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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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
J9M9
Institution code:
A80
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
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International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
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 in a Science or Technical subject is preferred but not essential at level 3.
with minimum 5, 5, 4 in Higher Level subjects if no Science or Technical subjects studied
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28 overall points with 5, 4, 4 in Higher Level subjects including a science or technical subject.
For other BTEC combinations please see Aston's webpages.
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
75%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
70%
Go onto work and study:
97%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
International
17400.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For Sandwich courses the placement fee is £1250 for Home/UK students and £2,500 for International students.
* Please note that the tuition fees stated are for 2022 entry. 2023 tuition fees are subject to approval and will be published on this website at the earliest opportunity.
**The latest information relating to EU students and tuition fees for 2022 can be found on the UCAS website at: https://www.ucas.com/finance/finance-international-and-eu-students.
***The United Kingdom government has confirmed that European Union (EU), other European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals commencing academic courses in England from August 2021 will no longer be eligible for home fee status.
^^Tuition fees for students are reviewed annually and may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) to take account of the University’s increased costs of delivering the Programme. Any such increase shall always be in accordance with the law.
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Aston Triangle
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Birmingham
B4 7ET
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