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Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Degree Course
Overview of the Postgraduate Purchasing and Supply Chain Course
This masters level purchasing degree course is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
This course is suitable for those wishing to pursue a Supply Chain Degree, Purchasing Degree or Procurement Degree. The Purchasing and Supply Chain degree comprises the range of management subjects suitable for a Masters level qualification in purchasing and supply chain management and is designed for professional practice at middle management and higher levels of management in this specialism.
As a well-established part of Aberdeen Business School's portfolio of courses, the postgraduate diploma and masters in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management degree is regularly updated to reflect current management thinking and practice.
This purchasing and supply chain degree course is suitable if you intend entering the profession of purchasing and supply chain management or if you are a manager wishing to study this specialist area of management - you may have a working knowledge of purchasing and supply chain management but have no formal qualification in this area.
The supply chain course centres on management practice and takes a more specialist focus than the MBA. You will study the following modules:
- Business Environment
- Finance for Managers
- Operations Management
- Managing People
- Purchasing Principles and Law
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Purchasing (Strategic Procurement)
- Read more about the modules, structure and what is involved in the Purchasing and Supply Chain Degree
Benefits of the Purchasing and Supply Chain Degree Course
This masters course in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management will develop your knowledge and understanding, business/management practice (applied knowledge and understanding) and management skills in purchasing and supply chain management suitable for professional practice at middle management and higher levels of management.
The supply chain course is available in a range of Flexible Study Modes so you can study Full Time (3 semesters study in ONE academic year); Part Time (part time day and evening) study over 2 years for taught stage and one further year for dissertation stage; or Online Learning (part time). It is possible to transfer from one study mode to another should circumstances change.
Flexible Exit and Change Points
Following completion of 4 modules, learners may exit with Postgraduate Certificate in Management Studies. At this point it is also possible to transfer to certain other specialist Postgraduate Diplomas or masters courses within the Graduate Management Studies Programme. On completion of the taught stage of the course it is possible to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Degree .
Specialist Focus of the Purchasing and Supply Chain Degree
This purchasing course enables the student to focus on a specialised and strategically important aspect of business. The course will explore a wide range of analytical theories and models and encourage the application of these to contemporary organisational situations. If the theory provides the platform for analysis, it is the interaction with fellow students and teaching staff that often encourages creativity in the application of knowledge to the process of strategy formulation.
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Development
This course is a management development programme in purchasing and supply chain management and comprises the range of subjects suitable for:
- recent graduates of any discipline who wish to pursue postgraduate studies in preparation for a career in purchasing and supply management
- purchasing and supply chain specialists who wish to develop their professional practice and require a qualification to support practical experience
- managers of other related disciplines who wish to progress into a career in purchasing and supply chain management
- practitioners who have graduated through the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Programme and wish to further their studies at a strategic level, suitable for those aspiring to more senior management positions
Funding
Each year a range of Scholarships and Funding are available. For 2008/2009 the university has secured funding from The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for a range of postgraduate courses, including this course. You may be eligible to apply for this funding and also be eligible for an income-assessed maintenance grant. If you have children, child care grants are also available.
For more information on elibility you should contact the Admissions Office by email on: PostgraduateAdmissions@rgu.ac.uk
Information on funding and course fees can be found under: Tuition Fees
Career Opportunities with a Purchasing Degree or a Supply Chain Degree
The course has been most successful in providing graduates of various disciplines with an entry to careers in this specialist area of management.
Professional Career Advancement
Students holding a Diploma / MSc in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management will have demonstrable evidence of having studied in this specialist area at a strategic level - rapidly becoming a prerequisite for advancement to more senior positions in management.
THe University supports career development and offers online and offline advice and services through the university Careers Advisory Service.
Testimonials from our Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Graduates
Stuart McCartney graduated with Masters Purchasing and Supply Chain Management and speaks of how the course helped him in his career:
"I would like to stress the benefit that the qualification has given me not only in terms of employment opportunity but the benefit its content has given me in performing the function in reality".
Another Masters level graduate, Roddy Junor, said the course was...
"...one of the most personally rewarding experiences in my life to date has been the participation in the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management course run at the Aberdeen Business School. The route I chose was through the Diploma stages then Post Graduate culminating in my attaining an MSc.
This achievement was something I had never even dreamed possible when I started. My success can be attributed to the close links developed with many of my fellow students and lecturers and also the facilities and staff at the RGU which went a long way towards aiding me in my adventure."
Typical Student Profile on the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Degree
- A degree/honours degree or degree equivalent or
- Qualifications of an approved Professional Body or Institution or
- Relevant industrial, commercial or professional experience at a level sufficient to justify exemptions from the normal requirements
If you do not meet these requirements and are a non-graduate with experience in business/management insufficient to justify exemption, you may wish to consider access to the course via the Access Foundation in Management Studies.
Course Enquiries and Contact:
Dr Rosalind Rae
Course Leader for the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management DegreeThe Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen Business School
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen AB10 7QETel: +44 (0)1224 263858
Fax: +44 (0)1224 263838E:mail: r.rae@rgu.ac.uk
Register your Interest
The following form is for ALL Home/EU enquirers AND those International enquirers interested in NON Full Time study by distance learning:
International enquirers interested in studying Full Time (on campus) should use the International Full Time form:
Please note: These are NOT application forms. When you complete the relevant form you will be kept up-to-date with course details and documentation.
If you do want to apply please go to: Apply for a course
