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MSc - Master of Science
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Our MSc in Construction Project Management equips you with the leadership, management, and technical skills to deliver building projects from inception through design, procurement, construction and occupation. Modules cover areas such as construction technology, valuation, procurement, risk & value management, people & organisation, business management, and planning/programming of projects. This degree is aimed at graduates who want to work in construction project management, or those already in the built environment industry wishing to deepen their management skills. Furthermore, this is suitable for candidates interested in roles dealing with contracts, risk, financial and operational management in construction. Heriot-Watt University has excellent graduate outcomes, is ranked among top universities for Building, and our MSc in Construction Project Management is industry-accredited by RICS and CIOB. This programme is informed by research at our Institute of Sustainable Built Environment, and we leverage our links to industry by providing guest lectures, ensuring that you are aware of the most relevant industry trends and issues.
The aim of the module is to enable students to appreciate and make an intelligent contribution towards the managerial and financial aspects of construction companies in general and construction projects in particular. This includes developing awareness and understanding of the need for financial planning and monitoring and the cost control process.
The overall aim of this module is to provide an insight into the development of information systems in the construction industry. The module will help students to evaluate the use of modern ICT means and their impact on business performance in construction; study relevant IT concepts and appraise its applicability to construction process re-engineering and develop adequate research skills in reviewing and preparing academic publications.
This module aims to develop a high level of interdisciplinary understanding about complex organisational and personal management processes and how important they are in underpinning technical skills to deliver high quality services as a professional. Students will learn about and explore management theory and practice and will have a chance to reflect on their own personal development in a synoptic way. This will be valuable in terms of career development, as management competences and self-reflection are increasingly sought in practice.
This module aims to further develop the learners theoretical and practical knowledge in the implementation of Project Management Principles in the construction industry. The module is designed to raise student awareness as to why the construction industry under-performs when compared to other industries. This enables learners to appraise and critically analyse the performance of the project management discipline in order to explore what is needed to improve this performance, with emphasis on the UK construction industry.
This module aims to provide the student with an understanding of the concepts and practices of construction project management used to provide value added services to clients. The module develops understanding of the issues related to the management of construction clients and other project stakeholders and how their needs can be co-ordinated, managed and delivered from the projects design stage through production to occupation and maintenance within the context of client satisfaction and the overarching construction project constraints of time, cost, quality sustainability, health and safety management.
This module provide knowledge of the principles of strategic commercial management together with a framework for critically understanding commercial practice within and between organisations. Identify generic aspects of this practice, providing a theoretical foundation to and common vocabulary for these activities (by reference to existing and emergent theories and concepts, for example, transactional cost economics and relational contracting), and to examine relevant commercial management best practice. Provide the intellectual skills to communicate the rationale behind the strategic commercial decisions made by organisations. Provide practical and transferable skills for designing, negotiating, awarding and managing B2B transactions.
The module aims to introduce the concepts of value & risk management, apply them to strategic and tactical problems and illustrate their tools and techniques through case studies.
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