How long is the MSc in Project Management?

The MSc in Project Management runs for one year full-time or two years part-time, with central London weekend blocks, online live PM clinics or a distance route.

Can I study the MSc in Project Management online?

Yes. The MSc in Project Management is offered fully online with live weekly PM clinics, or as distance learning with timed assessment windows.

Is the MSc recognised by UK project employers?

The MSc in Project Management is mapped to APM Body of Knowledge, PMI PMBOK Guide and PRINCE2 — the standards UK senior project and programme recruiters reference.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Project Management?

A UK 2:2 in any subject (or five years' senior project-management experience), IELTS 6.5 for non-native English speakers and a 500-800 word research proposal.

What does the MSc in Project Management cost and are scholarships available?

Fees vary by route and domicile. The MSc in Project Management offers an APM-progression award each intake — contact admissions for the current fee schedule.

MSc Project Management in London Programme | LSCT London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Project Management at the London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a postgraduate degree for working project managers, senior coordinators and aspiring programme leaders across UK infrastructure, financial services, technology and the public sector. The MSc is mapped to the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition, PMI's PMBOK Guide and PRINCE2 principles. It is taught from our central London base with online and distance routes.

You will run real project artefacts under deadline — business cases, risk registers, schedule baselines and benefit-realisation plans. Assessment combines a workplace project case study, a methodology comparison paper and a research dissertation supervised by a senior practitioner.

You will move through the syllabus in a small cohort where tutorial groups stay together across the programme, building the professional network that early-career UK business professionals lean on for the next ten years. Sessions are scheduled in evenings and weekends so working professionals are not forced to choose between career progression and current role, and the central London location keeps every classroom within easy reach of the City, Canary Wharf and the West End.

Key Features

APM and PMI-aligned MSc with PRINCE2 references.
Three study modes — central London weekend blocks, online with live PM clinics, or distance learning with timed assessments.
Workplace project case study as the centrepiece submission.
Risk and earned-value management lab using realistic UK project data.
Agile and hybrid-delivery module covering modern UK practice.
Dissertation supervised by a senior project or programme manager.

The business programme is structured so working professionals can complete assignments against their own organisation data where possible, turning the diploma into a CV asset rather than a parallel obligation. Sessions are recorded for review, and the placement team works around senior-track schedules.

What You Will Learn

The MSc builds four capabilities UK senior project recruiters interview for — methodology fluency, financial discipline, risk maturity and stakeholder-management craft.

APM Body of Knowledge and PMBOK Guide principles.
Project finance — business cases, budgets and benefits realisation.
Risk management and assurance.
Scheduling, earned-value and critical-path basics.
Agile, hybrid and waterfall in modern UK practice.
Programme and portfolio management.
Stakeholder engagement and change management.
Research methods and the project-management dissertation.

Each module sits in front of a tutor who has practised the discipline at senior level — strategy is taught by a strategist, finance by a serving finance lead, marketing by a working performance marketer. That practitioner orientation runs across the entire programme, which is why employer feedback consistently flags LSCT graduates as commercially fluent rather than theoretically reliant.

Who This Course Is For

Working project managers stepping up to senior or programme roles.
PMOs and senior coordinators formalising their academic credentials.
Engineers and consultants moving into delivery-leadership roles.
International applicants seeking a UK-recognised project-management MSc.

Founders building their own ventures are explicitly welcome and the business department supports project work that doubles as venture-development output. International applicants targeting UK practice are given dedicated tutorial support on the post-Brexit regulatory and commercial landscape.

Career Pathways

Graduates feed into UK senior project and programme functions. Typical destinations include:

Project Manager (Senior)
Programme Manager
Project Coordinator (PMO Lead)
Management Consultant (Delivery)
Operations Coordinator (Strategic)
PMO Analyst (Senior)

Recent LSCT graduates have moved into roles across UK SMEs, professional-services firms, listed-company functions and high-growth startups, with several joining graduate-track schemes and others stepping straight into mid-level positions on the strength of their workplace project. The careers service offers structured CV review, mock interviews and direct introductions where appropriate.

The MSc also feeds into chartered membership of APM and PMI's PMP route.

The business and commerce department maintains an active alumni network across UK firms, and former students regularly return as guest tutors and direct referrers — keeping a continuous loop between live industry recruitment and the cohort currently in study.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree (or international equivalent) in any subject.
Applicants from non-cognate fields may apply with five years' senior project-management or delivery experience.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement, two references and a 500-800 word research proposal.

Mature applicants with significant commercial experience are welcomed; the business department weights professional achievement alongside formal qualifications and will consider CV-based applications from senior practitioners. International applicants receive structured support on UK business-context norms, and tutorial groups are deliberately mixed across nationalities to reflect the global character of London commerce.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. The business faculty includes serving senior project and programme managers from major UK infrastructure and FS programmes, so the workplace case study is graded against real delivery rigour.

The business and commerce department invests heavily in keeping its case-study bank current — the cases discussed this term were live in UK boardrooms within the last twelve months, not the last decade. Guest practitioners join most weeks, and students are introduced into the wider LSCT alumni network on day one rather than at graduation.

Apply for MSc in Project Management

Specialise at postgraduate level with the MSc in Project Management. Click Enrol Now to apply; admissions teams reply within one working day with scholarship and funding guidance.

Admissions decisions on the business programme are returned within one working day, including intake confirmation, credit-transfer review and a short call to discuss study route. Tuition guidance is provided privately and the team can flag merit awards, employer-sponsorship arrangements and postgraduate-loan options where applicable.

The team can also discuss study-mode switches between cohorts if circumstances change mid-programme, and offers pre-arrival orientation to international students preparing for UK study and work.