Sustainable Supply Chain Management

This Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management with a specialisation in Sustainable Supply Chain Management equips you with multi-disciplinary expertise within the world of contemporary logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). The programme is exclusively designed to include various stages of supply chains from purchasing and production to distribution and retailing. Specifically, the programme focuses on sustainability – one of the most significant concerns of supply chains in terms of business, society, and environment.

The programme is open to applicants from around the world, and the teaching is carried out in English.The programme equips you with the knowledge and skills to tackle the complex issues that today’s supply chains face. To provide you with a solid grounding on certain core areas within SCM, several courses are offered including material flows, operations and quality management, purchasing, distribution and retail, as well as business relationships. Moreover, the programme contains multiple courses and course modules which develop your entrepreneurial and leadership skills, from forming ideas to business planning, project management, as well as group dynamics.

Since almost every supply chain decision concerns considering the customers, you will also learn about the basics of marketing from understanding the customers to communication.What makes this programme unique is how it incorporates real-life issues regarding sustainability at various supply chain stages and levels. In many of the courses in the program there is a solid focus on the main pillars of sustainability, such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Lean and Green Logistics. You will also learn about human factors engineering and ergonomics in Work-Human-Technology. During the second and the final years of your studies, you will have the opportunity to gain further hands-on practical experience as industrial engineers.