Supply Chain & Digital Logistics Management

Supply Chain Management and Logistics deals with sourcing raw materials and components required by companies to manufacture their products. People who work in Logistics focus on improving the overall performance of the supply chain, to ensure the fastest possible delivery. This is achieved through efficient planning, which allows enterprises to reduce excess inventory and storage costs.

Supply Chain Management and Logistics is a multidisciplinary field and combines concepts from Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Management, Logistics, Procurement, Information Technology, and Marketing.

Some of the courses you will study include market needs, planning methods, and controlling supply flows. As a student, you'll understand how global supply chains and national and international markets function. You will also learn about e-commerce and find ways to use this knowledge for strategic sourcing.

Supply Chain Management and Logistics helps you develop skills such as research and analysis, negotiation, and problem-solving. Being able to remain calm under pressure, improvise, adapt, and make important decisions will always give you an edge in the field of Logistics Management. Learn how to negotiate with suppliers and make things run more smoothly.

Supply Chain Management & Logistics will allow you to find jobs working as a project manager, industry analyst, global logistics manager, transportation director, supply chain consultant, and others.

Students with a high school diploma or its equivalent from outside Jordan can enroll in higher education institutions directly through websites of public and private universities or intermediate community colleges based on their averages. Universities implement the credit hours system, which allows students to choose courses according to their study plan.

Students wishing to enroll in a master's program must hold a bachelor's degree. Furthermore, students who wish to enroll in doctoral programs must hold a master's degree.

In addition, students wishing to enroll in postgraduate programs are required to provide a certificate confirming their English proficiency level in a TOEFL or IELTS exam. They could also demonstrate a certain proficiency level in French or German. Lastly, they could take an English language exam held by the higher education institution they apply in.

In the event that the student fails to prove the required level of English, German or French, or fails the English equivalency exam, they may study a qualifying program in English at the university where they undertake additional six credit hours; he/she must score a minimum grade that varies according to their specialization.

Students can apply for admission to a higher education institution in Jordan through the following:

1. Applying directly to the institution of higher education of their choice. Many higher education institutions in Jordan have online application services or through university service offices; while some institutions accept applications through mail. Each higher education institution determines its own enrollment requirements. Therefore, a prospective student should communicate with the institution they wish to apply to in order to know the specific admission requirements and procedures.
2. Applying directly through the free on-line application
3. Communicate with the Directorate of International Student Affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and apply to any higher education institution