Master of Engineering Project Management

New Zealand is recognised as a global leader in innovative project management approaches, delivering world-class projects across all engineering disciplines. Develop your skills and credentials as a professional project manager, able to lead and direct multi-disciplinary engineering projects. This programme provides students with the in-depth knowledge and skills needed to succeed in project management in a variety of industries. Focusing on two key project management practices, Waterfall and Agile, this programme enables students to work towards industry-recognised professional certification. Students will gain sound fundamentals in project management concepts and application, whilst completing a spectrum of elective courses that broaden acquisition of knowledge and skills within the engineering project management specialisation. A project towards the end of your programme enables you to apply your theoretical skills to real-world industry projects, and consolidates your learning. The New Zealand Ministry of Health needs your leadership to successfully implement critical health projects. The Auckland District Health Board will provide four University of Auckland students with paid internships while they study for a Master of Engineering Project Management, Health Projects specialisation. You can learn more about the Health Projects specialisation in the tab below or click the link for our info pack. The Master of Engineering Project Management is also available through Auckland Online. This will allow you to complete the programme through a set of 100% online courses. Learn about the . The Global Accreditation Centre (GAC) . The Project Management Institute (PMI) .

This programme offers two options to suit candidates' existing qualifications and experience.

• 120 points for candidates with a four-year bachelor's (honours) degree
• 180 points for candidates with a three-year bachelor's degree
  
  

You will complete four 15-point core courses and either two 15-point
electives for the 120-point programme or six 15-point electives for the
180-point programme.You can view what selections are available in the
section below. You will also complete a 30-point project for both programmes,
consolidating your learning and allowing you to apply your skills in a real-world setting.

Core (45 points):
ENGGEN 730 Management Skills for Project Professionals

and

ENGGEN 731 Agile and Lean Project Management

ENGGEN 742 Project Management
or

ENGGEN 740 Project Management Bodies of Knowledge (30 points)

Project pathway (45 points): Consisting of either a Capstone Project or a Research project and a level-9 course.

• Capstone Project
  ENGGEN 784 Capstone Project (30 points)
  
  
  and
  
  
  ENGGEN 737 Engineering Risk Management
  
  or
  ENGGEN 738 Work Based Learning
  
  or
  ENGGEN 739 Cost Engineering
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Research Project (honours)
  
  ENGGEN 794 A/B Research Project (30 points)
  and
  
  ENGGEN 736 Research Implementation and Dissemination
  

Electives: Select a further 30 points for your 120-point programme or a further 90 points for your 180-point programme.

* ENGGEN 705 Engineering Product Development

* ENGGEN 732 Systems Thinking and Project Business Case

* ENGGEN 734 Engineering Contracts for Project Managers

* ENGGEN 735 Project Management Case Studies

* ENGGEN 736 Research Implementation and Dissemination (only eligible with Research Project)

* ENGGEN 737 Engineering Risk Management

* ENGGEN 738 Work-Based Learning

* ENGGEN 739 Cost Engineering

* ENGGEN 741 Project, Programme, and Portfolio Management (30 points)

* ENGGEN 743 Applied Creative Thinking

* ENGGEN 769 Research Methods for Engineers (only eligible with the 180-point programme)
* ENGSCI 755 Decision Making in Engineering

* ENVENG 702 Engineering Decision-Making in Aotearoa

And other 600 and 700-level courses in the Faculty of Engineering approved by the Programme Director. Unless stated otherwise, each course mentioned above carries a weight of 15 points.

Note:

• This programme is delivered in both on-campus and Auckland Online (100% online delivery) options. However, please note not all courses are delivered across both the delivery modes. Please refer to the 'Delivery mode' section in the above linked course outlines.
  
  
  
  
• Are you an international applicant considering applying for a student visa and post-study work rights after completing your master's?
  
  In that case, you must be aware that international students must be enrolled in at least 45 points (three courses) in an on-campus delivery mode each consecutive semester to comply with your student visa requirements.
  
  

• Online courses do not meet the Immigration NZ requirements for on-campus study.
  
  
  
  
• Masters students must complete a minimum of 30 weeks of on-campus study full-time to be eligible to apply for a post-study work visa.
  
  

For information on Student Visas and the Post-Study Work Visa, please visit the Immigration NZ website.