Graduate Certificate in Project Management GC.ProjMan
2008

Program Outline

The Master of Project Management program is ideal for technology-based professionals who wish to be guided through leading project management concepts, methodologies and tools. Designed for professionals who want to access advanced knowledge while being fully engaged in their careers. There are four courses in the Masters program, designed to be completed in half a year.

The Graduate Certificate Project Management program is ideal for technology based professionals who:

• Have or want project management roles and responsibilities at best practice levels
• Work in areas such as information technology, construction, defense, product development, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, energy or government
• Seek to advance their careers through a formal qualification in project management
• Want to deliver predicted outcomes through the application of project management to their work and organisation
• Aspire to graduate with a double Masters program that combines project management with science and technology commercialisation or business administration*

Further the Graduate Certificate in Project Management is a pathway into admission in to the Master of Project Management.

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Admission Information

Admissions information for domestic and international students.

Domestic

Selection criteria:	Graduate entry only
Prerequisites:	An applicant for admission to this program shall have qualified for a degree of the University or another institution accepted by the Faculty for the purpose as equivalent to a degree of the University.
How to apply:	Application and Admission
Mid-year entry?	Subject to availability
Annual tuition fees:	Australian Full-fee place: $8,480
General enquiries:	Student Centre

International

Selection criteria:	Graduate entry only IELTS Total Reading Listening Speaking Writing 6 5.5 5.5 6 6
How to apply:	Application information for international students Important application deadlines for international students
Annual tuition fees:	International student place: $10,300
General enquiries:	Student Centre

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this program will have the knowledge to establish their own social ventures and businesses. Other fields graduates have ventured in to are roles that provide high level advice and and expertise to government and organisations.

Further graduates can progress to management positions in areas of information technology, defence, engineering, computer science, manufacturing and construction.

Graduate Attributes

The Master of Project Management program is designed for professionals who want access to advanced knowledge while being fully engaged in their careers.

There are only eight courses in the Masters program. They are designed to be completed over a two-year period by a committed professional who works full-time. They can also be undertaken in one year of full-time study.

There is the flexibility to tailor a program to meet your specific needs by:

• Selecting options from an entrepreneurship and commercialisation stream
• Substituting one✝, two✝ or three courses with an appropriate Masters Project (✝ subject to approval)
  

The Graduate Certificate in Project Management requires the completion of four courses from the Masters program, and provides the benefits of a recognised postgraduate award.

Through this program you will:

• Learn what it takes to create and manage complex projects with ambitious objectives
• Achieve mastery over the concepts, methodologies and tools of project management
• Gain the knowledge and skills required by the Project Management Institute of the USA and the Australian Institute of Project Management
• Develop the ability to define strategic goals for project activities
• Effectively apply project management principles to achieve business, social and environmental goals
  

Useful Links

• Engineering and Technology Postgraduate Program Information Leaflet
• Education Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation (ECIC)
• Postgraduate Scholarships
• Student Centre enquiry form

Program Rules

Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences