Take the lead on innovative projects
Master of Science in Project Management
Northeastern University has been a leader in combining classroom instruction with career-focused, real-world experience since its founding in 1898. Through our signature experience-based learning opportunities and global campus network resources, you'll gain practical expertise and a strong foundation in the skills necessary to succeed in today’s fastest-growing industries.
Northeastern’s Master of Science in Project Management program allows you to effectively lead projects of any scale or complexity in global markets. You’ll be able to see innovative projects through from inception to completion by solving issues, maintaining schedules, and staying on budget.
In this unique program, you will:
- Complete your degree with a curriculum that is accredited by the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs.
- Engage with Northeastern’s global alumni network, including project managers at IBM, Biogen, National Grid, Procter & Gamble, and more.
- Collaborate with faculty who bring their extensive industry experience to the classroom each day.
- Customize your degree with one of seven concentrations.
Take the next step in your career
“I had a superficial knowledge of project management. This program is helping me go beyond. It’s an in-depth study of things like budgeting, costs, how to play with technology, and what communication tools to use. It’s helping me become a better leader.”—Isha Thakkar, Master of Science in Project Management
Entry Terms
Fall, winter
Credits Required
45 quarter hours
Commitment
12 to 18 months
Format
On campus or online
About the Silicon Valley Campus
- Study at the epicenter of startups and tech companies.
- Access multimedia classrooms, collaboration spaces, and state-of-the-art facilities at the Silicon Valley campus, located in downtown San Jose.
- Enjoy close proximity to culture, arts, geographic beauty, and opportunities for innovation throughout the Bay Area.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.