teaching

EuroMPM Teaching Concepts
The European Master in Project Management is based upon the concepts developed in the consortium of cooperating European universities - mainly the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, NTNU in Trondheim, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund.

The qualification of future project managers is the focus of the study programme. So the courses are based upon international standards that are important for project management. The study programme is shaped to meet the requirements of the European Qualification Frame at level 7 - it is a master programme that brings students to the ph.d. entry point. In fact, already 5 graduates of the study programme are in ph.d. programmes at the universities in Dortmund, Kassel, and Bilbao.

The courses of the study programme are strongly linked. Each course description includes a course map that explains the relation to all other courses.

There is a strong interaction among all lecturers. In each semester there are joint classes where several lecturers discuss common perspectives of their courses. Co-teaching is well developed and contributes to the development of the programme.

Each course in the first and second semester includes case studies. Smaller case studies contribute to most individual sessions - dealing with a short cost or risk calculation, a work breakdown structure, a team building problem or other issues.

There are major case studies in the first and in the second semester that cover two or three courses. Such a major case study may deal for example with selected perspectives of culture, change and social competencies. Students start with the preparation of such a case study in teams, then they focus on selected aspects and start to write an individual homework. And finally there is a short presentation. The focus of this teaching concept is:


 * students learn to discuss issues in a broader context
 * they train team work
 * they develop their individual role in the team
 * they learn to write a paper according to scientific standards regarding language style, references, etc.
 * they learn to work with sources and separate those sources that contribute to the research from those that are finally unimportant
 * they learn to manage documents that are about one third of a thesis

Several lecturers discuss and assess the results.

The third semester is focused on a specialization. One of the following specializations can be selected:


 * 1) Project Management for IT-Projects
 * 2) Project Management for E-commerce projects
 * 3) Project Management for projects in Logistics
 * 4) Project Management for Global Business Projects
 * 5) Project Management and Quality Management
 * 6) Strategic Project Management

Each specialization consists of teaching units for the selected specialization and a project.

The 4th semester is focused on the master thesis.