Master of IT Project Management
Want to develop the skills for a career in IT project management in as little as one year? Study the Master of IT Project Management at AUT.
Gain the skills to design, implement and manage agile software development projects throughout their life cycle. Enhance your project management skills in agile organisation concepts, team facilitation, risk and change management for IT projects.
Practical components like the Research and Development Project will give you opportunities to apply what you learn in class to the real world.
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Minimum entry requirements
Must have completed one of the following (or equivalent) with a B grade average or higher:
- A relevant four-year bachelor’s degree; or
- A relevant bachelor’s degree with honours; or
- A relevant postgraduate diploma
And
- Have relevant software engineering or information technology project work experience approved by the dean (or representative)
International student entry requirements
Don’t meet the entry requirements?
Consider starting with our Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in Computer and Information Sciences.
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; or equivalent
With the Master of IT Project Management you learn how to design, implement and manage agile software development projects, and apply your skills in an industry-based research project.
Full-year course
We often collaborate with industry partners to offer Master of IT Project Management students opportunities for an industry-based research project and industry partners can submit a student project
Semester 1 courses
- ENSE880 Agile Information Technology Project Management (15 points)
- ENSE882 Team Facilitation for Information Technology Projects (15 points)
- ENSE883 IT Project Portfolios in Organisations (15 points)
Semester 2 courses
- ENSE881 Digital Transformation and Change Management (15 points)
- Plus an elective course
Elective courses
2025 elective course offerings
- COMP806 Software Architecture (15 points)
- INFS813 Information Technology Strategy and Policy (15 points)
The following courses are not offered in 2025
- INFS803 Cloud Computing (15 points)
- INFS807 Readings (15 points)
- INFS809 Software Development Methods (15 points)
- INFS810 Software Requirements Engineering (15 points)
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Master of IT Project Management study planner
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More details about courses in the Master of IT Project Management
Email cmspg@aut.ac.nz
Enrolment in courses is subject to meeting all requirements and availability of courses.
The Master of Information Technology Project Management meets the information technology sector’s demand for technically competent managers and development professionals with specialised skills for the unique environments software engineering projects present.
($10,028 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
($43,700 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
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- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
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