Why Study / Key Benefits

The Master of Project Management is designed to develop expertise for managing complex, high-value projects across different industries worldwide. Swinburne identifies resource management, risk management, business analysis and strategy as key areas of study.

Key benefits include:

• Advanced project-management knowledge and skills.
• Development of resource and risk-management capabilities.
• Business analysis and strategic decision-making.
• Leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
• Problem-solving, planning and organisational skills.
• Communication and teamwork capabilities.
• Digital and technical literacy.
• An Entrepreneurship specialisation focused on innovation and high-growth organisations.
• Practical project-management learning through units such as Enterprise Project and Six Sigma Lean Green Belt.

Programme Structure and Subjects / Topics

The master's qualification consists of 200 credit points:

• 50 credit points of foundation study
• 100 credit points of core project-management study
• 50 credit points of Entrepreneurship specialisation study.

Foundation units include:

• Business Information Systems — INF60007
• Governing Technology for Business Environments — INF80042
• Business Sustainability and Social Impact — MGT60042
• Future Management Skills — MGT60043.

Core project-management units include:

• Strategic Project Management — INF70005
• Project Management for Innovative Outcomes — PRM60002
• The Risk Management Spectrum — PRM60003
• Operations Management — SCM60001
• Leading Complex Projects — PRM70002
• Project Governance and Resource Management — PRM80002
• Enterprise Project — PRM80001
• Six Sigma Lean Green Belt — SCM60002.

Entrepreneurship specialisation units are:

• Future-Fit Innovation — ENT60011
• Startup Foundry — ENT70020
• Responsible Entrepreneurship and Leadership — ENT60012
• Show Me The Money: Fundamentals of Funding Startups — ENT70021.

Disciplines / Specialisations

Primary discipline: Project Management

Selected specialisation: Entrepreneurship

Swinburne currently lists a range of specialisation choices within the Master of Project Management, including:

• Accounting
• Business Analytics
• Digital Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Financial Technologies
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Research
• Social Impact
• Supply Chain Innovation.

Programme Highlights

Important programme features include:

• 200 credit points.
• 2-year standard full-time duration.
• Hawthorn campus.
• CRICOS code 102653C.
• Blended delivery.
• Entrepreneurship specialisation.
• Enterprise Project.
• Six Sigma Lean Green Belt unit.
• Project risk-management study.
• Strategic project-management study.
• Project governance and resource-management study.
• Entrepreneurship, innovation and startup-focused subjects.
• Professional connections through Swinburne's project-management ecosystem.
• Professional accreditation/recognition links including the Australian Institute of Project Management, AACSB and Vative.

Career Outcomes

Swinburne identifies the following example career roles for Master of Project Management graduates:

• Project Assistant
• Project Officer
• Project Coordinator
• Project Associate
• Consultant
• Delivery Lead
• Delivery Director
• Project Manager
• Project Director
• Program Manager
• Program Director
• Project Management Office Manager
• PMO Head/Director
• Product Manager
• Business Analyst
• Agile Coach
• Scrum Master
• Facilitator.

The Entrepreneurship specialisation can additionally support career activities involving:

• Startup development
• Innovation management
• Entrepreneurial leadership
• New-venture development
• Business innovation
• Startup funding and commercialisation.

International Student Visa Requirements

International students studying this course in Australia generally require a Student visa, subclass 500.

For a Student visa, the Department of Home Affairs requires students to meet the applicable visa criteria, which can include:

• Enrolment in an eligible course.
• A valid Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).
• Genuine Student requirement.
• Financial-capacity requirements where applicable.
• Health requirements.
• Character requirements.
• Appropriate Overseas Student Health Cover.
• Compliance with Student visa conditions.