Industrial Project Management University of Birmingham

Award	Attendance	Study	Duration	Start	Domestic fees	International fees
Postgraduate Diploma	On-Campus	Part-time	2 years	September	find out	find out

Course overview

The course is industry focused and looks to cover both theory and application of project management principles, practices and tools. Leadership, team building and influencing skills, integral to successful complex project delivery are also explored. Chemical Engineering is dynamic and evolving. It provides many solutions to problems facing industries in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, oil, energy and food and drink sectors. It is vital to many issues affecting our quality of life; such as better and more economical processes to reduce the environmental burden, and more delicious and longer lasting food due to the right combination of chemistry, ingredients and processing.

The key objectives of the course are: A systematic understanding of Project Management knowledge, and critical awareness of current challenges in an industrial context. A comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to advanced study of Project Management. Innovation in the application of Project Management knowledge, but with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret information. Conceptual understanding of Project Management that enables them to critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship and evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them.