Program Overview

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Postgraduate MSc Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Overview

This interdisciplinary MSc Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme will encourage and challenge you to develop your knowledge and skills. You will learn the latest industrial practices and implications in areas such as automation and artificial intelligence. You will also look at the opportunities and challenges provided by big data analytics, the Internet of Things, additive manufacturing, 3D printing, machine learning and more.

Attendance

• Full-time
• One year
• Next enrolment: June 2025

Introduction

This programme will encourage and challenge you to develop your knowledge and skills. You will learn the latest industrial practices and implications in areas such as automation and artificial intelligence. You will also look at the opportunities and challenges provided by big data analytics, the Internet of Things, additive manufacturing, 3D printing, machine learning and more.

Course Details

All about the course

You will complete 180 credits in total, comprising core and optional modules. Following completion of the core modules listed below, you will select one elective module as your final piece of work.

Core Modules

• Global Supply Chain Management: This module will cover key topics in GSCM. You will gain knowledge on managing a SC with a focus on time, cost, and quality, as well as the impact of digitalisation on SCM, Including omnichannel strategies and marketplaces.
• Managing Operations and Project Environments: Managing Operations and Project Environments is an interdisciplinary and practical module that brings together two well sought out industrial skills: operations and project management.
• Sustainable and Ethical Supply Chains: Sustainable and Ethical Supply Chains will develop your understanding of supply chains by providing a deeper focus on how they can be managed in sustainable and ethical ways.
• Procurement Risk and Contract Management: Procurement Risk and Contract Management provides you with an in-depth analysis of the multidisciplinary nature of procurement risk and contract management.
• Digital Transformation and Supply Chain Management: Digital Transformation and Supply Chain Management provides students with critical awareness of digital transformation within the context of procurement and supply chain management.
• Research and Practice in Projects and Logistics Management: This module will challenge you in evaluating contemporary research developments and best practices in Logistics and Project management.
• Research Methods for Managers: This is an applied module that focuses on practical research methodologies and techniques for preparing you to conduct research within the workplace.

Elective Modules

• Work Placement: A full time placement of up to 12 months in a project management related role within a workplace (subject to availability and visa compliance).
• Business Consultancy Project: An experiential opportunity where you will work with clients to solve live business problems.
• Entrepreneurial Development Project: An experiential learning opportunity where you will conduct market and business environment research to identify a business idea or venture and develop a business plan.
• Business Internship: A 3-month experiential opportunity within an organisation, focusing on real-world project management issues.
• Business Dissertation: You will select a particular topic you are interested in for further in-depth study.

What Will I be Doing?

Teaching

Our teaching team is comprised by research active academics with extensive industrial experience and world-wide engagement. Our expertise is supported by input from industry partners, such as Jaguar Land Rover, Brother International, Manchester Airport, Barrett Construction, NHS UK, and more.

Assessment

Assessment is 100% coursework, with no exams. Assessments may include individual and group written reports, individual and group simulation modelling reports, presentations, posters, podcasts/video recordings, portfolios and project reports.

Student Support

Taking the leap from undergraduate study? Returning after a study break? Joining us as an international student? Whatever your circumstance, we’re committed to supporting you throughout your studies.

Employment and Stats

What about after uni?

Because procurement, supply chain management and logistics are essentially transferable skills across industries and continents, you could go on to work in a range of organisations and roles. These include procurement and contract management, project management, operations management, distribution, planning, forecasting, risk management, supplier relationship management, commercial and more.

Career Links

Our alumni includes individuals currently employed in influential posts within very well-known organisations but also small-medium enterprises scattered all over the globe. Many of our alumni are regular speakers and lecturers on the programme.

Requirements

English Language Requirements

International applicants will be required to show a proficiency in English. An IELTS score of 6.0 (with no element below 5.5) is proof of this.

Standard Entry Requirements

• Undergraduate degree: Normally a minimum 2:2 honours degree or equivalent. A wide range of professional qualifications are also accepted, either in partial or complete fulfilment of entry requirements.
• International students: We accept qualifications from all around the world.

Alternative Entry Requirements

• Accreditation Of Prior Learning (APL): We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully.

Fees

Type of study	Year	Fees
Full-time home	2024/25	£8,550 per year
Full-time international	2024/25	£16,560 per year
Full-time home	2025/26	£8,550 per year
Full-time international	2025/26	£16,560 per year

Additional Costs

You should also consider further costs which may include books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.

Programme Leader

Dr Yiannis Polychronakis

As Senior Lecturer in Operations, Logistics and Project Management, Yiannis's teaching covers the broader area of Operations Management and Operational Research. Yiannis holds a BSc (Hons) in Manufacturing Systems, an MSc in Quality Management and a PhD by Published Works. He has published several articles in international journals in the area of project management application for supply chain development, and has a number of papers included in refereed International Conference Proceedings.