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Bachelor of Project Planning & Management

This degree is designed to prepare students to plan, coordinate, lead and generally manage project across a range of business areas and sectors to success, within the constraints of time, cost and quality. By blending business and leadership principles with project management strategies and skills, this degree will enable students to build the required competencies to succeed. As much as possible, the degree is aligned with the core processes found in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), which is standard practice across the profession. The curriculum also provides a framework for the business functions, values, decision-making abilities, and leadership skills that will add to student’s success as a leader in project management.

Career Options

Programme objectives

This programme has been developed to satisfy needs of the private and public sector as well as the NGO. The programme aims at providing the students with knowledge and skills that will enable them to:

Conceptualize, perceive, start and develop projects in a changing global environment

Understand analytical tools, principles and concepts of project identification, appraisal, implementation and review

Equip students with skills necessary to identify the needs of a particular area and to develop projects to meet those needs

Provide sufficient knowledge, skills, competencies and behavior attitudes that can enable to implement projects effectively and effectively

Provide skills and knowledge in monitoring and evaluating the performance and impact of development projects.

Programme outcomes

On completion of the courses, the UTAMU graduates for this program will be able to:

  1. apply project management theory and practices to specific professional field(s) of expertise

  2. Initiate, plan, execute, control, evaluate and close out projects in a way that assures the delivery of the negotiated scope and quality level, while meeting time and budget constraints.

  3. Effectively communicate the project/program status, issues, expectations and risks, both verbally and in writing, to project and program stakeholders.

  4. Demonstrate how projects contribute to an organization’s ability to realize its strategic goals and business benefits.

  5. Exercise management and leadership skills in the conduct of programs and projects of various size, scope, and complexity that may be international in nature.

  6. be an effective member of interdisciplinary project teams and

  7. assume the role of project manager from inception to commissioning

  8. prepare project plans to meet project objectives and requirements

  9. develop documentation to achieve project objectives within time, cost and quality

  10. use appropriate management tools for monitoring and control of projects

Career Prospects

With a bachelor in Project Planning and Management, graduates can become project managers in various fields such as computer software, construction, telecommunications, health, and agriculture as technology project managers, construction project managers, engineering project managers, financial services project managers, telecom project managers and multimedia project managers.



Admission Requirements

Programme Name Bachelor of Project Planning and Management
Programme Duration 3 Years
Admission Criteria Direct Entry Scheme
Candidates seeking admission through the direct entry shall require the following:
  • At least two principal passes at same sitting in Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)
Diploma Holders Scheme
  • Applicants should possess at least a lower division in Science, Business Administration, IT, Statistics, Economics or related field.
  • At least one principal pass and two subsidiary passes at same sitting in Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)
Mature age scheme
For admission under mature age, a candidate must have passed university mature age entry examinations from an institution recognized by NCHE. To sit for university mature age, the candidate must be at least 25 years of age and must have completed UCE at least 3 years earlier.
Mode Dual Mode (Online and Local Support)
Fee Type - Per Semester Uganda Shillings 1,100,000

Programme Structure

Year One, Semester One (6 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

HPP 1102

Project Management Theory and Practice

30

-

30

60

4

HPP 1101

Project Leadership and Decision Making

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 1100

Organizational Theory & Management

30

-

30

45

3

HPA 1101

Politics & Government in Africa

30

-

30

45

3

BHR 1102

Principles of Human Resources Management

30

-

30

45

3

HPM 1100

Supply Chain Management

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

 

 

 

 

19

Year One, Semester Two (6 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

HPP 1200

Project Management Implementation

30

-

30

45

3

HPP 1202

Communication in Project Management

30

-

-

45

3

HPP 1203

Planning & Managing Development

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 3200

Organizational Change & Development

45

-

30

60

4

BBA 1203

Project Financial Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 1210

Environmental Impact Assessment

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

 

 

 

 

19

Year 1 recess term

TM 100

Community Engagement I

-

150

-

75

5

Recess Term Load

 

 

 

 

5

Year Two, Semester One (5 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

HPP 2100

Risk Management in Projects and Programs

30

-

30

45

3

HPP 2101

Managing Community Development Projects

45

-

30

60

4

HME 2100

Statistics for Project Monitoring and Evaluation

30

-

30

45

3

HME 2103

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 3101

Strategic Management

30

-

30

45

3

Semester Load

                                                  16

Year Two, Semester Two (5 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

HPA 2205

Public Policy Management

30

-

30

45

3

HPP 2200

ICT and Social Economic Development

30

30

-

60

4

BEC 3213

Managerial Economics

30

-

30

45

3

QMT 1200

Quantitative Methods I

30

-

30

45

3

RMS 2201

Research Methods

30

15

15

45

3

Semester Load

 

 

 

 

16

Year two recess term

COE 200

Community Engagement II

-

150

-

75

5

Recess Term Load

              5

Year Three, Semester One (6 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

CSE 1101

Software project management

30

30

-

45

3

HPM 3100

Project Procurement Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2108

Entrepreneurship Theory & Principles

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2102

Marketing Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2110

Production & Operations Management

30

-

30

45

3

HPA 2103

Public Infrastructure Planning & Management

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

 

 

 

 

18

Year Three, Semester Two (5 cores)

Course Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

HPP 3200

Project Resource Mobilization and Management

30

30

-

45

3

HPP 3201

Consultancy Skills Development

45

-

30

60

4

CIS 1201

Management Information Systems

30

30

-

45

3

HPA 3202

Health Policy Planning & Management

45

-

30

60

4

HME 3200

Results-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation

30

15

30

60

4

Semester load

 

 

 

 

18

Year three recess term

RPR 3201

Project

 

150

-

75

5

Recess term load

 

 

 

 

5

Minimum Graduation load = 121

 

 

 

 

 

Fees per semester

Fees per semester Functional Fees Application Fees
1,100,000 UGX 250,000 UGX 50,000 UGX

International students pay international student tuition fees which is rated in dollars and this specifically covers only the cost of teaching and many student support services. This tuition below is per academic session and includes both the tuition and functional fees.

Category of Programme Fees per academic session (USD) Application / Admission Fee
Bachelor’s Degree $700 $30
Undergraduate Diploma $500 $30
Undergraduate Certificate $250 $30

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