Good project management curriculum requires that project management standards and discipline practices are included in the curriculum at universities.

Dear colleagues! Based on your experience, familiarity with which project management standards are included in the curriculum at universities?

From my personal experience, companies in various industries like in construction, IT, financial, government etc. are embracing PMI, PRINCE2 etc. standards (see link below) which can be incorporated into universities' curriculum.  

https://www.slideshare.net/StefanOndek/international-project-management-standards

Personally I find that project management skill set should be inculcate among young students so that they can apply such skill set to project manage their study, exam, thesis / assignment as well as personal projects.  Younger they harness project management skill set, earlier they can reap its benefits throughout their lives.

Few years ago I'd a plan to conduct an experimental study to evaluate whether secondary students (Malaysia Form 4) can perform better in their academic achievement after some basic project management training.  However, I didn't complete the empirical part of the study.  If you want to take a look on what I'd done, you can refer to this RG link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266201759_Impact_of_Project_Management_Skill_on_Academic_Achievement_-_An_Experimental_Study_on_Malaysia_Form_4_Students

Article Impact of Project Management Skill on Academic Achievement –...

Having been active in US professional engineering practice for over 30 years, serving as PMs on numerous small to large infrastructure improvement projects, and being certified as a PMP (with PMI),  a and and PM with many consulting engineering firms,  I can say with confident that most universities do NOT actually teach project management.  The understanding of schedule, budget, scope, risk management, contracts, earn values, etc. are not the subjects that most engineering students are interested in or even can grasp without any practical experience.  I suggest one way will be to involve practicing engineers to discuss the importance of PM in career advancement, perhaps during the undergraduate or graduate programs.  A theoretical knowledge which can be learned from PM training courses has no value since the knowledge will evaporate immediately after a certification is obtained or an exam is passed.  I can not emphasize enough that how important is to be able to get PM certification after the graduation since most companies will not let you manage a project without a proper PM certification.         

Hi Dmytro

my experience suggests most curriculae focus on critical path with Prince2 being mentioned. The sills taught should be essentially the same with focus on particular areas - something I object. As universities we should create PMs that can be "plugged in" on any project whether it is in finance, construction or else.

Experience and expertise is a matter of specialisation - not a course in PM, in my opinion. Also problematic is the fact that PM certifications post graduation are the real value adding features as Rajneesh mentioned.

Kind Regards

Roland

I will say that all students who want to take a future project management path (btw there are not too many career paths without PM in many large or small size organizations) should take the following subjects:  1) Scheduling basics - know CPM, PERT, and some familiarity with MS Project and other scheduling software, 2) Financial Basics - understand that project will be dollar drive and budget monitoring is required - understand work breakdown structure, earn values, schedule and budget variance, budget to complete, earning estimates, profit margin, etc. 3) Contract basics - types, usage, risk management, indemnity, insurance, etc.  4) Scope / Budget  development - language, what not write, assumptions, deliverables, etc. 5) change management - monitoring, adjusting, amendments, etc. 6) Quality Control and Quality Assurance  Basics - What it is and how it is done, 7) Communication - logs, records-keeping, client management, project execution plan, file management, 8) Closeouts - documentation, filing, audits, etc.  A very rough outline of a course work- which I think can be a full semester course by itself (perhaps even little too much to squeeze in for undergraduates)  You can use PMI's PMBOK and other PMI or other PM teaching materials to streamline a "project management fundamentals" coursework with the intent that many will obtain a future PMP certifications or just use it to manage any project they take on.  Keep in mind that PMI course work is proprietary and way too cumbersome for most students to follow ( a substantial modification will be required fro teaching to undergraduates or even anyone without much practical experience but the education will form a base to build upon).  Good luck!        

I have managed many library projects over the past 20 years, including first time library automation, moving a library, retrospective conversion of manual records, merging two independent college libraries, and library management system migration . Even though I have a formal PM qualification, it is IT heavy and not slanted to academic library applications. However, I have a strong interest is introducing PM principles, theories  and practice in library schools. My reason is that PM is applicable to all areas of academic study, businesses, services and industries.

Perhaps, a generic course could be introduced at the undergraduate level, and an application focused area taught at the graduate level.