Engineering Project Management MSc

Coventry University

United Kingdom, Coventry

University Rank:#558

Duration1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 24,606 / Year

Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

Engineering Project Management MSc

About

Course overview

Explore a strategic, high-level approach to engineering project management, with industry-reviewed modules. Designed for engineering graduates and professionals seeking to enhance their project management skills, this program aims to prepare you to advance in leadership roles and expand your global career prospects.

Course content includes the following:

Leadership and decision-making: focuses on leadership skills, strategic planning, and risk management with practical applications.
Innovation and engineering design: emphasises modern design methodologies, prototyping, and critical thinking in engineering solutions.
Project management tools and methods: covers key project management frameworks like prince2 and agile, with certification opportunities².
Project planning and execution: integrates agile and traditional methods to design, de-risk, and successfully manage engineering projects.

Why you should study this course

This course aims to respond to the ongoing trend for project-based work within engineering organisations, and the fact that projects are becoming extensively and increasingly technically complex. It is designed to help prepare you to manage and lead organisational change through projects and become effective change agents.

We take a high-level, critical and evaluative view of project management, providing you with an opportunity to understand planning, monitoring, and controlling techniques required to deliver a very successful project.

Industry-appropriate curriculum: course content covers a blend of project management expertise so you can learn to handle complex projects in various advanced engineering fields
Global perspective: take part in training on managing international projects and leading diverse teams, both of which are crucial in the global engineering industry
Hands-on experience: gain practical experience through industry-inspired case studies, problem statements and real-world project exemplars, allowing you to apply theoretical knowledge to real circumstances
Technological edge: get contextual exposure to modern technology and engineering domain concepts, which prepares you for project handling in various engineering fields
Career advancement: course content prepares you for senior project management roles, teaching you skills highly sought-after in the engineering sector.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Saudi Arabia

International Pathways Programme

International Foundation Year (IFY)
Tawjihiya/Thanawihya/General Secondary School Certificate with pass grades.

International Year One (IY1)
Tawjihiya/Thanawihya/General Secondary School Certificate with good grades.

Master's Qualifying Programme (MQP)
No country specific entry requirement at this time.

Undergraduate

Students applying with an International Baccalaureate. Please check the specific course page for the points needed.

Students who have successfully completed a recognised Foundation programme in the UK or internationally.

Students who have completed Year 1 of a 4 or 5 year Degree Programme in Saudi with an average CGPA of 3.0 out of 5 or 2.5 out of 4.

Students who National Diploma level qualifications High school Certificates

The foundation programme is required for students who have completed Thanawihya.

Students who hold Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations or Central Board of Secondary Education.

Students are required to have a UKVI IELTS score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill or TOEFL iBT with a score of 79 and a minimum component score of 18.

Top-up

Students who hold an Associate Degree should have CGPA of 3.0 out of 5.0.

Students who hold a Diploma with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 out of 5.0 (subject to syllabus match).

Postgraduate

Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above.

Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.

Students are required to have a UKVI IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill or TOEFL iBT with a score of 88 and a minimum component score of 19.

English Program Requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5.

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

For more information on our approved English language tests visit our English language requirements page.

Career

Careers and opportunities

Successful graduates may seek positions in the following job roles: engineering project manager, scrum master, project manager, program manager, project engineer or operations manager.

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

apply advanced business and project management techniques to the analysis and solutions across various business settings and engineering sectors.
understand a range of advanced business and engineering management techniques to achieve competitive advantage.
critically appraise the potential causes of disputes, liabilities, and breaches of contract and the basics of contract law.
demonstrate your capacity to enact, through projects, the principles of change management and become effective change agents in engineering organisations
assess the feasibility of a project integrating the technical, contractual and human resource elements.
evaluate the need for professional and ethical conduct in commercial and social contexts, have knowledge of management and business practice and their limitations together with an understanding of sustainable development and the relevant regulations governing engineering activities.
critically evaluate the principles of developing and proposing a strategy for leading strategic change.
contribute to a team with the necessary planning, reviewing, adaptability, drive and leadership to achieve the required objectives and observe work schedules.
apply the necessary study and research skills to support the analytical, critical and reflective requirements of written, oral and group assessments.
clearly communicate research, concepts, solutions and recommendations, and demonstrate a professional approach to written and/or oral presentations.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

24,606 / year

Engineering Project Management MSc

Coventry University

United Kingdom, Coventry