How long is the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management?

One year full-time, or two years part-time via online / distance routes. The MSc in Global Supply Chain Management allocates a dissertation supervisor from term one and runs a sponsor network-strategy commission in term two.

Can the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management be studied online?

Yes. The MSc in Global Supply Chain Management runs on-campus in London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls and by distance learning, all assessed against the same dissertation or sponsor capstone.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management?

A UK 2:2 (or international equivalent), or three years' senior supply-chain experience on portfolio, IELTS 6.5 for international applicants, plus a 600-word statement and two references.

What does the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management cost?

Tuition varies by route and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current schedule, instalments and bursary eligibility for the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management.

MSc in Global Supply Chain Management | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Global Supply Chain Management at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a one-year UK Master's for senior supply-chain, procurement and logistics leaders moving into director-track responsibility across UK importers, exporters, retailers and consultancies. Sitting inside the International Business & Trade faculty, the degree combines the CIPS Fellow route, CILT chartered-fellow content and BIFA senior freight-forwarding practice with academic supply-chain theory, and closes with a dissertation or a sponsor consulting project.

You will work with a dissertation supervisor from term one, undertake a live network-strategy commission with a UK importer or exporter in term two, and defend the dissertation or capstone in front of a working senior supply-chain panel — typically a UK Chief Supply Chain Officer or CIPS Fellow. The MSc in Global Supply Chain Management is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning from 2026 (two years part-time).

Key Features

Curriculum designed around the CIPS Fellow route, CILT chartered-fellow content and BIFA senior freight practice.
Three delivery modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Dissertation supervisor allocated from term one, with weekly one-to-ones from term two.
Live sponsor network-strategy commission with a UK importer, exporter or retailer.
Senior-practitioner panel defence — dissertation or capstone reviewed by a UK Chief Supply Chain Officer or CIPS Fellow.
Executive-application coaching in the final term.

What You Will Learn

The MSc treats global supply chain at senior-Master's level — the discipline of the Chief Supply Chain Officer shaping a five-year sourcing footprint exposed to sanctions, freight volatility, net-zero pressure and the UK Border Target Operating Model. You will graduate operating as a credible senior UK supply-chain voice.

Advanced network design — footprint, mode, node, cost-to-serve.
CIPS Fellow-level category strategy.
Advanced Incoterms 2020 and title-transfer strategy.
UK Border Target Operating Model and customs strategy.
Sanctions strategy — OFSI, dual-use, group-wide enforcement.
Sustainability strategy — scope 3, net-zero, modern slavery.
Integrated business planning and demand shaping.
Digital supply-chain — control towers, AI, digital twins.
Research methods for dissertation or capstone.

Who This Course Is For

Working supply-chain and procurement leaders moving into director-track roles.
Category directors moving into head-of-supply-chain trajectories.
Big Four industry-hire candidates targeting supply-chain leadership.
International supply-chain leaders aligning to a UK Master's credential.
Public-sector senior procurement leads under Procurement Act 2023.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into head-of-supply-chain, category-director and senior-logistics senior roles across UK importers, exporters, retailers and consultancies. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes. Typical destinations include:

Global Supply Chain Analyst (senior)
International Logistics Director (junior)
Trade Documentation Officer (senior)
Customs Operations Manager (senior)
Head of Supply Chain
Category Director

The MSc in Global Supply Chain Management is the natural end-point of the CIPS Fellow and CILT chartered-fellow routes.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive senior supply-chain, procurement or logistics experience may apply on a portfolio route.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.

Apply for the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management

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