Master of IT Project Management
Want to develop the skills for a career in IT project management in as little as one year? Study the Master of IT Project Management at AUT.
Gain the skills to design, implement and manage agile software development projects throughout their life cycle. Enhance your project management skills in agile organisation concepts, team facilitation, risk and change management for IT projects.
Practical components like the Research and Development Project will give you opportunities to apply what you learn in class to the real world.
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Minimum entry requirements
Must have completed one of the following (or equivalent) with a B grade average or higher:
- A relevant four-year bachelor’s degree; or
- A relevant bachelor’s degree with honours; or
- A relevant postgraduate diploma; or
- A bachelor’s degree or graduate diploma and a relevant professional qualification
And
- Have relevant information technology work experience approved by the dean or their representative to be equivalent to one year of advanced study
International student entry requirements
Don’t meet the entry requirements?
Consider starting with our Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in Computer and Information Sciences.
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; or equivalent
Complete the following courses
ENSE880 Agile Information Technology Project Management (15 points)
ENSE881 Digital Transformation and Change Management (15 points)
ENSE882 Team Facilitation for Information Technology Projects (15 points)
ENSE883 Information Technology Project Portfolios in Organisations (15 points)
And complete a research project
ENSE986 Research Project (45 points)
We often collaborate with industry partners to offer Master of IT Project Management students opportunities for an industry-based research project:
Industry partners can submit a student project
And choose one elective
COMP806 Software Architecture (15 points)
ENSE800 Software Engineering for Services (15 points)
ENSE801 Advanced Software Development Methods (15 points)
ENSE803 Formal Specification and Design (15 points)
FINA860 Financial Management (15 points)
HRMG801 Strategic Human Resource Management (15 points)
INFS800 Service Relationship Management (15 points)
INFS801 Service Science for IT (15 points)
INFS802 Service-Oriented Architecture (15 points)
INFS803 Cloud Computing (15 points)
INFS813 Information Technology Strategy and Policy (15 points)
INFS805 Contemporary Service Science Infrastructure (15 points)
INFS807 Readings (15 points)
INFS808 Global Information Technology Project Management (15 points)
INFS809 Software Development Methods (15 points)
INFS810 Software Requirements Engineering (15 points)
INTB860 Global Business Environment (15 points)
INTB801 International Business Management (15 points)
INTB862 SMEs in the Global Economy (15 points)
MGMT804 Organisational Change (15 points)
MGMT861 Managing Organisations and People (15 points)
More details about courses in this programme
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Email cmspg@aut.ac.nz
Enrolment in courses is subject to meeting all requirements and availability of courses.
The Master of Information Technology Project Management meets the information technology sector’s demand for technically competent managers and development professionals with specialised skills for the unique environments software engineering projects present.
26 Feb 2024
15 Jul 2024
($9,203 tuition fees + $1074 student services levy)
($40,000 tuition fees + $1074 student services levy)
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