The article is devoted to the problem of development students’ time management skills working on master’s thesis by means of project management systems. It is established that the process of work on a master’s thesis is inherent in the project style of activity, which allows the use of project approaches to the organization and management of master's research. Substantiated the use of project management systems as an effective tool in the planning process of the research stages of the master's project and monitoring their implementation. The effectiveness of the use of project management systems in the planning of work considering the deadlines of the main stages of the study and rational organization of the time allocated for conducting research is described. The experience of using project management systems in organizing work on master’s thesis is described. The effectiveness of using MS Project to develop time management skills in the implementation of master’s thesis, namely to develop planning skills, self-motivation, coping skills, organization, filing and independence, has been experimentally proven.