Master's Degree in Logistics
Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
DURATION
9 Months
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Master's Degree in Logistics is a university course that will equip you with the knowledge to be able to design and implement projects and optimise processes for supply chains and logistic operators and work with the INCOTERMS® rules for international trade. The 9-month programme, comprising 60 ECTS, focuses on logistics 4.0 solutions, covering the main industry 4.0 technologies applicable to logistics and e-commerce. The subjects in the master's degree include performance-based logistics, technological innovation and digital transformation, and sustainable development goals.
The innovative programme covers design thinking and lean start-up methodologies, continuous improvement, SMART inventory management and PMBok.
Why study for a Master's Degree in Logistics?
Experience
You will learn about the fundamentals of logistics processes and be able to apply and develop them in any of their different applications.
Career opportunities
You will be trained to meet the requirements of leading companies in the sector.
Syllabus
You will learn the basics of logistics, supply chain and inventory management, as well as about the latest industry trends and innovations, such as performance-based logistics, logistics 4.0, organisational transformation and the United Nations sustainable development goals, applying technology and data analytics to processes.
Expert faculty
Your teachers are active professionals in the sector working in specialised companies.
Ideal Students
Candidates who have not previously passed a course on production and operations for social science degrees must undertake additional training.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course programme structure
- Logistics and Transport
- Supply Chains
- Inventory Management
- Performance Based Logistics
- Logistics and Industry 4.0 solutions
- Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation
- Industry 4.0 Implementation Projects
- Logistics and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Internships
- Master's Dissertation
Program Outcome
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
- CON01 - Describe the general fundamentals of logistics, demand planning and management and the supply chain in general.
- CON02 - Define the principles governing strategic inventory management, including resource planning and scheduling.
- CON03 - Integrate the sustainable development goals into logistics processes, in particular circular logistics.
- CON04 - Identify the phases of a technological innovation project geared towards the logistics industry.
Competencies
- CP01 - Ability to calculate, forecast, plan over time and manage inventories, including from a financial point of view.
- CP02 - Ability to design, analyse and evaluate all kinds of logistics networks, including capillary, international and reverse networks.
- CP03 - Ability to design and organise supply chains to meet specific goals.
- CP04 - Ability to manage supplier chains to meet specific goals, including from a financial point of view.
- CP05 - Ability to identify, write down and write off obsolete inventory.
- CP06 - Ability to define and evaluate the requirements that support systems should satisfy in order to meet specific goals.
- CP07 - Ability to identify, select and implement Industry 4.0 solutions to meet specific goals.
- CP08 - Ability to create and design specific innovation strategies to transform the logistics industry.
- CP09 - Ability to manage all phases of an innovation project geared towards the logistics industry.
- CP10 - Ability to select, implement and evaluate UN Sustainable Development Goals for logistics.
- CP11 - Ability to manage all costs and financial issues related to logistics operations, including innovation projects.
- CP12 - Ability to practically apply and integrate the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the master's degree in relation to a business activity linked to logistics.
- CP13 - Ability to individually prepare, present and defend an original final project in a public setting before an academic panel, bringing together the skills acquired over the course of the degree.
- CP14 - Demonstrate ethical conduct and social commitment at work, as well as awareness of inequality and diversity.
Skills
- HAB01 - Design logistics networks including transport and reverse logistics networks.
- HAB02 - Propose improvements and best practices in the planning and execution of supply chains and inventory management.
- HAB03 - Evaluate performance-based logistics plans, establishing plans for improvement.
- HAB04 - Develop strategies for innovation and implementing Industry 4.0 solutions.
- HAB05 - Develop logistics and business transformation projects.
- HAB06 - Apply Industry 4.0 tools and technologically innovative solutions to logistics.
Career Opportunities
The skills and knowledge acquired in this course will qualify you for leadership roles in high-value technological areas such as:
- Procurement director.
- Operations manager or director.
- Production/plant manager.
- Stock control manager.
- Import/export manager.
- Logistics director.
- Warehouse manager.