Become a project manager.

What language are the courses taught in?

The catalog records a teaching language for over 20 of them, and over 20 of those are Swedish. One is recorded as taught in English.

The rest record no language at all, so the course page, and then the provider, is where to settle it.

The catalog shows only what providers have filled in themselves. Where the field is empty the course card says nothing rather than guess. A Swedish course name says nothing certain about the teaching language either.

Which programmes lead all the way to project manager?

Over 20 programmes carry the job title or a close one in their name, and they come first on the page.

The titles range from basic project management programmes to programmes for one industry, such as construction and property, IT or communication. The title tells you which kind it is, and the course page tells you how long the programme runs and how it is organised.

What skills does a project manager need?

ESCO lists, among others, performing project management, creating project specifications, managing budgets, estimating the duration of work, applying change and conflict management, and quality assurance methodologies. The courses on this page are arranged in four skill areas after them.

Project methods are where the catalog has the most courses, from a first course in working in projects to advanced courses in leading and planning. Someone who already runs projects often finds the next course in budget and time or in change and conflict.

Who provides the project management courses?

Over 30 providers offer at least one course on this page. The largest are Lexicon IT-Proffs AB (20 courses), Informator Utbildning (over 10) and Astrakan (10).

Every provider puts its own name on every certificate it issues, and the name on the course card leads to the provider page.

How were the courses on this page chosen?

The skills come from ESCO, the European Commission's classification of occupations and skills, which describes what the job asks for. Under each skill are the courses in the catalog whose name is about that skill, and each course appears under one heading.

Matches are read from the course title and not from the provider description, because a description mentions much that the course is not about. A word counts only where it starts a word in the title, and titles that only resemble the subject are excluded by name.

A heading with no courses is not shown, and the list is never filled out with courses that do not belong. The counts change when the catalog does, because every figure is read from the catalog when the page is shown.

Are the courses online or on site?

The catalog records a format for over 20 of the courses here: 8 online, 6 blended and over 10 on site. Over 60 courses record no format.

Where the provider has filled in the format it is on the course card. Where it is empty, the provider is the person to ask.

Do the courses qualify for Swedish student finance (CSN)?

10 courses here belong to vocational college (yrkeshögskola), and the rest are shorter courses from commercial providers and industry bodies.

Student finance from CSN belongs to vocational college and other regulated forms of education. Whether a course is open for applications, what it costs and when it next starts are questions for the provider.

What does a verified certificate prove?

That the provider named on the certificate issued it to the person named on it, and that an employer can check it directly with the provider.

Together they have issued over 5,000 certificates. Over 50 courses have issued at least one, and the rest have not issued any yet.