The Master of Project Management for the Built Environment, will be offered online through GradSchool.com. The program will involve presenters who are current practitioners in the industry as well as presenters from the University of Newcastle. The program will provide a case based approach to the study of Project Management for the Built Environment. The focus of the program is industry based drawing on the expertise and experiences of current practitioners. Newcastle offers a unique approach of online technologies with industry involvement.

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.

Over the last decade, the Construction/Building/Engineering/Design Industries have embraced modern professional project management as a specialised discipline.

Effective project management will help:

• Meet or exceed client expectations;
• Maximize the use of resources (time, people, money, space, etc);
• Bring projects to a successful conclusion on time and within budget;
• Successfully manage project stakeholders and project risks;
• Evaluate project outcomes and document learnings future reference; and
• Build confidence in a team for future projects.

This program has been assembled by practicing professional project managers, with courses logically built around the project life cycle providing the skills required to deliver a project from "Start-up" to "Wrap-up".

The Master of Project Management for the Built Environment is an 80 unit professional Masters program. The program structure consists of 80 units of core courses, with one of the 10 unit core courses involving an industry based research project.

The professional application of project management skills and techniques as a process for delivering business outcomes is utilised in every employment sector in particular Construction, Information Technology, Finance and Management.

Students completing the Master of Project Management program have career opportunities such as Managerial positions in an extensive range of commercial and public sector organisations. For more information see: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/careers/students-and-graduates/majors/

The professional application of project management skills and techniques as a process for delivering business outcomes is utilised in every employment sector in particular Construction, Information Technology, Finance and Management.

Students completing the Master of Project Management program have career opportunities such as Managerial positions in an extensive range of commercial and public sector organisations. For more information see: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/careers/students-and-graduates/majors/