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Start date:
January 2025
April 2025
September 2025
Duration:
MSc September start: 1 year (full-time), or 2 years (part-time)
PGDip: 8 months (full-time)
PGCert: 4 months (full-time)
MSc January start: 15 months (full-time)
Please add an additional year if undertaking the Professional Experience Year: integrated 2-year masters. Available for Jan and Sept entry.
Number of credits:
MSc: 180 credits at Level 7
PGDip: 120 credits at Level 7
PGCert: 60 credits at Level 7
Transitioning to a more sustainable way of life is key to our future. This MSc will provide you with the knowledge and skills to drive forward change in the management of global supply chains.
Did you know?
This programme is CIPS accredited, you'll be entitled to complimentary CIPS Affiliate membership
We're in the top ten in the UK for postgraduate satisfaction (PTES 2022, 2023)
This course is available as an extended masters for international students
Modules
The MSc with placement offers students the opportunity to complete a placement year (30 weeks) during Year 2. The aim of the placement experience is to provide a route for students to develop genuine and practical problem-solving skills in a professional context, to apply learned concepts into practice within their fields of specialism, and to enable students to gain a better understanding of your own abilities and employment potential.
If you are an international student on a visa, your CAS will have a course duration of two years, subject to meeting the UKVI’s standard requirements.
Please be aware that placements:
- are not guaranteed;
- are typically unpaid;
- include a programme of support to assist students in researching, applying for, and finding an appropriate placement;
- must be verified and approved prior to commencement; and
- will be monitored for quality and attendance.
Placement preparation and support
As part of postgraduate degrees with placement, students are enrolled in a compulsory Placement Preparation Module (which include a series of workshops) that take place in Term 1 of Year 1. The workshops and activities in this module are designed to help students find and secure a placement and develop key employability skills and knowledge to succeed in the world of work.
- Attendance on the Placement Preparation Module is compulsory with a requirement that the student attends 80% of the timetabled workshops and fully engages with the module requirements and with the Careers and Placement teams.
- The Careers and Placement teams will support students by providing advice on topics such as exploring career paths, CVs, Cover Letters, and interview skills.
Placement Year
- During the placement year, students will undertake a placement with an employer and complete a 40P credit Placement Module.
- To be eligible for the Placement Module, students must have successfully passed taught modules (students do not have to have completed the Consultancy Project (RBP040L052) or the Dissertation (RBP040L051) before the commencement of the placement), met the requirements of the Placement Preparation Module, and secured an approved placement.
- A placement is not guaranteed. The University will offer guidance and support and recommend students to interested organisations; however, it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to secure a placement.
- The placement can be full-time or part-time (a minimum of 3 working days, 21-24 hours per week) and can be carried out in-person or remotely, and through work-based projects.
- The placement will ideally be tailored to your interests and aspirations but ultimately meets the needs of employers and must provide relevant experience in line with the learning outcomes of your academic programme. Whereas the roles offered may vary, the emphasis should be on securing a placement within promising growth areas of your discipline and, on both applying and developing existing knowledge and skills in the work place as well as gaining new knowledge and skills.
Professional Experience Year
This course also offers the option of a Professional Experience Year. This programme combines dynamic career modules with flexible placement opportunities. After completing your first year of study, you'll then complete a full year of Professional Experience training as part of your degree. This will give you real career experience. This unique opportunity offers you distinct paths to build your expertise.
Skills
Gain the expertise you need to upskill and specialise in your career.
Our MSc Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management will give you a great understanding of supply chains and their processes, including the different roles people play and how they work together to deliver products and services.
You'll explore:
- Accounting, budgets and other planning systems
- Decision-making and control
- How to apply appropriate analytical tools and techniques to optimise organisation performance
You'll also examine how sustainability practices and concepts influence international business policy, stakeholder relationships and strategy design and process.
Professional Development Programme
Through this mandatory, co-curricular module, you’ll practice and enhance your core skills in the following areas:
- Presenting
- Critical writing
- Research
You’ll also work on negotiation techniques, developing the credibility of your arguments to give you the competitive edge.
Professional placement
If you want to dip your toes into the working world before you graduate, you can take an optional placement in Year 2. Where possible, this will be tailored to your interests and career aspirations. And wherever your placement takes you, it will enable you to:
- Develop practical problem-solving skills in a professional context
- Apply learned concepts, and
- Gain a better understanding of your own employability
Professional accreditation
This programme is a CIPS accredited programme, you'll be entitled to complimentary CIPS affiliate membership.
A CIPS accredited programme also provides fast-track to MCIPS. To apply for MCIPS designation, you will need to submit your application to CIPS within five years of graduating and you must have three years experience within a role of responsibility within the procurement and supply sector.
Learning
Our MSc Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management degree will empower you to meet the needs of both multi-national corporations and SMEs.
Designed in collaboration with academic staff who have a wealth of experience in supply chains across different industries including maritime, food, health, manufacturing and service.
Working in high-spec facilities, like our Business Laboratory and Bloomberg Trading Room, you’ll critically evaluate and appreciate cutting edge research in logistics and supply chain management and apply it to real-life business practices.
You’ll complete a consultancy project in a particular field of interest, such as:
- Global financial management
- Marketing
- Human resources
This enables you to consolidate your knowledge and skills through the in-depth, independent study of a specific organisational issue, with or without an associated internship.
You’ll also complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice at the end of your course.
Global leadership
To boost your employability, you can choose to follow our Global Leadership Programme alongside your MSc studies. Unique to Roehampton, this will equip you with the practical and professional skills to standout in today’s rapidly changing marketplace.
A personal approach
The Roehampton Business School is a progressive and inclusive community, putting you at the centre of your learning journey. Recognising that our students have different personal circumstances, we limit on-campus teaching for this course to a maximum of two days per week, enabling you to balance your studies with work, family, and other external commitments.
Career
Carve out your career on a global stage.
With an MSc Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management degree from Roehampton, you'll have the skills and techniques to work in management positions, both nationally and internationally in operations, logistics or supply chain management.
Global supply chains are facing a skills shortage, particularly in countries such as China, India, and South Africa, and across the African continent, and many companies now realise the impact a good supply chain can have on their success.
Whatever your aims or aspirations, our dedicated careers support team will be on hand to support you from day one, with personal coaching, CV and application writing, presentation practice, mock interviews, and networking opportunities.
And our optional professional placement in Year 2 is the perfect platform to make career-defining connections before you graduate.
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Applying
UK postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
General entry requirements
January and April 2025 entry tuition fees (UK)
Level of study | Full-time | Part-time* |
MSc | £11,025 Placement year: £1,995 |
£5,788 |
PGDip | £7,350 | N/A |
PGCert | £3,675 | N/A |
*average fee per year
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
September 2025 entry tuition fees (UK)
To be confirmed.
International postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
General entry requirements
January and April 2025 entry tuition fees (international)
Level of study | Full-time | Part-time* |
MSc | £17,850 Placement year: £1,995 |
£9,371 |
PGDip | £11,900 | N/A |
PGCert | £5,950 | N/A |
*average fee per year
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
September 2025 entry tuition fees (international)
To be confirmed.