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Master of Science in Engineering Project Management

As engineering projects become increasingly complex and require multidisciplinary collaboration, the demand for skilled engineering project managers is growing rapidly. Engineering project managers are crucial in leading and managing complex engineering projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

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Program Duration

2 Years

36 Credit Hours

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2,730 AED / 743 USD (per CH)

Overview

AURAK鈥檚 Master of Science in Engineering Project Management program offers students a comprehensive education in project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, risk management, quality control, and team leadership. Students will develop a deep understanding of the principles of project management as well as the ability to lead and manage complex projects from start to finish. Through various opportunities, such as research projects, students can apply their skills and gain real-world experience in the field.

Graduates of the Master of Science in Engineering Project Management program can look forward to pursuing numerous career options in various industries, including construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing.

Program Mission

The Master of Science in Engineering Project Management (MSEPM) program at AURAK鈥檚 mission is to meet the needs of graduates in disciplines requiring an advanced understanding of the theoretical and practical principles of the project management function. The MSEPM program requires students to apply engineering and management science principles to contribute to the growing body of knowledge in project management. The program will prepare project managers from diverse engineering disciplines to efficiently manage complex projects in the UAE and the Gulf Region countries.

The program provides students with excellent technical and managerial skills: Change Control, Cost Management, Documentation Management, Information / Communication Management, Procurement, Project Context / Environment, Quality Management, Reporting, Resource Management, Risk Management, Time Management / Scheduling / Planning, Stakeholder / Relationship Management, Team Building / Development / Teamwork, Work Content, and Scope Management to better satisfy customer needs.

After completing the requirements for the degree, students will be able to apply engineering and management knowledge to lead and execute engineering projects successfully. Students will be trained to design, model, manage and control complex projects, and prepare to play leadership roles in industry and government.


Program Goals

The Program Educational Objectives describe the expected accomplishments of graduates during their first few years after graduation. The program objectives have been derived from and support the mission statement of the 大发快三官网. On successful completion of the Master of Science in Engineering Project Management program, a graduate should have the following:

  1. Acquire skills in initiating projects, methods, and techniques to control time, cost, quality, resource management, and long-term stewardship of assets.
  2. Acquired a comprehensive understanding of the whole process of project management.
  3. Gained project team leadership skills; and
  4. Understood the establishment of project management methodologies.

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NUMBER OF ENROLLED STUDENTS
TERM COUNT
Fall 2022 (Census: September) 14
Spring 2022 (Census: February) 17
Fall 2021 (Census: September) 15
Spring 2021 (Census: February) 30
Fall 2020 (Census: September) 39
NUMBER OF GRADUATES
Fall 2021 Spring 2022 Summer I 2022 Summer II 2022 Bachelor鈥檚 Degrees Awarded (AY 2021-2022)
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Two Year Study Plan

First Semester

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: MEPM 532
The fundamentals of project management including: overview and concepts of project management (principles, body of knowledge, strategies); planning successful projects (defining, specifying, delivery options, scheduling, budgeting); implementing (organizing the team, work assignments, team building, effective leadership); executing (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management); and closeout (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management).

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

The fundamentals of engineering management including: overview and concepts of engineering management Introduction to engineering management, Management cycle includes Planning, organizing, Leading and controlling. Different aspects of engineering managements will be introduced; like managing research and development, managing engineering design and managing production activities and operations. Market management and service activities for engineers will be clarified as well. Engineers as managers and Engineers code of Ethics concepts and elements will be clarified. Finally the globalization concept and the new challenges for engineering managers in the future will be discussed.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course covers the fundamentals of project cost accounting and finance. It reviews the fundamentals of accounting; examines cost accounting principles, applications, and the impact on profitability. It also examines the principles of project costing and covers the elements and introduces a framework for using an effective project cost system. Moreover, it introduces a framework for how projects are financed.

Second Semester

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511 and MEPM 521; Co-requisite: None

This course presents fundamental concepts and techniques for project procurement. Students are introduced to the PMBOK Guide four-step procurement process and expected to develop an in-depth understanding of project contracting, negotiation, and procurement execution.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

This course teaches students about the various scheduling approaches that are currently being used in the design and engineering industry: how to plan a project by defining items of work for the project, setting up calendars and activity coding structure, creating activities and relationships between them, and assigning resources to activities using CPM scheduling software. On completion of the schedule, students will learn how to organize, format and filter the schedule, as well as assign target schedules for managing and troubleshooting the project and communicate the schedule by setting up reports, using Primavera Post Office and Email and the Web Publishing Wizard.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

This course addresses fundamental issues, principles, and theory of project risk management and planning. It covers the quantitative and qualitative approaches to identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing risks inherent to engineering projects. Other topics includes risk response strategies and planning.

First Semester

A research-based thesis course that offers students the opportunity to work on a comprehensive, individual project. The thesis work must make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field. The project will be of suitable complexity for results to be published for an expert audience. Thesis Research Course
Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511 and MEPM 532; Co-requisite: None

This course deals with human behavior as individual and as groups in organizations. Individual level characteristics such as personality, attitudes and values, perceptions and judgment, motivations, career development and ethics are emphasized. Topics include group formation, development, structure, leadership, diversity, and dynamics, as well as the processes of communication, decision making, power, and conflict. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire skills and analytic concepts to improve organizational relationships and project team management effectiveness.

Second Semester

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 590

Continuation of the Master Thesis I. A research-based thesis course that offers students the opportunity to work on a comprehensive, individual project. The thesis work must make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field of engineering project management. The project will be of suitable complexity for results to be published for an expert audience. Thesis Research Course

Program Learning Outcomes

The program learning outcomes of the MSEPM program are aligned with those of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Global Accreditation Center (GAC) and with level nine descriptors of the QF Emirates.

Students who complete this program will be able to:

Program Accreditations

  • CAA

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Degree Requirements

The requirements of the MSPEM program are thirty-six (36) credit hours as follows: twenty-seven (27) credit hours are compulsory and nine (9) are electives.

Compulsory: (27) Credit Hours

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: MEPM 532
The fundamentals of project management including: overview and concepts of project management (principles, body of knowledge, strategies); planning successful projects (defining, specifying, delivery options, scheduling, budgeting); implementing (organizing the team, work assignments, team building, effective leadership); executing (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management); and closeout (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management).

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511 and MEPM 521; Co-requisite: None

This course presents fundamental concepts and techniques for project procurement. Students are introduced to the PMBOK Guide four-step procurement process and expected to develop an in-depth understanding of project contracting, negotiation, and procurement execution.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

This course teaches students about the various scheduling approaches that are currently being used in the design and engineering industry: how to plan a project by defining items of work for the project, setting up calendars and activity coding structure, creating activities and relationships between them, and assigning resources to activities using CPM scheduling software. On completion of the schedule, students will learn how to organize, format and filter the schedule, as well as assign target schedules for managing and troubleshooting the project and communicate the schedule by setting up reports, using Primavera Post Office and Email and the Web Publishing Wizard.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course covers the fundamentals of project cost accounting and finance. It reviews the fundamentals of accounting; examines cost accounting principles, applications, and the impact on profitability. It also examines the principles of project costing and covers the elements and introduces a framework for using an effective project cost system. Moreover, it introduces a framework for how projects are financed.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

The fundamentals of engineering management including: overview and concepts of engineering management Introduction to engineering management, Management cycle includes Planning, organizing, Leading and controlling. Different aspects of engineering managements will be introduced; like managing research and development, managing engineering design and managing production activities and operations. Market management and service activities for engineers will be clarified as well. Engineers as managers and Engineers code of Ethics concepts and elements will be clarified. Finally the globalization concept and the new challenges for engineering managers in the future will be discussed.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511 and MEPM 532; Co-requisite: None

This course deals with human behavior as individual and as groups in organizations. Individual level characteristics such as personality, attitudes and values, perceptions and judgment, motivations, career development and ethics are emphasized. Topics include group formation, development, structure, leadership, diversity, and dynamics, as well as the processes of communication, decision making, power, and conflict. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire skills and analytic concepts to improve organizational relationships and project team management effectiveness.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

This course addresses fundamental issues, principles, and theory of project risk management and planning. It covers the quantitative and qualitative approaches to identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing risks inherent to engineering projects. Other topics includes risk response strategies and planning.

A research-based thesis course that offers students the opportunity to work on a comprehensive, individual project. The thesis work must make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field. The project will be of suitable complexity for results to be published for an expert audience. Thesis Research Course
Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 590

Continuation of the Master Thesis I. A research-based thesis course that offers students the opportunity to work on a comprehensive, individual project. The thesis work must make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field of engineering project management. The project will be of suitable complexity for results to be published for an expert audience. Thesis Research Course

Electives Selected from the Following List (9 credit hours)

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

This course examines various topics related to project initiation and performance. Topics include team building and management, organization structure, performance and success measures and earnedvalue technique. Other topics include: work breakdown structure, stakeholder management and project communication management.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 511; Co-requisite: None

Overview of Global Project Management Characteristics of global projects Global project management challenges Global project management skills. Initiating Global Projects; identifying global business opportunities, criteria for selecting a global project, global risks and threats conducting a pre-project country study. Planning Global Projects; defining global project requirements and scope, the global scope, management plan, the Staffing management plan and the project team, risk management planning for globally dispersed projects. Implementing global projects political, social, economic, infrastructure, legal and industry-specific considerations, joint ventures and strategic alliances, negotiation norms and styles Intellectual property rights and laws. Controlling global projects complexity factors in controlling global projects, characteristics of an effective project control system, and organizational considerations for controlling projects across multiple countries, schedule, cost and quality control in global projects. Closing out global projects; challenges of financial and administrative closeout of a global project repatriation challenges.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course covers the fundamentals of quality control and management, quality principles, quality control techniques, quality control tools (Check Sheets, Histograms, Pareto Diagram, Cause and Effect Diagram, Scatter Diagram, Flow Process Charts and Control Charts), Control Charts for Variables and for Attributes, Lot-by-Lot acceptance sampling, acceptance sampling system, quantitative techniques, quality decision-making techniques. Examples and case studies on project quality management are presented and discussed from a wide variety of engineering discipline.

Pre-requisite(s): MEPM 521; Co-requisite: None

This course covers some of the theory and practice of decision-making, as well as basic procedures for the application and interpretation of financial statement analysis. Topics covered in this context will include the concept of time value of money, project analysis and evaluation, cost of capital, stock valuation and capital budgeting.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course introduces the modeling techniques, theory and computation of linear programming. Topics includes: The structure of linear programming, basic feasible solutions, simplex method, sensitivity analysis and linear programming duality. Linear programming modeling techniques for different applications: blending problem, inventory problem, minimum cost network flow problem, transportation problem, capital budgeting and fixed charge problems. Basic integer programming, dynamic programming and queening theory methodologies and techniques will be introduced.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course will assist the student in understanding the challenges, opportunities and risks involved in information technology management. It introduces the management information systems foundations; current trends; MIS technology fundamentals; its applications to business functions and management practice and in an ethical manner. The impact of information technology on project management will be stressed since it affects the planning process. This course will also cover various system applications for specific project and business functions and their importance to today's manager.

Pre-requisite(s): None; Co-requisite: None

This course focuses on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. It will be valuable for project managers who would like to pursue a career in consulting or take a position in operations, marketing or finance functions in a manufacturing or distribution firm. We explore important supply chain metrics, primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment and supply chain coordination.


Admission Requirements

AURAK is dedicated to providing students with a high-quality education that prepares them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. To be considered for one of our programs, you'll need to meet specific criteria. Our admissions requirements are designed to ensure that each student has the skills, knowledge, and commitment required to thrive in our challenging and rewarding environment.

Meet our experienced Faculty Members

Our faculty members are a core strength of our program, with diverse backgrounds, impressive academic pedigrees, and a solid commitment to enriching your learning experience. All of our faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees from respected universities worldwide and bring a wealth of professional and research experience to the classroom.

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Dr. Khaled Hossin

Department Chair / Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering - Thermal Sciences

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Prof. Ahmad Sakhrieh

Professor - Mechanical Engineering

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Dr. Muataz Al Hazza

Associate Professor 鈥� Industrial Engineering / Project Management

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Dr. Mohammed Alnahhal

Associate Professor 鈥� Industrial Engineering

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Dr. Mohamad Kharseh

Associate Professor - Renewable Energy (Mechanical)

Explore your Career Opportunities

Master of Science in Engineering Project Management courses offer excellent career opportunities not only in Dubai and the other UAE emirates but also globally. Gain a competitive edge in the job market with AURAK鈥檚 Master of Science in Engineering Project Management.

AURAK鈥檚 Master of Science in Engineering Project Management leads to exciting career opportunities such as:
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