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

The admission application period for the August 2025 intake has concluded, and applications are currently under evaluation.

Application period for the January 2026 intake will commence from July 2025.

Unique Feature

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 may have examination components.

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 Scholarship

The MAE Graduate Scholarship is awarded to exceptional applicants applying for admission to MAE's Master of Science programmes. The applicant must be able to demonstrate significant potential to enhance the academic rigor and reputation of the programme.

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, etc. Shortlisted applicants may be invited for interviews, and successful applicants will be informed of the outcome shortly after the offer of admission.

Each Scholarship amounts to 100% of the total Tuition Fees for the programme, not including miscellaneous fees. The amount cannot be used to offset the SGD50 application fee and the SGD5000 acceptance of offer deposit payment. Partial scholarships (50% of the total tuition fees) may also be awarded at the discretion of the Scholarship Evaluation Committee.

Recipients are expected to maintain a CGPA of 3.50 each Semester to maintain the eligibility for the Scholarship.

If you are interested, please complete and submit the MAE Graduate Scholarship Application Form to MAE Graduate Studies Office (mae.msc@ntu.edu.sg). Deadline for submission [August 2025 intake] will be 28 February 2025.

Admission Requirements

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).

Course Exemptions

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

Programme Structure & Duration

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. 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 are held over 13 Weeks of each Semester.

Curriculum

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	Organization Culture and Leadership in Projects	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

The aim of this course is for operations management deals with designing and improving business operations in the production of goods and services and is one of the most fundamental building blocks for efficiently operating manufacturing and supply chain operations. This course serves to provide basic building blocks of Supply Chain and Logistics. It provides an understanding of the interfaces of manufacturing, industrial engineering, operations, and service 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.

Career Prospects

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

Additional Information

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 (Inclusive of 9% GST)	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 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.

Incentives for NTU Alumni

From AY2024-2025 intakes onwards: NTU Alumni students are entitled to 10% study incentives in the form of reduction in fees.

Incentives for Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents

From AY2024-2025 intakes onwards: Students who are Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents will receive a one-time subsidy of $5,000. Those eligible for financial aid will receive an additional $5,000.
From AY2025-2026 intakes onwards: The $5,000 subsidy for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents will continue. Additionally, the maximum financial aid available for eligible local students will increase to $10,000. This enhancement applies only to new intakes from AY2025 onwards.

SkillsFuture Credits

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 within 60 days of the start date of the next Semester (e.g. You must submit from 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 (mae.msc@ntu.edu.sg) and NTU NSS-Finance (pbs@ntu.edu.sg) 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.