Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been recognized as the first educational institution in Scotland to offer a project management degree as a route to chartered status.
The Project Management degree at RGU is accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). It enables students to develop the skills, competencies, and knowledge for all project management disciplines across the world.
Key Takeaways:
- Students and alumni at RGU who are completing the MSc Project Management at the university can achieve chartered status.
- RGU is the first in Scotland to offer the degree as a recognized route to chartered status.
- Chartered status is beneficial to students in promoting a high standard of competence within the project management profession.
Now, students and alumni completing the MSc Project Management (including the post-graduate diploma, PgDip) degree at RGU are now eligible to achieve Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status, the professional benchmark from APM.
Once a student completes RGU’s Project Management degree, they can now be considered for ChPP status against ‘route one’ if they have a recognized assessment for technical knowledge. This means graduates will only be assessed on the professional practice element and will no longer be required to sit the technical assessments to achieve ChPP status.
APM is the only chartered body for the project management profession, with over 35,000 individual members and more than 500 organizations participating in its Corporate Partnership Program.
Achieving a ChPP status will enable individuals who meet the required standard to demonstrate a defined level of technical knowledge, professional practice, and ethical behavior within the profession.
Aside from these, a ChPP status is deemed advantageous for students in terms of promoting a high standard of competence, gaining personal and external recognition of a high standard, and demonstrating to employers their ability to operate in a complex project environment.
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