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Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Professional Practice) MSc

University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course is specifically aimed at international students, supporting those wishing to gain practical work-based experiential learning. Together with studying your chosen course, we are offering an additional 6-month placement opportunity, making the course 18 months in length. This allows students to put into practice the skills and techniques developed throughout the Masters degree within a UK environment after completing the 12-month taught program. This course provides the essential framework, concepts, and toolkit required for the strategic management of sustainable logistics and the supply chain. Alongside the essential skills and knowledge of effective and efficient supply chain management, youll also study issues of sustainability and how they are related to the logistics sector. Youll have the opportunity to study the challenges of achieving clean growth through circular economy thinking and the responsible management of resources and waste minimization. The pursuit of sustainability will be explored using theory and practice-based frameworks related to business responsibility, corporate sustainability, and sustainable development, and students will be introduced to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and will examine how businesses can collaborate to achieve them.

General Eligibility

An Honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent professional qualification, in any subject. Applicants with other appropriate professional qualifications and/or experience will be considered on an individual basis.

What You'll Study

1 Consultancy Route
Consultancy Skills Group Consultancy Project
2 Core modules
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management The Circular Economy and Responsible Resource Management Supply Chain Planning and Control Logistics and Freight Transport Management Managing Sustainable Challenges The Global Professional
3 Launch a venture New Venture Creation
The Professional Practice module gives you an opportunity to reflect on your personal and professional development and put theory into practice through professional work experience. This route must be chosen at the point of application by selecting the specific (Professional Practice) route as the placement adds a further 6 months to your duration of the study. Due to the competitive nature of the placement route, the Professional Practice course has limited availability and places are capped. Placements are not guaranteed and are secured through a competitive process. You may be required to undertake formal application processes and interviews with placement providers in order to successfully secure a work placement.
4 New Venture Creation
Launch a venture New Venture Creation
5 Research Route
Research Methods Individual Research Project

Language Requirement

  • IELTS7.0
  • TOEFL109
  • PTE79
  • Duolingo100
The minimum for IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5 (a minimum of TOEFL 550 (Computer Based Toefl 213) score) or equivalent will be considered acceptable. Financial requirement You’ll need to show you have enough money to support yourself - unless you’ve been in the UK with a valid visa for at least 12 months on the date of your application. How much money you need depends on where you will be studying. You’ll need either: £1,334 per month (for up to 9 months) for courses outside London £1,023 per month (for up to 9 months) for courses inside London If you’re applying for the Doctorate Extension Scheme, and you’ve been in the UK for less than 12 months, you need to prove you have a total of £2,668 for courses in London, or a total of £2,046 for courses outside London. If you’re boarding at a residential independent school, you’ll need to pay boarding fees instead. The amount you need to pay will be on your CAS. London means the City of London and the 32 London boroughs.

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