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Plan, deliver and lead projects with professional methods
Online or on campus
Project management is a universal professional skill across industries. This graduate certificate delivers the core tools — scope, schedule, cost, risk, stakeholders and hybrid agile-predictive delivery — in a nine-month part-time format suited to working professionals. Assessment emphasises practical artefacts (charters, risk registers, plans) and a simulation capstone. Credits stack fully toward the Haverton MSc Project Management for graduates who continue. Graduate Certificate in Project Management is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 9 months, and the credit total is 15. Students move from Project Initiation, Scope & Business Case through Project Initiation, Scope & Business Case; Scheduling, Cost Control & Resource Planning; Risk, Quality & Stakeholder Management; Agile, Hybrid & Adaptive Delivery; Project Management Capstone Simulation, and finish on Project Management Capstone Simulation. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Initiate projects with clear scope, benefits and stakeholder maps Build schedules, budgets and resource plans that withstand scrutiny Manage risk and quality with live registers and controls Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Content maps to contemporary PMI knowledge areas and agile practice without requiring prior certification. Ideal stepping stone for career switchers and first-time project leads.
Faculty spotlight
PMP- and agile-experienced faculty lead simulation workshops with real scheduling and risk trade-off scenarios.
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Online tuition is free. Online examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our London campus? Campus tuition is published on each programme page. All examinations are 100% free of charge.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| PM401 | Project Initiation, Scope & Business Case Project Initiation, Scope & Business Case (PM401) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM402 | Scheduling, Cost Control & Resource Planning Scheduling, Cost Control & Resource Planning (PM402) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM403 | Risk, Quality & Stakeholder Management Risk, Quality & Stakeholder Management (PM403) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM404 | Agile, Hybrid & Adaptive Delivery Agile, Hybrid & Adaptive Delivery (PM404) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM405 | Project Management Capstone Simulation Project Management Capstone Simulation (PM405) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM581 | A process map A process map (PM581) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM582 | The delay and its cause The delay and its cause (PM582) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| PM583 | A capacity figure A capacity figure (PM583) is a course on Graduate Certificate in Project Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 9 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Haverton. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Haverton University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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