MSc, 1 year full time
Subject overview
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Programme outline
This degree offers you the opportunity to attend a wide range of career-enhancing events and provides you with access to potential employers. In addition, your studies benefit from company visits, simulations, case studies and a guest lecture series featuring international speakers and industry leaders. You will also have the opportunity to network with other supply chain and logistics associates through a series of industry-specific conferences that we have selected to improve both your capabilities and your employability.
This MSc is an exciting course for those seeking to enter the growing field of supply chain and logistics management, and for those wishing to advance their current position within supply chain or logistics organisations. You will study issues relating to the development of buyer-supplier relationships, operations management, procurement strategies, logistics operations, negotiation and outsourcing. The academic experts contributing to the course are world-leading researchers in the fields of supply chain and logistics management.
The course is currently seeking accreditation from the two leading supply chain and logistics associations in the United Kingdom – the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). If our applications are successful, we will be one of only a few leading universities in the United Kingdom to achieve double accreditation.
This course is subject to validation.
We continue to develop and update our modules for 2013 entry to ensure you have the best student experience. In addition to the course structure below, you may find it helpful to refer to the 2012 modules tab.
Autumn term: you take the five core modules Logistics Management • Managing Operations and Quality • Outsourcing • Personal and Professional Development • Procurement Fundamentals.
Spring term: you take the five core modules Global Business • Management of Complex Projects and Systems • Negotiation • Research Methods • Supply Chain Management.
Summer term: you work on your dissertation.
Entry requirements
UK entrance requirements
A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree or equivalent professional qualification.
Overseas entrance requirements
Please refer to column A on the Overseas qualifications.
If you have any questions about your qualifications after consulting our overseas
qualifications table, contact the University.
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Visas and immigration
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English language requirements
IELTS 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each section. Internet TOEFL with 95 overall, with at least 22 in Listening, 23 in Reading, 23 in Speaking and 24 in Writing.
For more information, refer to English language requirements.
Additional admissions information
You are strongly advised to submit your application by 31 March.
If you are a non-EU student and your qualifications (including English language) do not yet meet our entry requirements for admission directly to this degree, we offer a Pre-Masters entry route. For more information, refer to Pre-Masters.
For more information about the admissions process at Sussex
For pre-application enquiries:
Student Recruitment Services
T +44 (0)1273 876787
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For post-application enquiries:
Postgraduate Admissions,
University of Sussex,
Sussex House, Falmer,
Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
T +44 (0)1273 877773
F +44 (0)1273 678545
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Fees and funding
Fees
Home UK/EU students: £6,9501
Channel Island and Isle of Man students: £6,9502
Overseas students: £14,1003
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Funding
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Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust for Postgraduate Study (2013)
Region: UK
Level: PG (taught), PG (research)
Application deadline: 1 October 2013
The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust are offering bursaries to Postgraduate students following any postgraduate degree courses in any subject.
Sussex Graduate Scholarship (2013)
Region: UK, Europe (Non UK), International (Non UK/EU)
Level: PG (taught)
Application deadline: 16 August 2013
Open to final year Sussex students who graduate with a 1st or 2:1 degree and who are offered a F/T place on an eligible Masters course in 2013.
Faculty interests
The research interests of selected faculty are briefly described below. For more details, visit the Department of Business and Management, the Department of Economics, the Department of Mathematics, and SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research.
Professor Carol Alexander Mathematical finance, financial econometrics, market risk analysis.
Mike Barrow Public-sector economics, local government, efficiency and value for money.
Lisa Blatch Delivers the Negotiation module on the MSc in Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management.
Dr Odul Bozkurt International human resource management.
Dr Ioanna Chini Social study of ICT, ICT policy.
Professor Ian Davidson Financial markets and instruments, application of quantum mechanics.
Dr Des Doran Supply chain management, modularisation, service operations.
Dr Bertram Düring Applied and financial mathematics.
Rob Eastwood Demographic change and economic development.
Dr Sonja Fagernas Development economics.
Professor John Forker Financial accounting and reporting, earnings quality, equity pricing.
Dr Bruce Hearn Emerging financial markets of Asia and Africa.
Dr Michael Hopkins Biomedical innovation systems, for products (eg drugs) or services (eg diagnostic testing).
Dr Surendranath Jory Mergers and acquisitions.
Dr Norifumi Kawai Internationalisation of Asian firms, strategic human resource management.
Dr Marv Khammash Interactive marketing, consumer behaviour, marketing communication.
Dr Andreas Kornelakis Globalisation and models of capitalism, outsourcing, training policies.
Dr Omar Lakkis Numerical analysis and scientific computing.
Dr Rebecca Liu New product development.
Professor Robert Livingston Intergroup relations, managing cultural and ethnic diversity, conflict resolution.
Dr Michelle Luke Self/identity, attitudes and values, positive psychology and risk perception.
Dr Anotida Madzvamuse Bio-membranes.
Professor Emmanuel Mamatzakis Banking and finance, forecasting, public finance.
Dr Monica Masucci Strategy and entrepreneurship.
Professor Roman Matousek Bank efficiency, microeconomics of banking, monetary policy.
Royston Morgan Consultant who delivers the Outsourcing module on the MSc in Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management.
Dr Piera Morlacchi New technological, organisational and institutional forms.
Dr Mike Osborne Applications in economic theory.
Dr Dimitra Petrakaki Implications of technology in organisational change.
Dr Matias Ramirez Relationship between labour mobility, knowledge flows.
Professor Barry Reilly Applied econometrics.
Dr Vikrant Shirodkar International business, strategy.
Dr Josh Siepel Development of the venture capital sectors in the US and the UK.
Dr Malcolm Stewart Global marketing, digital marketing, advertising and branding strategy.
Professor David Storey OBE The economic environment in which small firms operate.
Professor Roger Strange Corporate governance and FDI decisions.
Professor Mike Sumner Macroeconomics and public finance.
Richard Sykes Working for a range of clients in the public and private sectors.
Dr Qi Tang Mathematical and statistical modelling of financial, corporate and technological risks.
Dr Shqiponja Telhaj Economics of education.
Professor Joe Tidd Innovation strategy.
Dr Joana Vassilopoulou Organisational behaviour, employment studies.
Dr Jie Wen Banking and finance.
Dr Mirela Xheneti Entrepreneurship in post-communist countries.
Dr Biao Yang Logistics and supply chain management, service operations management, mass customisation.
Dr Yong Yang International business, applied economics, technology outsourcing.
Dr Xiaoxiang Zhang Corporate governance, corporate finance, information efficiency.
Careers and profiles
This degree gives you the skills to enter a range of careers within the broad fields of supply chain and logistics management – including roles such as buying specialist, procurement manager, supply chain operative, warehouse manager, contracts and negotiations specialist.
Des's faculty perspective
'I have been involved in organising and designing supply chains within the retail sector and have extended my research to cover supply chain issues in a number of manufacturing and service environments. One key issue I have observed over the last decade is the growing importance of supply chain and logistics management and the impact such management has on the competitive positioning of organisations around the globe. As operations have become more dispersed, the need to understand how to maximise the potential of suppliers and to understand the role of effective logistics has become critical.
'I have designed this course to give you a fundamental understanding of the key issues that face supply chain and logistics professionals and to prepare you for your journey to become a professional in a growing and vibrant sector of economic activity.'
Dr Des Doran
Senior Lecturer in Strategy,
University of Sussex
For more information, visit Careers and alumni.
School and contacts
School of Business, Management and Economics
The School of School of Business, Management and Economics is a unique, research-focused business school, which takes a strong policy-directed view on business practices while also developing the underlying core disciplines.
School of Business, Management and Economics,
Jubilee Building,
University of Sussex, Falmer,
Brighton BN1 9SL, UK
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Department of Business and Managament
Department of Economics
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