Description
The Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management is designed to provide broad high level competencies that build on the learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Logistics Honours. This vocation‐focused programme will equip students with critical managerial competencies required by the logistics and supply chain industry in Namibia. The programme aims to prepare students to plan, evaluate, organise, direct, and control the logistics and supply chain management work (both compulsory and elective courses) and a Mini‐thesis in order to prepare students for advanced, specialist and managerial roles in logistics and supply chain management and enables them to conduct applied research and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field.
Admission Requirements
The Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management seeks to recruit suitably qualified students who are capable of benefitting
from, contributing to, and successfully completing the programme. In order to be considered for admission to this programme,
prospective students must:
• Hold a Bachelor Honours degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management or a related cognate area of learning, or
an equivalent qualification at NQF Level 8 from a recognised institution, which must include professional studies
of the underlying subject matter in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and a component of supervised
research.
• Have passed Business Mathematics or an equivalent course at undergraduate level. Students who have reached the
required standard of competence in another manner will be required to demonstrate such competence through a process
of rigorous assessment, i.e. Recognition of Prior Learning.
• Demonstrate competency in English communication in business at post graduate level, as demonstrated by the fact that
the undergraduate degree was done in the medium of English. If the undergraduate degree was not done in the medium
of
English, then the candidate will be required to show competence in the medium of English through achieving at least Band
7 of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or an equivalent test.
Qualifications in related cognate areas of learning will be evaluated on a case‐by‐case basis for purposes of admission. Students
may be required to make up specific deficiencies at the discretion of the Head of Department.
An evaluation of the applicant’s academic record and a personal letter providing reasons for wishing to enroll for the Master of
Logistics and Supply Chain Management will be required for selection purposes.