Edith Cowan University
Master of Project Management (Accelerated)
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Enhance your leadership abilities by developing in-demand skills, encouraging ethical stakeholder engagement, addressing complex challenges and creating organizational value.
Course overview
From healthcare and infrastructure to technology and the environment, we need projects that bring about change to solve our most significant challenges. To deliver those projects, we need skilled project managers. With ECU's Accelerated Online Master of Project Management, you'll gain advanced knowledge of project management principles and practice across commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors. You’ll also develop in-demand skills to build leadership capability, promote ethical stakeholder engagement, solve complex problems and create organisational value. In this course, our mission is to be inclusive and enrich society through high-quality teaching and research, where you’ll be able to contribute to the advancement of the project management profession and to the wider community.
Key facts
16th March, 2026
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31st August, 2026
26th October, 2026
What you will study
The Master of Project Management (Accelerated) consists of 12 units.
Eligible students can fast-track their master's degree and complete only nine units.
- Managing Project Scope and Stakeholders
- Project Scheduling and Control
- Project Risk and Quality
- Agile Projects
- Project Cost Management
- Program Management
- Managing Change
- Managing People and Organisations
- Project Leadership
- Project Integration and Procurement Management
- Data Driven Managerial Decisions
- Project Management Capstone
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To gain entry to the Master of Project Management (Accelerated), applicants must have one of the following:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
Alternatively, applicants may apply with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Project Management.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Eligible students can fast-track their Master of Project Management and complete their degree in nine units by applying for recognition of prior learning. To gain entry to the fast-tracked master’s degree, applicants must have one of the following:
- Australian bachelor's degree or equivalent in project management, engineering or information technology, or have completed a major in project management.*
- Australian bachelor's degree or equivalent, with at least two years of professional project management experience.
Holds a current professional accreditation in project management to meet one of the following:
- Be a registered project manager (RegPM) with the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) at CPPP level or above.
- Be a current active (not retired) Project Management Institute (PMI) certificate holder at either PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA or PMI-RMP level.
- Be a registered Chartered Project Professional with the Association for Project Management (APM) at any level.
To gain entry to the fast-track master's, students must apply after they accept the offer for the 12-unit master's. Applications for the fast-tracked master's degree are subject to ECU’s assessment.
- A bachelor's degree must be completed within the last 10 years.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
Depending on your skills and experience, after completing the online Master of Project Management, you will be able to succeed in a variety of roles, including:
- Project Manager
- Engineering Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Senior Project Engineer
- Program Manager or Director
- Chief Project Officer
- Program Management Office (PMO) Executive
- Project Coordinator, Scheduler or Planner
Learning outcomes
- Applied skills for real-world scenarios - Explore case studies, apply critical thinking and develop technical skills to solve actual business problems across industries.
- Global knowledge to meet industry demands - Demonstrate your skills across a global body of project management knowledge and practice as you apply your learning.
- Innovative solutions for contemporary issues - Investigate contemporary project management issues as you learn how to drive organisational change and promote sustainable practices. Showcase your learning through a capstone project.
Fees and FEE-HELP
The cost for all 12 units in 2025: $60,840 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The cost for nine units in 2025: $45,630 (domestic full-fee paying place)
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.