How long is the MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations?

One year full-time, or two years part-time via online / distance routes. The MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations runs cohort calls across UK and APAC time zones.

Can the MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations be studied online?

Yes. The MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations is delivered on-campus in London, fully online and by distance learning, all with the same dissertation and sponsor project.

Is the MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations is reviewed against CIPS Level 6-7, CILT Chartered and BIFA senior competencies, so UK 3PLs, retailers and exporters engage with the credential.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations?

A UK 2:2 honours degree (or three years of substantive experience), GCSE English at grade 5/C, IELTS 6.5, plus a statement of intent and two references.

MSc Trade Logistics | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Trade Logistics and Global Operations at LSIBM is a postgraduate degree written for professionals moving into head-of-supply-chain, freight-director and customs-director roles at UK exporters, 3PLs, retailers and manufacturers. Sitting in the International Business & Trade faculty, it combines advanced trade-logistics strategy with customs regime leadership, supply-chain resilience and sustainable-logistics practice.

Delivered as one year full-time (or two years part-time via online / distance routes), the MSc is shaped by working senior practitioners — a UK head of customs, a Chartered Fellow of CILT, a BIFA president — and closes with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

Key Features

Curriculum reviewed against CIPS Level 6-7, CILT Chartered and BIFA senior competencies.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Sponsor consulting project with a UK exporter, 3PL, retailer or manufacturer.
Supply-chain resilience boot camp with scenario simulation.
Dissertation supervised by a working head of supply chain.
Executive-application coaching in the final term.

What You Will Learn

The MSc treats trade logistics at senior level — where the choices are AEO strategy, dual-source design, Scope 3 targets and defending customs positions to HMRC and CBAM authorities. Practitioner clinics with heads of customs run every fortnight.

Trade-logistics strategy — network design, sourcing, distribution.
Customs strategy — AEO status, regime design, duty-relief programmes.
Supply-chain resilience — dual-source, near-shore, geopolitical risk.
Sustainable logistics — Scope 3, CBAM, modal shift, packaging.
Digital supply chain — control towers, digital twins, IoT.
Sanctions, export-controls, anti-bribery at senior level.
HMRC audit readiness and customs valuation defence.
Global operations design — trade lanes, hubs, buffer economics.
Ethics — human-rights due diligence, modern-slavery leadership.
Research methods for a UK trade-logistics dissertation.

Who This Course Is For

Senior trade-compliance and logistics managers moving toward director grade.
Freight-forwarding operations heads formalising strategic supply-chain craft.
Consultants in supply-chain advisory targeting senior-manager grade.
Career changers with a first degree and three years of substantive logistics or customs experience.
International supply-chain leaders with UK-facing career plans.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically move into head-of-supply-chain, freight-director and customs-director roles at UK exporters, 3PLs, retailers and manufacturers. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee outcomes. Typical destinations include:

Head of Supply Chain
Freight Director (Junior)
Head of Customs
Supply Chain Resilience Director
Head of Global Operations
Sustainability & Logistics Director

The MSc is the natural step onto CILT Chartered status or CIPS Level 7 exams.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional experience in the discipline 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.

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