Get essential skills for delivering successful projects in the competitive field of engineering.
Year of entry: 2025 (September)
1 year full-time
September 2025 (semester dates)
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Upcoming eventsEngineering projects have multiple stakeholders, complex schedules, challenging sustainability requirements and strict budgets. Effective project management skills will help you meet goals and provide value to clients and stakeholders.
Our unique curriculum focuses on practical application and relevance to industry. It incorporates industry methodologies, such as PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum and Six Sigma. We emphasise sustainability, helping to ensure that the projects you develop keep on delivering. This well-rounded training and education will prepare you to tackle the complexities of project management and consultancy challenges in engineering.
97% of our research in Engineering is rated 3* or 4* (the highest levels) in the latest Research Excellence Framework (2021).
You will develop a comprehensive understanding of project management principles relevant to technical managers. These modules are designed to foster creative and innovative thinking and gain a deep understanding of how to apply industry methodologies in project management.
Core modules:
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
The final project will involve a hands-on, industry-focused collaboration with IBM. You will undertake a comprehensive research study and write a project report that integrates project management theories, practices, and applications.
The primary goal is to solve a real-world problem or tackle a specific challenge using Artificial Intelligence presented by IBM. During the project, you'll work extensively with IBM software, particularly IBM watsonx and IBM Cloud, under the guidance of project mentors from IBM. You'll be responsible for developing a project plan for IBM, implementing project management methodologies, and thoroughly analysing your research findings and project outcomes.
As part of the project, you'll have to complete Mandatory Digital credentials from IBM Skills build in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud and Sustainability. This project offers you an invaluable opportunity to apply your project management expertise to real-world engineering challenges. Based on your in-depth analysis, you'll draw conclusions and provide well-founded recommendations to your clients.
Every course at York is built on a distinctive set of learning outcomes. These will give you a clear understanding of what you will be able to accomplish at the end of the course and help you explain what you can offer employers. Our academics identify the knowledge, skills, and experiences you'll need upon graduation and then design the course to get you there.
| Study mode | UK (home) | International and EU |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time (1 year) | £13,300 | £31,900 |
Students on a Student Visa are not currently permitted to study part-time at York.
UK (home) or international fees? The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you're classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.
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Discover your funding options to help with tuition fees and living costs.
We'll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2025/26 throughout the year.
If you've successfully completed an undergraduate degree at York you could be eligible for a 10% Masters fee discount.
We are pleased to work with Chevening Scholars to offer funding for our Masters programmes. Chevening Scholarships provide one year of fully-funded postgraduate study in the UK for international (including EU) students. The scholarships are open to early and mid-career professionals who have the potential to become future leaders.
You can use our living costs guide to help plan your budget. It covers additional costs that are not included in your tuition fee such as expenses for accommodation and study materials.
You’ll work with world‐leading academics who’ll challenge you to think independently and excel in all that you do. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace.
Our academics are certified in project management. Our active learning approaches will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace.
You'll learn through a range of teaching formats:
You will have the use of laboratories equipped with dedicated computing equipment.
The School of Physics, Engineering and Technology is based on Campus West. The majority of teaching takes place within Campus West.
Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around campus - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can always use the fast and frequent bus service.
You'll be assessed via a range of assessment methods. The summative methods (assessments that count towards your final grade) include:
We also use a range of formative assessment methods (assessments that do not count towards your final grade, but which provide you with useful information about how you are progressing) including:
The programme provides you with a deep understanding of project management principles, methodologies, consultancy skills, and tools across engineering industries. After completing this programme, you will have a wide array of career opportunities available.
| Typical offer | |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate degree | 2:2 or equivalent in an Engineering or or Engineering Management degree. We will also consider applicants with a Science or Business Management background |
| Other international qualifications | Equivalent qualifications from your country |
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
| Minimum requirement | |
|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic and Indicator) | 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each component |
| Cambridge CEFR | B2 First: 169, with no less than 162 in each component |
| Oxford ELLT | 6, minimum of 5 in each component |
| Duolingo | 105, minimum 95 in all other components |
| LanguageCert SELT | B2 with 33/50 in each component |
| LanguageCert Academic | 65 with a minimum of 60 in each component |
| Kaplan Test of English Language | 426-458, with 396-425 in all other components |
| Skills for English | B2: Pass with Merit overall, with Pass in each component |
| PTE Academic | 55, minimum 51 in each component |
| TOEFL | 79, minimum of 17 in Listening, 18 in Reading, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing |
| Trinity ISE III | Pass in all components |
For more information see our postgraduate English language requirements.
You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses. These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.
The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.
After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York.
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