This innovative course allows you to top up your existing qualifications to an honours degree in two years full-time or three years sandwich, whilst benefiting from all that Northumbria University and the city of Newcastle has to offer.

This new course has been designed to give you the ideal balance between a broad understanding of how businesses operate globally in an increasingly competitive environment, balanced with specialist knowledge of logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) in an industry focused curriculum.

This course supports your academic skills development and employability opportunities while providing knowledge of contemporary business management models and frameworks while developing your expertise about the theory and practice of logistics and supply chain management.

The course includes specialist modules in applied logistics and supply chain management, supply chain innovation, and global supply network management. This degree is designed to be a steppingstone to jobs and promotion in the vibrant sector of LSCM, which is having a profound impact on organisational efficiencies. The UKs top 10 food retailers have voted LCSM as their most vital management area recognising the importance of the flow of information between suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers and consumers. There are exciting and rewarding jobs in purchasing, logistics, planning, international trade, and imports/exports.

Theres plenty of support for you to develop the academic study skills that are required. Whatever your background, well help you take the more critical, deeper, and research-informed approach thats needed for an honours degree at a UK university.

How will this degree provide me with the skills needed for my career?

At the end of this course there are logical career paths into global business management and LSCM roles, both in the UK and around the world. You can also undertake further study at postgraduate level with a course such as our Global Logistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management MSc. If you decide to start up your own business, its good to know that the combined turnover of our graduates start-up companies is higher than that of any other UK university.

Whatever you decide to do, you will have strong employability as a result of having acquired the characteristics of a Northumbria graduate. These include critical reflection and self-learning, collaboration and curiosity, and the ability to apply your knowledge to solve problems in ways that are sustainable and ethical.

Mode of Study

2 years Full Time or 3 years with a placement (sandwich)/study abroad