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The Online Professional Graduate Diploma in Project Management will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of managing complex projects and equips you with the needed skills to organize, plan, and execute projects on time and in full. Whether you are a fresh graduate or a working professional interested in developing your project management skills, this is the right program for you!

Get ready for the PMP exam!

For those interested in getting their PMP certification, we have added the PMP® exam preparation course as an elective, for you to get ready to sit for and pass the PMP® exam.
Coupling live sessions with online pre-recorded lectures, this diploma is designed to be flexible, interactive, and engaging with real-life applications from different industries.

Unique Benefits Tailored to Your Needs!

Gain highly in-demand project management skills.
Address specific industry and business challenges.
Engage in hands-on, real-world projects that directly apply to your current work environment.
Get ready for the PMP® exam.
Leverage the diverse expertise of our world-renowned professors.
Get exposed to leading project managers in the region through guest speaking sessions.

Who Is This Program For?

You are

  • Fresh graduates from all backgrounds seeking to enhance your project management skills and land better job opportunities.
  • Professionals working in the planning, design, construction, and management of projects seeking to enhance your knowledge and skills in project management.

You have

  • An undergraduate bachelor's degree from AUB or its equivalent from a recognized institution of higher learning.
  • An average of 3.0 or higher GPA on the AUB Scale in the last two years of study or strong work experience.
  • The English Language Proficiency Requirement (ELPR). For more information, check out this link.

What Skills Will You Gain?

An interdisciplinary approach to the management of projects.
A comprehensive understanding of both the technical and business related project issues.
Readiness to sit for the PMP® exam.
The skills needed for managing complex projects, project planning and control, and project risk management.
Leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills to successfully manage complex projects.
Hands-on experience and teamwork through real-world projects.

Curriculum

Core Course

This course exposes students to the fundamentals of project management principles and practices. Students will acquire the necessary tools, and techniques to plan, execute, and control projects to deliver successful outcomes. The course will introduce students to project charter development, scope selection, delivery strategies, project planning, cost estimation, project controls, staffing, and quality management. The course exposes students to the principles of agile project management.

Elective Courses (Choose 5)

Explore technical and managerial challenges of project management and address issues related to project selection techniques, project planning, budgeting, risk analysis, resource management, project monitoring and termination. Understand how project management decisions are reached, what tradeoffs are made, and how outcomes depend on the underlying situation.

Learn to tackle issues related to the various approaches that may be suitable for the delivery of large construction projects. Understand the risks inherent in the undertaking of large projects and comprehend how certain identified risks can be addressed through the proper formation of project contracts.​​

Acquire the basics of financial accounting, the investment process, and financial markets, and gain a flavor of Financial Engineering applications such as pricing and portfolio structuring of bonds, capital budgeting, cash matching, dynamic investment management, and firm valuation. This course will prepare you to handle more complex financial instruments with uncertain cash flows, such as stocks, options, and futures.

This course introduces the fundamental Lean principles, practices, tools, and their application across a wide range of organizations and sectors to improve quality, financial performance, and customer satisfaction. In this course, you will learn about the Toyota Production System that underlays the Lean concepts, the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) technique and other process improvements practices, the A3 process for problem solving and analysis, and the principles and practices that must be implemented for a lean transformation at the enterprise level.

Understand the fundamental principles underlying software management and economics through an overview of traditional software development and management strategies, contrasted with iterative and incremental development techniques covering the full spectrum of agile methods, including Scrum, extreme programming, lean and feature-driven development.

This course covers the nature and dynamics of conflicts within project teams, equipping practicing and future project managers with essential skills and strategies for effective conflict management and resolution. Participants will learn proactive techniques to prevent conflicts, explore the role of AI and leadership styles, and assess various alternative dispute resolution methods such as negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Additionally, the course examines different negotiation processes and contexts where conciliation and mediation are applicable, alongside arbitration and litigation as final recourse methods.

Engage in an active discovery of risk management principles and develop an awareness of the challenges, the tools and the process of designing and implementing a risk management program, with application to industry projects.

This course will help future and practicing project managers become better team leaders by sharpening their skills and improving their knowledge in key areas of leadership, communication, motivation, expectation setting, and problem-solving. Participants will be equipped with practical knowledge, skills, and tools that empower them to lead teams effectively for different skills.

This course exposes students to the Project Management Body of Knowledge in its latest revision (2021) and to the newly introduced Standard for Project Management, both as issued by PMI. It equips students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and competencies to sit for the PMP® Certification Exam. For this purpose, students will also be exposed to a large number of exam preparation questions. The course will fulfill the 35 learning hours required as a pre-requisite for PMP® certification. Students will need to acquire the PMBOK® 2021 edition and extensively practice exam questions prior to sitting for the test. “PMP" is a registered mark of Project Management Institute, Inc.

This course introduces the essential principles of supply chain management, covering concepts, stages, and main flows of goods, information, and finances. Practicing and future project managers will evaluate supply chain design strategies, address challenges, and develop resilient networks. The course also includes project procurement processes, make-or-buy decisions, contract types, push and pull systems, integration strategies, and performance metrics. Additionally, participants will analyze different production strategies, such as Engineer to Order (ETO), Make to Order (MTO), Make to Stock (MTS), and Assemble to Order (ATO), to optimize supply chain performance and achieve competitive advantage.

Flexible Tuition Fees

Select the payment method that suits you best!
Pay as you go
Pay for the courses you register each term.
Base price per course: $300
Total Program Tuition: 3,600$
Early Bird
Pay in full and benefit from a 10% reduction on tuition fees.
Total program tuition: $3,600 $3,240
Corporate tuition rates are available, contact us for more information.
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Next Start Date: June 2, 2025
Join our community of successful project managers!
Deadline to apply is May 18, 2025! Hurry!
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Instructors

Fadl Bdeir

PhD in interorganisational coordination during disease outbreaks
Expert in organisational management, leadership, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship, pandemic management

Farah Demachkieh

PhD in Construction Engineering and Project Management
Expert in contract administration and management, claims and disputes, project controls, and construction management

Mayssa Kalash

PhD in Civil Engineering, Construction Management
Expert in Project Management, Project Delivery Methods, Interface Management, Lean Methods and Applications, and Construction Engineering.

Hiam Khoury

Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Expert in construction project management with a niche focus on intelligent monitoring and modeling of construction resources.

Bacel Maddah

Professor and Chair of the Industrial Engineering and Management Department
Expert in Retail, Supply Chain, and Stochastic Processes.

Imad Moukaddem

PhD in Computer Science
Expert in Software Engineering, Software Architecture, and Data Science & Machine Learning.

Youssef Saad

M.E. Engineering Management
Expert in Project, Procurement and Contract Management

Daoud Kiomojian

Manager of GCC Division, Prominent Capital Projects Consultancy
Expert in Academic and Industry Applications of Project Management.

Youssef Saad

M.E. Engineering Management
Expert in Project, Procurement and Contract Management

Fadl Bdeir

PhD in interorganisational coordination during disease outbreaks
Expert in organisational management, leadership, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship, pandemic management

Farah Demachkieh

PhD in Construction Engineering and Project Management
Expert in contract administration and management, claims and disputes, project controls, and construction management

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