Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-09-01 | - |
2025-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
Project Management Degree Apprenticeship
Overview
This course is for current or aspiring project managers to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours so that they can drive performance and productivity improvements in their organisation. Apprentices will develop new knowledge, skills, and ideas that will enable them to become more effective employees who can add real change to their organisations and lay the foundation for a prosperous and challenging career.
Final Award
- IfATE Level 6 Project Manager Degree Apprenticeship
- University of Exeter BSc (Hons) Project Management
- International Project Management Association (IPMA) Level D qualification
- CMI Level 5 Certificate in Project Management
Duration and Entry Points
- Duration: 3 years
- Entry points: September (blended learning with in-person masterclasses) and January (entirely online)
Application Deadline
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Campus
- Blended learning, with some mandatory days on Streatham Campus, Exeter or entirely online
Contact
- Programme Director: Angela Danks
How to Apply
Project Management BSc (Hons) does not follow the standard UCAS application process. You can apply to this programme in addition to making applications to any institution through UCAS. To gain a place on the degree apprenticeship:
- Apply directly for a vacancy with a relevant employer – please check their websites for vacancies. The GOV.UK website will also list a number of DA vacancies throughout the year. Current DA vacancies our partner employers are advertising through us can be found on our current vacancies page. Applicants are welcome to apply for more than one vacancy.
- Already have a position or job offer from a company that is willing to support your application.
Once you meet one of the above options, please get in touch with us and we will proceed with your application.
Funding
- Full programme cost: £22,000
- The employer fully covers the cost of this apprenticeship; students do not pay for any of the eligible training costs. The students will be an employee of the organisation, gaining a University of Exeter award alongside working and earning a salary.
Funding Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding the apprentice must meet the criteria listed in the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) guidance.
Entry Requirements
- Qualifications:
- A level: CCC
- Contextual offers: Find out more about contextual offers
- Equivalences: View other grade equivalences
- The Project Management programme has two entry routes:
- Application through A-Levels CCC or equivalent Level 3 qualification.
- Application through Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL): Applicants will be required before acceptance to the programme to demonstrate previous project management experience.
- There is a requirement from the Education and Skills Funding Agency that apprentices hold a level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics.
- If an applicant does not hold GCSE's (C /4 or above) in English and Maths or cannot evidence these or equivalent qualifications, they should be willing to work towards Level 2 Functional Skills qualifications prior to Gateway.
- For more information about how we support Functional Skills, click here.
- Applicants will be in a role that supports the gathering of evidence required for the Project Management apprenticeship ‘standard’.
- Individual employers may set additional selection criteria in discussion with the University.
- Applicants must also have a valid and eligible residency status to gain entry onto the apprenticeship – please see the ESFA guidance for further information.
Course Content
This apprenticeship enables current or aspiring project managers to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours so that they can drive performance and productivity improvements in their organisation and implement change management.
Year 1
- 120 credits of compulsory modules
- Compulsory modules:
- BEM1035DA: Introduction to Project Management (30 credits)
- BEM1036DA: The Business Environment and Organisational Strategy (30 credits)
- BEM1037DA: Governance and Financial Controls of Projects (30 credits)
- BEM1038DA: Professional Practice (30 credits)
- BEM2050DA: Project Justification and Change Control (30 credits)
Year 2
- 120 credits of compulsory modules
- Compulsory modules:
- BEM2051DA: Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Management (30 credits)
- BEM2052DA: Organisational Change Management (30 credits)
- BEM2053DA: Quality and Risk Management (30 credits)
- BEM3074DA: International Project Management (IPMA) (30 credits)
Year 3
- 90 credits of compulsory modules
- Compulsory modules:
- BEM3073DA: Commercial Procurement and Contract Management (30 credits)
- BEM3078DA: Applied Project Management (20 credits)
- BEM3076DA: Work-Based Project (20 credits)
- BEM3077DA: Professional Review (20 credits)
End Point Assessment
- As part of your End Point Assessment you will spend 20 weeks working on a work-based project, and your final assessment for your apprenticeship and degree will be your professional review.
- The professional review is assessed through a formal presentation followed by an interview.
- 40 credits of compulsory modules
Learning and Teaching
On average, approximately 6 hours per week of a learner’s contractual working time will be given over to study.
Careers
About the Apprenticeship
Apprentices will be a full salaried member of an organisation. Much of the learning will take place at work, either through projects linked to academic content or time set aside for distance learning. Apprentices will be working in an exciting and relevant job from day one of their studies, meaning when they graduate, they'll have both the professional and academic experience sought after by employers.
Employer-Valued Skills
Solid industry experience is what employers look for when recruiting. The structure of the apprenticeship standards means that apprentices will gain knowledge, skills and behaviours to be a fully-fledged project manager at the end of the programme. They will have gained experience in areas including business environment and organisational strategy, governance and financial controls, project justification, change control, stakeholder engagement, communication management, organisational change management, quality and risk management, commercial procurement and contract management, and international project management.