Logistics with Supply Chain Management
UCAS Code: J9M9
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
INCLUDING A SCIENCE OR TECHNICAL SUBJECT (Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Biology Further Maths, Design Technology, Engineering Science and Electronics, Geography and Geology): BBC: including a science or technical subject - Standard offer BCC: If the student is also presenting either Core Maths or Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) grade B CCC: Contextual offer (more details https://www2.aston.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/contextual-offer)
Access to HE Diploma
Access in a Science or Technical subject is preferred but not essential at level 3.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Mathematics Grade C/4 and English Grade C/4
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
with minimum 5, 5, 4 in Higher Level subjects if no Science or Technical subjects studied or 28 overall points with 5, 4, 4 in Higher Level subjects including a science or technical subject.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
For other BTEC combinations please see Aston's webpages.
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About this course
Our BSc Logistics with Supply Chain Management course is offered as either a three or four year course with integrated placement year. You will examine activities involved in planning, sourcing, making and delivering products and services. You will develop the techniques used to optimise these processes to meet a range of strategic objectives such as minimum cost, maximum service and shorter cycle times.
Logistics is the management of the flow of resources (physical, financial and information) between the point of origin and the point of consumption. This course continues to emphasise the development of analytical and problem-solving skills that has produced so many highly employable graduates to date. You will benefit from a number of industry field trips to organisations such as Jaguar LandRover and the Port of Hull.
We developed strong partnerships with industry, our Engineering Systems and Management group offers programmes which are tailored to suit the industrial environment. This focus allows our graduates to build skills which are essential to industry, moulding them into highly employable industry ready graduates.
This course has been operating successfully for two decades producing hundreds of graduates with excellent employment rates. Recent graduates have found positions in companies such as: Jaguar LandRover, DHL, Royal Mail, Debenhams, L'Oreal, Caterpillar, Bloomberg, Panasonic UK, Adidas-Salomon, Unilever, Virgin Atlantic Airways, BMW, Fujitsu, Hays Distribution, Omega Logistics, Rolls-Royce, Wincanton, Exel, Interbrew, GSK, Gist, TNT, Procter & Gamble and Atkins.
Managing supplies has long been recognised as core to military activities and our logistics programme is one of only a few Universities available to DTUS students aspiring to join the Royal Logistics Corp.
Key course benefits:
- Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
- Engineering at Aston is ranked 7th in the UK for Student Experience in the 2017 Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide
- 94.2% of students were satisfied with the Teaching of their course in the 2017 Nation Student Survey
- We foster strong partnerships with industry and offer programmes which are tailored to suit the industrial environment, this focus allows our graduates to build skills which are essential to industry, moulding them into highly employable industry ready graduates
- Our optional placement year offers you the opportunity to gain valuable experience and set your studies in the context of a working environment, designed to boost your future employment prospects.
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Aston University, Birmingham
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