Programme taught in English at the Lille and Paris campuses.
This MSc is a full-time course taught over a twelve-month period. There are eight months of taught courses, followed by four to six months for the dissertation and internship.
Career opportunities
Project manager, assistant programme/portfolio manager, PMO assistant, consultant in project, programme and portfolio management, planning engineer, cost manager, quality assessor...
Programme outline
This MSc provides students with best practices in project, programme, and portfolio management. Students are trained to apply best practices whatever the project/programme/portfolio in whatever industry or organisation. Students learn how to work in an international and multicultural environment. Graduates will be drivers of organisational performance.
Why choose this programme
An international programme taught by practitioners and researchers in project and programme management
Students can immediately apply knowledge learned during courses
Students are trained to international certifications in project management (PMI®, PRINCE2®)
Personal and professional development as well as team & social competencies courses and workshops develop the managerial skills of students
Operational tools and techniques at stake in organizations are taught
Students work on lessons learned from real projects to discover bad practices in project management and to be able to implement best practices
Behavioral ground rules are explained to facilitate change management associated with project management.
In-company projects and assignments
Students develop their knowledge and practice by working on real projects during their internship and the completion of their professional thesis. They assist project, program or portfolio manager, develop new specific tools and techniques, market new products or research on PM best practices. They address specific issues through their professional thesis for the company they work with.
Partner companies
Accenture, Air France, Air Liquide, Airbus (EADS), Alcan, Alstom Transports, Cosmetique Active (Spain), Decathlon, Eurogroup Consulting, IBM France, Lesaffre Levures, Nexans, Bouygues, Orange,…
Accreditations
MSc - Master of Science – accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.
PMI GACPM accredited by the PMI (Project Management Institute - USA) and Accredited Academic by APM (Association for Project Management - UK)
Vision and Objectives of the Programme
For the past fifty years, project and programme management has become a well-accepted way to manage organisations.
Projects and programmes, as strategic processes, modify the conditions of the firm in its environment. Through them, resources and competencies are mobilized to create competitive advantage and other sources of value. As resources are easily shared by many organisations, the organisation's competencies are the most important relevant driver and are at the source of competitive advantage and the creation of value.
The main objective of this MSc programme is to facilitate the dynamic development of participants' managerial and entrepreneurial competencies, allowing them to enlarge their expertise, and to work as managers and leaders in the management of complex projects, and in an international and multicultural environment.
Three main dimensions characterise the competence of a project & programme manager: knowledge and skills, personal characteristics/features, experience and capacity to learn, adopt and adapt.
The programme has three dimensions:
- The contents of the modules present all the knowledge and skills to be acquired as well as the personal characteristics to be developed;
- Work on internal projects and internships contribute to developing and to improving professional experience and, individual and team performance;
- The professional thesis integrates these dimensions and demonstrates the students' capacity to apply knowledge reflectively and learn to learn critically.
Intended Learning Outcomes
After completing the programme students are expected to develop generic Intended Learning Outcomes (at Master level), core skills and specific Intended Learning Outcomes (in the area of the programme).
In the curriculum, the main specific learning outcomes that are sought comprise:
Development of Knowledge and Understanding (KU):
- Understand the business, social and political contexts which impact auditing, management accounting and information systems;
- Understand and apply auditing, management accounting and Information System’s techniques in practice;
- Work within corporate, financial, governance, production, organisational and/or technological constraints.
Cognitive and Intellectual Skills (CIS):
- Identify options and use the benefits of circumstance or opportunity to deliver value.
Intellectual Skills (CIS):
- Evaluate auditing, management accounting and information systems and/or existing facilities, and make sure that the lessons learned will be used for improvement of future projects;
- Assess the impact of auditing, management accounting and information systems on a company’s corporate strategy.
Practical Skills (PS):
- Develop a focussed and disciplined approach to developing and implementing plans and controls of systems in auditing, management accounting, and information systems;
- Make balanced decisions, implement policies and find solutions on the basis of either complete or incomplete information;
- Conceive, cost, plan, resource, and manage complex projects and programmes in auditing management control and information systems.
Key / Transferable Skills (TS):
- Appreciate the roles, manage and utilise the services of employed consultants and contractors;
- Effectively lead and motivate individuals, and project, programme or portfolio teams to achieve organisational goals;
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, using a range of media and work effectively in groups.