This course can be taken separately or as part of a discounted fee package, our Business and Management Skills discount week 2-6 June 2025.
The registration deadline for this course is 9.00am (UK time) on 22 May 2025, or when the course is fully booked – whichever occurs first.
This intensive one-day course provides a comprehensive introduction to the essential aspects of project management for scientists, engineers and anyone working in high-tech companies and organisations. The course will draw on relevant case studies and prepare participants to apply learning from the course in their organisations.
This course was designed and developed in conjunction with staff from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
Specifically, the course covers the following key areas:
We offer another course for those with experience in project management, Advanced Project Management.
The Essentials of Project Management course is designed specifically to benefit scientists, engineers and others in large or small public and private sector organisations with responsibility for project delivery, and assumes no prior training in project management techniques.
As organisations seek to increase efficiency and cut costs in the increasingly challenging business climate, a focus on selecting, prioritising and delivering the right projects that directly support the strategy of the organisation is more important than ever.
Key to this strategic objective is effective Project Management, a framework to ensure that investments in projects, resource allocation, monitoring and evaluation is optimised throughout project life-cycles and through to delivery and close-out.
In short, Project Management ensures organisations do the right projects the right way.
Further details will be emailed to you two weeks ahead of your course, which will include registration information.
Please get in touch if you have not received this information within five working days of the course start date.
In the meantime, you may wish to plan your travel: Travel information
In order to be eligible for a certificate of attendance, you will need to attend the whole course. Participants who meet this criterion will be emailed after the end of the course with a link, and instructions on how to access their University of Oxford digital certificate.
The certificate will show your name, the course title and the dates of the course you attended. You will be able to download your certificate, as well as share it on social media if you choose to do so.
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| Standard course fee | £595.00 |
Fees include course materials, tuition, refreshments and lunches. The price does not include accommodation.
All courses are VAT exempt.
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If you require an invoice for your company or personal records, please contact us. The Course Administrator will then email you an invoice. Payment is accepted online by credit/debit card, or by bank transfer. Please do not send card or bank details by email.
Fellow in Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of OxfordAlexander Budzier’s research focuses on transformative projects and their management challenges in the field of IT, construction, energy and events.
To secure impact for his research outside academia, Alexander is widely engaged in advisory activities for the top management of several of the largest and most complex projects around the globe.
Prior to coming to the University of Oxford, Alexander worked as a consultant with McKinsey's in Düsseldorf and Chicago, and at T-Mobile International, London.
Alexander is teaching on the MBA, MPP and MSc for Major Programme Management, a part-time executive degree at the University of Oxford, as well as the Major Project Leadership Academy, a leadership development programme for the top 300 project managers in the UK civil service.
His work has been widely covered by the Financial Times, Forbes, BBC Radio 4, MIT Technology Review, ComputerWeekly, McKinsey Quarterly, InformationWeek, BBC News, and many others.
If you would like to discuss your application or any part of the application process before applying, please click 'Ask a Question' at the top of this page.
This course is designed specifically to benefit engineers, scientists, managers and other staff in large or small public and private sector organisations. It is for those with responsibility for project delivery, and assumes no prior training in project management techniques.
Although not included in the course fee, accommodation may be available at our on-site Rewley House Residential Centre. All bedrooms are en suite and decorated to a high standard, and come with tea- and coffee-making facilities, free Wi-Fi access and Freeview TV. Guests can take advantage of the excellent dining facilities and common room bar, where they may relax and network with others on the programme.
To check prices, availability and to book rooms please visit the Rewley House Residential Centre website.
Enrolled students are entitled to discounted accommodation rates for the purpose of study, at Rewley House, and can contact the administration team for the promotional code to use for making online accommodation bookings via the website.
