Land a job as the project leader businesses dream about

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.

Think about the last time you planned a group vacation or trip. Finding a location, delegating who should bring what, collecting and tracking payments, coordinating your arrival, and ensuring everyone enjoys the trip are all project management tasks. Think about the value that accomplishing those tasks adds to your trip. Now, think about the value that can add to a company. Project management is valuable to businesses because it helps ensure that a project delivers the expected outcomes — both on time and within budget. So, as you can imagine, project management is critical to the success of projects both big and small.

The Google Project Management Certificate will teach you how to effectively coordinate projects for companies of all sizes. Through a combination of skills training and hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to plan, organise, and run projects so they can be delivered on time and on budget.

Project managers are in high demand. As the workplace continues to grow and evolve, project managers serve as a pivotal piece to an organisation’s ability to adapt and remain agile.

Project managers are natural problem-solvers. In addition to setting the plan and guiding teammates through the project, they are tasked with managing changes and risks. Each day is dynamic and different for a project manager because they are at the centre of the project — building relationships, prioritising tasks, and delivering results! Using various tools and templates, as well as a unique skill set, the project manager brings order to chaos.

The Google Project Management Certificate not only focuses on project management artifacts and skill sets, but essential business acumen skills like stakeholder management, influencing, critical thinking in problem solving, and effective communication.

You’ll learn these job-ready skills in our certificate programme through interactive content (discussion prompts, quizzes, and hands-on activities) in under six months, with 5-10 hours of study a week. Along the way, you'll work through a curriculum designed with input from top employers and industry leaders, like the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Scrum.org.

Project Management Institute (PMI) is a global nonprofit membership organisation dedicated to advancing the profession and practise of project management by providing organisations and individuals with tools, publications, and other resources, including globally-recognised standards, credentials, and certifications.

Google is an approved member of the Project Management Institute’s Authorized Training Partner Program, which ensures practitioners have access to consistent and high-quality training experiences. Those who complete the Google Project Management Certificate will qualify for over 100 hours of project management education that apply directly to requirements for globally-recognised PMI credentials, like the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certification, at a discounted price.

The Google Project Management Certificate is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI), a global nonprofit organisation that provides globally recognised standards and certifications for the project management profession. In addition, graduates of the Google Project Management Certificate will qualify for over 100 hours of project management education that apply to PMI credentials at a discounted price.

The Google Project Management Certificate is available globally in English on Coursera. The Google I.T. Support Certificate is also available in Spanish and Portuguese. We are working to make the certificates available in more languages.

If you are interested in financial assistance, you may be eligible for financial aid via Coursera through the course page. Recipients of financial aid will have full access to course content and assignments required to earn a certificate. To apply, go to the certificate course page on Coursera and click the “Financial aid available” link next to the “Enroll” button.

Google has also funded 100,000 scholarships for Google Career Certificates, which will be distributed by Grow with Google partners and Google.org grantees like Merit America, Per Scholas, NPower, Goodwill, Futuro Health, Generation USA, UnidosUS, LULAC and Hispanic Federation. These funds will create a lasting impact in helping people land high-quality jobs in high-growth fields.

In addition to expert training and hands-on projects designed to prepare you for a job in your field of choice, you’ll have access to career resources like Interview Warmup, a tool that lets you practise interview questions based on Google Career Certificate fields.

Interview Warmup is a tool that lets anyone practise answering interview questions, based on Google Career Certificate fields, to get more confident and comfortable with the interview process. Your answers are transcribed in real time so you can review what you said and discover patterns in your responses. Learn more here.

ECTS stands for the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System. Adopted by 49 countries, ECTS credit recommendations can help you get academic credit for courses you complete outside of academic institutions. Anyone who completes a Google Career Certificate may be able to receive credit at an accredited academic institution by requesting an official transcript through Credly.