If you want to develop a specialist career in multinational enterprises, this course offers high-level strategic learning in a range of areas.
Essential Info
If you want to develop a specialist career in multinational enterprises in the UK or abroad, these programmes offer high-level strategic learning in the areas of logistics and transport systems, strategic supply chain management, international and global supply network management, distribution and warehousing, economic policy and markets, complexity thinking, strategic operations management and project management. By the time you graduate, you will have the specialist knowledge to manage and adapt supply chains, and will be able to pioneer logistics in this growing field.
We are in the top six UK universities in the field of purchasing and supply chain management. The Division of Supply Network Management at Glamorgan is a CIPS Centre of Excellence, a CIPS Level 7 Executive Diploma-accredited centre and the preferred supplier of Professional and Masters programmes for the Chartered Institute of Logistics (CILT). Both courses are accredited by CIPS and CILT and all full-time students will gain student membership of these bodies. Upon successful completion of your course, you will gain MCIPS (in addition to three years’ work experience) and MCILT (with an average of 50% mark across the course). This course includes field trips that enable students to understand the practical implications of logistics and supply chain management in a variety of industrial settings.
What You Will Study
Modules of study include:
- Finance and Law
- Management Theories and Philosophies
- Dissertation Project
- Research Methods
- Economies, Markets and Strategic Decision Making
- Strategic Operations Management and Operational Research
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Globalisation of Logistics & Supply Chain
- Strategy as Practice and Leadership
How You Will Study
You can study the MSc International Logistics and Supply Chain Management full-time or part-time. The full-time programme starts in September and February.
Full-time students study Stages One and Two in an academic year, followed directly by the dissertation, which will take approximately three months.
We offer part-time weekend delivery, where you come to the University for one weekend every six weeks. For those who want to tailor a programme that suits their needs, we can be flexible in terms of when, where and how often lectures take place. This is useful for organisations and associations.
Part-time students usually complete one stage each academic year followed by the dissertation, which can be completed in nine months.
The University of Glamorgan also offers online delivery through our partners the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). For more information about the online course, please visit the CILT website.
