MSc Engineering Project Management

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £18,300
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £36,800

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

We offer a number of postgraduate taught scholarships and awards to outstanding UK and international students each year.

The University of Manchester is committed to widening participation in master's study, and allocates £300,000 in funding each year. Our Manchester Master's Bursaries are aimed at widening access to master's courses by removing barriers to postgraduate education for students from underrepresented groups.

We also welcome the best and brightest international students each year and reward excellence with a number of merit-based scholarships. See our range of master’s scholarships for international students .

And, if you have completed an undergraduate degree at The University of Manchester, or are currently in your final year of an undergraduate degree with us, you may be eligible for a discount of 10% on tuition fees if you choose to study on a taught postgraduate course here. Find out if you're eligible and how to apply .

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This is an optional module on an MSc programme. The course units address legal issues, standard forms of contract, contract management techniques and the application and strategic and organisational issues.

The course unit runs over twelve weeks with no pre-requirements from the students. The students attend structured lectures on specific topics of law, contract management and project management practice. In addition to this the students work through a group based coursework.

The group based coursework provides the students with the opportunity for a contract practical expression of the theory and principles taught here. The students will be assessed by the coursework and blackboard  discussion and scenarios.

To develop a critical understanding of the factors that influence contract management practice in project management by introducing the legal issues affecting and regulating PMs and developing an understanding of the legal issues affecting and regulating PMs and projects.

On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:

ILO 1: Explain why engineers need to take account of the commercial and legal contexts, in deciding how to manage contracts and in determining and evaluating the legal and dispute risks associated with projects.

ILO 2: Explain legal issues and contracts affecting and regulating project management; and projects.  

ILO 3: Use their group/team working experience to contribute effectively as a team member or leader.

ILO 4: Describe and explain the legal issues governing contracts including health & safety and environmental issues.

ILO 5: Describe the reasons for a necessary high level of professional and ethical conduct in engineering projects involving the preparation of legal analysis and contracts  including the  identification and allocation of risks in  contracts and projects.

ILO 6: Solve problems in project conflict and dispute by preparing well-structured reports using, research and investigation.

ILO 7: Use time management and other study skills to organise their study effectively and improve their performance.

Each week a keynote lecture deals with an issue:

• Procurement and Contracts and Contract documents
• Terms of Payment. Incentives and damages terms. Traditional remeasured contracts compared with other contracts
• Management Contracts & Target Cost Contracts.
• Standard/Model Conditions of Contract: FIDIC, ICE, JCT, IChemE, etc.
• New Engineering Contract. Objectives and principal features of the NEC family of contracts.
• Partnering, Alliances, Joint Ventures and Clustering. Definitions. Objectives and principal features of such arrangements.
• Managing variations to scope or programme of contract work
• IP issues for PMs
• Contracts, Corruption and Bribery for PMs

Group Report - 50%

Individual Report 50%