MSc. Project Forensics and Value Management

Postgraduate Degree
1 Years (3 Semesters)
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The MSc Project Forensics and Value Management (MSc PFVM) is a specialized postgraduate programme designed to develop professionals capable of enhancing accountability, transparency, and value creation in project delivery. The programme addresses the growing challenges of project failures, cost overruns, fraud, corruption, and inefficient use of resources in both public and private sector projects.

Combining the disciplines of Project Forensic Auditing and Value Management, the programme equips students with the knowledge and skills to investigate project irregularities, assess project performance, manage risks, conduct value-for-money analyses, and optimize project outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.

Through a multidisciplinary curriculum that integrates project management, finance, auditing, engineering, law, procurement, and data analytics, students gain practical competencies to identify project risks, improve governance systems, and maximize stakeholder value.

The programme is particularly relevant to Ghana's national development agenda, where effective project governance and prudent resource utilization are essential for achieving sustainable economic growth. Graduates will be prepared for specialist and leadership roles in project auditing, value management, risk assessment, procurement oversight, project assurance, and advisory services across a wide range of industries.

By bridging critical skills gaps in project governance and performance evaluation, the MSc PFVM aims to produce professionals who can ensure that projects are delivered efficiently, ethically, and with measurable value for society.

FIRST SEMESTER 

Project value Management and Forensics 

Project Finance and Feasibility Studies 

Project Cost and Value Management 

Project Forensic Auditing I

Project Management and Information Security 

Project Risk Analytics 

Project Forensics and Value Management Practice I

 

SEMESTER TWO

Legal Aspects of Project Forensics 

Project Audit Research Methods

Project Procurement Management and Auditing 

Project Forensic Auditing II

Project Value-for-Money Analysis

Contract Administration 

Project Forensics and Value Management Practice II

 

SEMESTER THREE

Capstone Project

The MSc Project Forensics and Value Management degree programme is a practice-oriented qualification open to graduates and working professionals from Ghana and any other country who intends developing their career in application of skills gained through mainly, lecture-based teaching and research with respect to modern Forensic and Value Management Practices. Thus, the minimum pre-requisites for admission into the programme include:
A minimum Second-Class Lower Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University in ANY FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR across all industries.
All applicants will be interviewed prior to admission.
Foreign Applicants
Foreign students must have qualifications equivalent to the above and approved by GTEC for admission.

With forensic auditing and value management providing answers to questions such as where, when and how, tasks occur, why that particular task, and who is responsible for that task within a typical project framework, there are a list of varied areas graduates for this programme are likely to be employed. These include but not limited to:
a. Public Sector
To include most state agencies, i.e., the Local Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as some fully owned state and Quasi institutions.
Additionally, graduates from the programme would be qualified to provide forensic and value management input to the sectorial planning agencies such as finance, health, education, mining and transportation among others. These graduates can also find employment in research institutes and in academia.
b. Private Sector
Within the private sector, these graduates could either work as independent consultants or are employed by corporate organizations such as auditing and financial institutions. Consulting services encompass specific areas such as Management of Procurement, Cost, Facilities, Contract Administration Services activities.
c. Local and International Lending Institutions
Lending institutions include, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), African Development Bank (AfDB), JICA, CIDA, Local Commercial Banks including Rural Banks,

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