (full-time only)
• Project Decision-Making
• Work-Based Learning (part-time only)

<strong> Year 3 Core Modules: </strong>

• Advanced Planning & Tracking
• Research Paper
• Inter-Professional Consultancy
• Projects & Organisation Strategy
• Major Project (Double Module)