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There is a growing need for competent, qualified project managers in the sophisticated industries of the 21st century. The NTU Master of Science Programme in Project Management aims to educate project professionals to conceptualize, plan, develop, implement and deliver successful projects.
This MSc PM Programme is designed to support professional career development in the management of projects and to improve competence profiles of both students & their organizations.
The programme embodies critical thinking and practical application. It promotes and supports a community of practice for students, enabling networking and communication with their peers; sharing experiences and practices across a wide array of project environments.
Admission Information
Admissions Application period for August 2025 intake will be from 4 November 2024 to 28 February 2025.
Come speak with us and find out more at our outreach events:
| 9 November 2024 | Chinese Online Information Session Platform: Tencent Meeting #416-785-143 |
| 16 November 2024 | Guangzhou Information Session Venue: Shangri-La Guangzhou Address: 1 Hui Zhan Dong Road, Hai Zhu District, Guangzhou 510308, China |
| 23 November 2024 | QS Discover Masters Fair (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Venue and address: Lotte Hotel Saigon 2A-4A Ton Duc Thang Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- This Programme is designed to accommodate busy professional lifestyle
- Blend of face-to-face interactions and Self-Paced Learning. 5 lectures per semester for each course
- Course modules designed by leading academic and industrial specialists
- Recorded Lectures and all e-learning resources are available 24/7 on the eLearning Portal
- Program Duration is between 1-3 years for Full-Time students, and between 2-6 years for Part-Time students
- Modular blended learning with all Core MSc PM courses are assessed based on continuous assessment. Elective courses have an exam component
- Students only pay for the registered modules and no fee is charged when the student is on LOA (Misc fees apply)
FlexiMasters in Project Management is offered through NTU's Centre for Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE@NTU), with course fee co-funding by Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) for eligible Singaporeans and PRs.
Information on FlexiMasters in Project Management is available on the PaCE@NTU website.
MAE Graduate Study Grant
The MAE Graduate Study Grant is awarded to outstanding graduate students seeking admission to MAE’s Master of Science programmes. On top of the admission requirements of each programme, applicants will be assessed based on multiple factors that include academic record, working experiences, past achievements and awards, financial needs etc.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for interviews. Successful candidates will be informed shortly after receiving an admissions offer. Recipients of the grant will be given co-funding (25% or more) of their tuition fees upon matriculation.
Recipients are expected to maintain a CGPA of 3.50 each Semester to maintain the eligibility for the Grant.
If you are interested, please complete and submit the MAE Graduate Study Grant Form to MAE Graduate Studies Office ([email protected]). Deadline for submission [August 2025 intake] will be announced soon.
This programme is open to the following candidates
- Prospective candidates who are currently employed in Project Management Related roles
- Prospective candidates with previous work experience in Project Management related roles
- Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor Degree or international equivalent, in relevant subjects from a recognized university.
- A good TOEFL score (iBT = 85 or more, PBT = 563 or more, CBT = 223 or
more) or IELTS score (6.0 or more) for graduates of universities in
which English is not the medium of instruction. Please ensure that you upload a scanned copy of TOEFL/IELTS along with your application (hardcopy is not required).
Admissions Application period for August 2025 intake will be from 4 November 2024 to 28 February 2025.
Credit Transfer of PaCE@NTU courses (FlexiMasters in Project Management) to MSc Project Management
- Transfer of credits is by application and the application will be assessed and approved by the School and Graduate College.
- The
academic units earned through PaCE@NTU are valid for five (5) years for
transfer of credits to the adjoining Master’s by Coursework
programme.
- The academic units that are approved for transfer of credits are not included in the computation of Grade Point Average (GPA) for the Masters programme.
- Programme requirement is a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 'C+' for each successful credit transfer.
- Mapping of the FlexiMasters in Project Management courses to the Master of Science programme courses are as follows:
| PaCE@NTU FlexiMasters in Project Management | AU | Mapping to NTU's Master of Science in Project Management | AU |
| MA6081 Fundamentals of Project Management | 3 | MA6081 Fundamentals of Project Management | 3 |
| MA6082 Management of Project Plan, Schedule and Resources | 3 | MA6082 Management of Project Plan, Schedule and Resources | 3 |
| MA6083 Project Budget and Cost Management | 3 | MA6083 Project Budget and Cost Management | 3 |
| MA6084 Procurement and Contract Management in Projects | 3 | MA6084 Procurement and Contract Management in Projects | 3 |
| MA6085 Organization Culture and Leadership in Projects | 3 | MA6085 Organization Culture and Leadership in Projects | 3 |
A unique feature of this MSc PM is the self-paced, internet-enabled, modular blended-learning.
Students in this programme must fulfil 30 Academic Units (AUs) by choosing one of the two options below.
*New* Applicable to Intakes from Academic Year 2024-2025 onwards
From Academic Year 2024-2025 intakes onwards, students are automatically assigned the default Option 1 - Coursework Only. If you wish to apply for Option 2: Coursework and Dissertation, you must apply using the "Application for Conversion of Option of study" form during your first Semester.
| Option | Description | No. of Courses |
| 1 | Coursework Only (Default Option) | 4 Core Courses* +6 Electives# |
| 2 | Coursework and Dissertation (Opt in Option) | 4 Core Courses* +4 Electives# + Dissertation |
* Core courses are offered every semester.
# Electives may be offered once per every academic year. Offering is subject to review each year.
Duration:
- The minimum candidature is 1 year (Full-time) and 2 years (Part-Time).
- However, to properly manage academic workload, Full-Time students typically require 1.5 years to complete programme requirements.
- The maximum candidature for Full-Time students is 3 years and for Part-Time students is six years.
- Each Semester, a student may take up to a maximum of 5 courses (Full-time) and 3 courses (Part-Time).
Note - There are 5 lectures for MSc Project Management Core courses and Elective courses, spaced out approximately every two to three weeks during Monday-Friday, 6.45pm-9.45pm. The remaining weeks of the Semester are dedicated to Tutorials and consultations.
Students may also select Elective courses offered by other MSc programmes. Weekly Lectures for Elective courses offered by other MSc programmes may be on Monday-Friday, 7pm-9.50pm, for 13 Weeks of each Semester.
Courses
There are two semesters per year August – December (Semester 1) and January – May (Semester 2)
Please note the course pre-requisites in the table below. Courses are to be taken sequentially.
| Course Code | Title | AUs | Assessment | Prerequisites | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA6081 | Fundamentals of Project Management | 3 | Coursework (individually assessed project assignment) | NIL | 1, 2 |
| MA6082 | Management of Project Plan, Schedule and Resources | 3 | Coursework (individually assessed project assignment) | NIL | 1, 2 |
| MA6083 | Project Budget and Cost Management | 3 | Coursework (individually assessed project assignment) | MA6081 and MA6082 | 1, 2 |
| MA6084 | Procurement and Contract Management in Projects | 3 | Coursework (individually assessed project assignment) | MA6081 and MA6082 | 1, 2 |
Note:- Programme structure & course offerings are subject to change.
Students on Coursework-only Track will need to take 6 electives to fulfill programme requirements.
Students on Coursework & Dissertation Track will need to take 4 electives and complete a dissertation project to fulfill programme requirements.
It is recommended that students complete Core courses first before progressing to the more advanced Electives:
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester offered |
|---|---|---|
| MA6085 | 1 and 2 | |
| MA6086 | Systems Engineering Fundamentals | 1 and 2 |
| MA6087 | Project Strategy, Risk and Quality Management | 1 and 2 |
| MA6088 | Research Project Management | 1 and 2 |
| MA6089 | International Project Management | 1 and 2 |
| MA6504 | Management of Global Manufacturing | 1 and 2 |
| MA6702 | Corporate Resource Planning | 2 |
| MA6703 | Supply Chain Inventory Planning | 1 |
| MA6704 | Management of Logistics Functions | 1 |
| MA6716 | Manufacturing and Service Operations Management | 1 |
| MA6731 | System Reliability & Risk Analysis | 2 |
Course Synopsis
CORE COURSES
MA6081 Fundamentals of Project Management
The Fundamentals of Project Management course provides an overview of project management and the essential tools and techniques needed to deliver successful projects on time and on budget. The course will provide an introduction to the key aspects of the project management processes and specific techniques that have been devised to bring about the successful conclusion of projects. This course introduces the tools and techniques for project definition, cost & time estimation, resource planning, critical path development, project monitoring and control, scope management, risk management and project closure. The course is intended as a foundation for the MSc (PM) Programme modules and therefore should be studied first, alone or with one other modules.
MA6082 Management of Project Plan, Schedule and Resources
This course introduces concepts of project planning, scheduling and resource management and aims to develop understanding of how principles, methods, and tools in planning and resource management apply to the management of projects. This course places project controls, particularly in respect of time, as the core of the Project Management process and ensure that students understand and apply appropriate techniques to control the schedule and resource of the overall project. covered include project scope definition, work break down structure (WBS), network scheduling (CPA) techniques, scheduling of resources, and techniques of project monitoring and control. New techniques such as critical chain project management and agile project management are introduced.
MA6083 Project Budget and Cost Management
The course aims to develop understanding of concepts and techniques of cost estimating, project progress monitoring and control the overall project cost. This course places project control with respect of budget and cost as the center of the project management process. covered include techniques of cost estimating, budget management, estimating uncertainty and risk, monitoring & control techniques, earned value management (EVM), and life cycle costing.
MA6084 Procurement and Contract Management in Projects
Aim of this course is to give an understanding of the commercial interests and relationships between companies involved at different levels in projects. It provides an understanding of how these relationships are managed to meet the needs of projects and the ways in which these relationships are shaped by legal and other restraints. Lessons and choices in strategies for the procurement of goods and services are also discussed. Topics covered include: bidding process, types of contract, the law of contract, law and commercial relationships, liability law and dispute resolution.
ELECTIVE COURSES
MA6085 Organization Culture and Leadership in Projects
The objective of the course is to help students think about organizations from a cultural and project management perspective. Students will be introduced to both theoretical frameworks and models in organization culture and will be provided multiple case studies to reflect on practical organization challenges from a project manager’s perspective. Primary topics covered in this course will include project organization and environment, team management, conflict management, leadership, motivation, diversity management and communication techniques. The main feature of the course is to help students gain knowledge and understanding on a wide range of people, organization and culture topics relevant to a project manager.
MA6086 Systems Engineering Fundamentals
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of Systems Engineering and their application to the Management of Projects. It covers a broad spectrum of Systems Engineering topics, across both from a hard systems and soft systems perspective. Primary topics covered in this course will include stakeholder identification, stakeholder analysis, requirement definition, requirements management, system design and development, life cycle Analysis, project complexity, configuration management and interface management. Students will also be introduced to understanding more about Systems Engineering Models, Principles and Best Practices. The main feature of the course is to enable the students to take a “systems approach” to project management.
MA6087 Project Strategy, Risk and Quality Management
Aim of this course is to give students an understanding of project management in the context of corporate and business strategies. The course illustrates interdependencies between corporate and business strategies, and show the importance of developing an effective project strategy aligned to corporate strategy. Topics covered in this course include corporate strategy, portfolio and programme management, delivery of strategic objectives, risk and uncertainty, enterprise risk management (ERM), reputation, and governance.
MA6088 Research Project Management
The Research Project Management Course develops students' ability to conduct and manage a research project or assignment within the domain of project management and to prepare students to successfully carry out the dissertation component of the programme. The course introduces the principles of research design and illustrates the application of alternative research methods to research problems in the domain of project management. In addition, emphasis will be given to carrying out a literature review including searching for relevant literature as the basis for “life-long learning”, organized writing, a well structured and coherent review including an element of critical review of public domain literature.
MA6089 International Project Management
The course aims to develop comprehensive understanding of how principles, and methods, of the management of project are extended and elaborated to the management of International Projects. Concepts of International
Projects are introduced, and success in international project management are defined in this course. This course focuses on international project management, particularly in respect of the global nature of managing strategy and managing communications, contracts, time, cost and quality in the international project management process and ensure that students understand and apply appropriate concepts and techniques in leading and managing
international projects.
The course covers the following topics: Introduction to International Project Management; Planning the International Project in Terms of Time, Cost, and Quality; Leading and Management of International Project; Managing Risk and Uncertainty in International Project.
MA6504 Management of Global Manufacturing
This course serves to address broad aspects of managing global manufacturing operation namely, Strategy, Process, Organization & Technology and Industry 4.0 as an integrated framework for dealing with analysis, execution, operation and management of changes required. In this course, we look at the challenges organizations face as they go global, and the changes required on their part to deal with those challenges.
The course covers the following topics: Global manufacturing introduction; Enterprise architecture in global manufacturing; Missing link between corporate strategy & manufacturing; Industry 4.0 and computer integrated manufacturing; Industry 4.0 applications in global manufacturing; Inflection and value chain in global manufacturing; Control of value chain; Framework of manufacturing strategy formulation; Competing for the future; Technology value chain; change management.
MA6702 Corporate Resource Planning
This course focuses on planning and control of inventories and manufacturing capacities, demand management, order fulfillment, and other supply chain issues. The objective of this course is to develop planning and analytical skills useful for demand management, order fulfillment, master production scheduling, and planning and control of capacity and component/sub-assembly requirements. The course relies on latest supply chain systems and MRP-based methodologies, as well as mathematical models, to illustrate the techniques.
The course covers the following topics: Manufacturing planning and control framework; Enterprise resource planning; Demand management; Sales and operations planning; Master production planning; Material requirements planning; Distribution requirement planning; Capacity planning; Advanced concepts in SOP, MPC system design and strategy.
MA6703 Supply Chain Inventory Planning
A key aim of this course is to inculcate the value of information sharing for effective inventory planning among supply chain partners. Starting with the importance of information sharing in supply chains, the course covers various inventory policies for single echelon and multi-echelon inventory management, before delving into risk pooling, pipeline inventory considerations, and inventory-transportation trade-offs. The course also covers the key aspect of managing dispersed and horizontal supply chains via effective performance measurement.
The course covers the following topics: Supply chain management: issues and challenges; Value of information; Supply chain inventory management: continuous review policies; Supply chain contracts; Supply chain designs; Supply chain inventory management: periodic review policies; SC performance measurements; SC Game: design and manage a supply network.
MA6704 Management of Logistics Functions
The objective of this course is to provide fundamental and emerging concepts of Logistics Functions. Logistics management is becoming a vital for many industries, especially manufacturing. However, operational managers and industrial engineers who are specialized in logistics management often need to deal with a wide variety of inter-related issues that span across multiple functional departments. The rationale of introducing this course is to give students a broad overview and the fundamental theories regarding various logistics functions and their management. With this course, students will be able to approach logistics management with a holistic view and be able to understand, analyse, and coordinate various functions with a coherent framework.
Topics covered include: The role of Logistics; Customer service and distribution management; Transportation; Logistics information systems; Global logistics; Strategy, systems integration and case studies; Warehousing and materials handling.
MA6716 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
This course is valuable for supply chain, logistics and manufacturing systems practitioners in industry who want to develop a deeper understanding of the dynamics of factory flow, queueing theory, inventory models, and scheduling methods. The course will prepare them to apply these scientific concepts to strategic planning and day-today management and execution of their systems and operations.
This course is also valuable to fresh graduates who want to arm themselves with scientific concepts that can be applied to real life systems as they move on to careers in Operations Management in supply chain, logistics and manufacturing sector.
MA6731 System Reliability & Risk Analysis
This course aims to equip graduate students with a solid theoretical foundation in system reliability and risk analysis, which can be applied to address a broad range of design, analysis, and operational issues in various engineering and enterprise systems.
The course covers the following topics: System reliability and risk: overview; System failure models; System configuration and reliability; Stochastic risk models for complex systems; Reliability of maintained systems; Bayesian reliability analysis.This programme is open to the following candidates
- Prospective candidates who are currently employed in Project Management related roles
- Prospective candidates with previous work experience in Project Management related roles
Fees
Please note this MSc programme is a self-financed, non-MOE subsidised programme.
| Fees | S$ | |
Application Fees (Inclusive of 9% GST) | Non-refundable (payable when you submit your application) | 50
|
Deposit Payment
| Non-refundable (payable upon acceptance of offer of admission) The deposit will be used to offset the semester 1 tuition fees after matriculation | 5,000 |
Tuition Fees (Inclusive of 9% GST) | To attain an MSc in Project Management, candidates must complete ten courses (30 AUs), or eight courses (24 AUs) and one dissertation (6 AUs) | Academic Year 2024-2025 46,597.50 (Full Programme) 1553.25 (Per Academic Unit)
Academic Year 2025-2026 51,502.50 (Full Programme) 1,716.75 (Per Academic Unit) |
Fees are subject to annual revision
Notes on payment of fees:
Students will be
billed after course registration period each semester, based on the
Academic Units registered and payment due date is 2 weeks after billing
date.
A student who withdraws or leaves the University after course
registration period has ended is liable to pay the fees due for the
semester.
If you are a Singaporean student, you may use up to $5000 of your SkillsFuture credits towards tuition fees. The claim submission has to be completed 60 days before the start date of the next Semester (e.g. You must submit before November to claim towards Semester 2 tuition fees)
- Log in to SkillsFuture portal and click on “Make SkillsFuture Credit Claim”.
- Select NTU MSc Project Management.
- To submit a claim, you should have supporting documents such as letter of offer, matriculation documents etc.
- In your claim, indicate the course start date to be first day of the upcoming Semester in the Academic Calendar.
- As your e-bill for the upcoming Semester would not be available yet, take note of your SFC Claim ID.
- Notify School ([email protected]) and NTU NSS-Finance ([email protected]) with the SFC Claim ID and the amount to be claimed through SFC.
- When you receive your e-bill for the Semester, leave the SFC amount to be claimed out of your payment.
- Please refer to Skillsfuture FAQ at this link.
FlexiMasters in Project Management (through PaCE@NTU)
[Applicable for Singaporeans and SPR]
To register your interest for the FlexiMasters through PaCE@NTU, please complete the enquiry form here. PaCE@NTU will follow-up to contact you if there are courses to be offered.
Information on FlexiMasters in Project Management is available on the PaCE@NTU website.
*PaCE candidates interested in pursuing the MSc in Project Management are requested to complete the full FlexiMasters first, and then include the completed PaCE certifications when applying for MSc admissions*
From Academic Year 2024-2025 onwards:
- NTU Alumni students are entitled to 10% study incentives in the form of reduction in fees.
- Students who are Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents will receive a one-time subsidy of $5,000.