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Supply Chain Management - Professional Diploma (Online)

Gain the skills to advance your career in supply chain management with UL’s one-year, part-time online Professional Diploma in Supply Chain Management.

Key information

EU fees per year €5,250
NFQ Level NFQ Level 9 Minor
Duration One year
Attendance Part-time
Programme type Taught, Professional / Flexible
Start date January
Award Professional Diploma

Gain the essential knowledge to pursue a career in supply chain management with UL’s one-year, part-time online Professional Diploma in Supply Chain Management.

The programme blends real-world application with theory, enabling participants to engage with frameworks, strategic management, mathematical and simulation modelling, and the latest technological trends.

Developed and delivered by industry and academic experts, it equips graduates with the competency to increase global supply chain performance within their organisation.

The programme is designed for applicants who are responsible for or actively engaged in supply chain activities in a variety of industry sectors - manufacturing, healthcare, defence, or services, who are either managing supply chains currently or aspire to do so.

It offers a progression route to year 2 of the MSc in Supply Chain Operations and will earn 30 ECTS credits towards a Flexible Masters Pathway, allowing students to combine Postgraduate awards to achieve a Master’s over time.

During this programme, you will

  • Gain the skills to increase supply chain performance within your organisation.
  • Explore the alignment, design, implementation and operation of supply chains.
  • Gain an awareness of marketing concepts in business to enable you to analyse and develop a company marketing plan.
  • Develop a plan to operationalise strategic concepts using contemporary tools and techniques, and understand how strategy can act as a programme of change within an organisation.
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