Course overview
Do you want to progress in your construction career? Are you looking to take a lead on the organisation and delivery of large-scale construction projects?
Our MSc Construction Project Management programme is underpinned by a focus on acquiring the knowledge and skills essential to operate in a middle to senior position executing consulting roles. These roles include: project planning, resource management, scheduling management, and working and meeting client’s commercial and procurement interests as planning consultants.
This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.
About this course
This programme will equip you with the pre-requisite knowledge of project planning, selecting appropriate lean construction methods, advanced financial appraisal methods and construction economics focusing on the trends within construction and using case studies working within and across multidisciplinary teams.
You will also explore potential delay-causing factors in order to identify and resolve any issues before they affect the completion date.
Career progression
On successful completion of the MSc Construction Project Management, you’ll be able to use your technical skills in project planning to progress to various middle and senior management roles for project managers, principle designers, and cost planning consultants which are highly sought after among construction clients and contracting organisations.
Why study with us
- Gain higher leadership skills in project management, planning, resource management, procurement and risk management and meeting client’s commercial interests.
- Develop greater analytical skills and awareness of contributory factors for project delays.
- Acquire the highly sought analytical research skills on a chosen cutting-edge topic, enabling you to demonstrate high-level synthesis and ability to collate, and summarise relevant data followed by efficient manipulation and dissemination of findings and research paradigms based on well-established parametric and non parametic methods.
Course Modules
You will study a variety of modules across your programme of study. The module details given below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Core modules
You will study the following modules throughout your degree.
Learning and Teaching
At Leeds Trinity we aim to provide an excellent student experience and provide you with the tools and support to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional potential.
Our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy delivers excellence by providing the framework for:
- high quality teaching
- an engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment and achievement
- a clear structure through which you progress in your academic studies, your personal development and towards professional-level employment or further study.
We have a strong reputation for developing student employability, supporting your development towards graduate employment, with relevant skills embedded throughout your programme of study.
We endeavour to develop curiosity, confidence, courage, ambition and aspiration in all students through the key themes in our Learning and Teaching Strategy:
- Student Involvement and Engagement
- Inclusion
- Integrated Programme and Assessment Experience
- Digital Literacy and Skills
- Employability and Enterprise
To help you achieve your potential we emphasise learning as a collaborative process, with a range of student-led and real-world activities. This approach ensures that you fully engage in shaping your own learning, developing your critical thinking and reflective skills so that you can identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and use the extensive learning support system we offer to shape your own development.
We believe the secret to great learning and teaching is simple: it is about creating an inclusive learning experience that allows all students to thrive through:
- Personalised support
- Expert lecturers
- Strong connections with employers
- An international outlook
- Understanding how to use tools and technology to support learning and development
Assessment
You will be assessed by a variety of methods which include:
- Written reports
- Drawings and phase tests
- Exams
Entry Requirements
Leeds Trinity University is committed to recruiting students with talent and potential and who we feel will benefit greatly from their academic and non-academic experiences here. We treat every application on its own merits; we value highly the experience you illustrate in your personal statement.
The following information is designed to give you a general overview of the qualifications we accept. If you are taking qualifications that are not included below, please contact our Admissions Office who will be happy to advise you.
- An honours degree (2:2 or above) in a relevant built environment subject such as construction management, quantity surveying and building surveying, construction project management, architectural technology and estate management.
- Alternatively, we will consider applicants from disciplines unrelated to construction who possess equivalent professional experience.
For more information on meeting English language requirements and academic requirements by country, visit our International Applicants page.
Please contact us for personalised advice on 0113 283 7123 or at admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk.
Fees and finance
Funding
UK Home Students:
For information about our tuition fees please visit our Student Fees and Finance pages.
If you studied your undergraduate degree at Leeds Trinity University, you may be eligible for a discount of up to 50% on the cost of your tuition fees.
International Students, including EU Students:
Visit our web page for international students.
Leeds Trinity Alumni Discount
Some Leeds Trinity graduates are eligible for a tuition fee discount on postgraduate courses of up to 50%, excluding PGCE Delivery Partner Model and Lead Partner Model, and Masters by Research courses. You will need to achieve a 2:2 or above in a Leeds Trinity undergraduate course to qualify. This course has the following discounts:
| Postgraduate course | Alumni Discount |
|---|---|
| MSc programmes | 50% for graduates with a 1st class honours degree |
| MSc programmes | 35% for graduates with a 2:1 honours degree |
| MSc programmes | 20% for graduates with a 2:2 honours degree |
How to apply
There is no official closing date for applications, but the course will be closed when it is full. We therefore encourage you to make your application as early as possible.
Please ensure you complete the application form in full and supply all the required supporting documentation when you make your initial application. Incomplete applications may be rejected.
If you need advice on your application, please contact our admissions team on 0113 283 7123 (Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, or Friday 9.00am to 4.00pm) or admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk
Home applicants - How to apply
Applicants who require a Student Route Visa
If you require a Student Route Visa in order to study in the UK, then you must apply to us by Sunday 30 June 2024.
Part-time study is not available for international students on a Student Route Visa.
For more information and to view academic requirements by country, visit our International Applicants page.
International applicants - How to apply
What happens next?
Our admissions team will acknowledge receipt of your application by email.
Where applications are submitted but references are still in progress, admissions will wait for the reference(s) to be received and then will process it, and forward it to the relevant Programme Leader within five days of receipt of the reference(s).
The Programme Leader will make a decision based on your application. You may be asked to provide a reference to demonstrate your academic and non-academic experiences, or you may be invited to attend an interview. If you are successful and are made an offer, the conditions will be outlined in your offer letter.
Applications will be acknowledged within five working days. Applicants will be contacted within 15 working days with a request for additional information, invite to an informal interview or an application decision.
Made an offer?
You should accept or decline your offer by emailing admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk.
If you accept, you'll need to prove you satisfy the conditions outlined in your offer letter.
You may be asked to present the relevant supporting documentation in person to the student information point on campus, if originals are not needed you’ll be contacted and given details of how to provide the supporting documentation.
Chartered Association of Business Schools
Leeds Trinity University Business School is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.
The association supports its members to maintain world-class standards of teaching and research, and helps to shape policy and create opportunities through dialogue with business and government.
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