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Leaving Certificate Requirements

QQI/FET Requirements

In addition to the QQI minimum entry requirements, QQI quotas and QQI points apply. The max QQI points awarded is 390. Further details at www.tudublin.ie/qqi

Mature Applicants

Applications from mature students (23+) are welcome. Further details at www.tudublin.ie/mature

English Language Requirements

If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website. Applicants for this course should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 6 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 6 in each component.

You’ll acquire the wide-ranging knowledge and skills you need to function as an effective professional, in a national and international context.

This course is a business honours degree with a major specialisation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. It consists of three strands: Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Management, and Information Management.

To win in today’s marketplace, companies must continuously improve productivity, while lowering costs, and bringing quality products to market quicker than ever before. Innovative and effective SCM is key to gaining competitive advantage, reducing costs and making firms more profitable.

The course will introduce you to business and management, with a focus on the function of the supply chain and develop your ability to apply SCM and business processes and functions to actual logistics and SCM scenarios. It will also introduce you to the basic concepts and functional areas of SCM and to place these in the overall context of the strategic objectives of the organisation.

You’ll also develop strong technical competence and skill in the logistics, information technology and management areas, and raise your knowledge and competence in logistics and SCM to the level of strategic decision-making.

Study Abroad Opportunities 

Students have opportunities to undertake a semester overseas in one of our partners institutions from across Europe and North America.

Work Placement

In the second semester of year 3 students have an opportunity to work alongside supply chain professionals and apply their learning in a real-world work context. Companies participating in our work placement programme include CRH, Diageo, Keelings, Tibbett & Britten, Unilever.

Professional Accreditation

The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of Ireland.

Advanced Entry applications are accepted to this course. For further information on how to make an Advanced Entry application, please visit our CAO Hub. A full list of courses open for Advanced Entry are listed on the CAO website.

To qualify for Advanced Entry applicants must be currently studying, completing, or have successfully completed, studies at Level 6, 7 or 8 in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or an equivalent, in a related area. You must demonstrate by providing transcripts of results that you have achieved the learning outcomes for each stage you wish to advance past, for example:

• To enter Year 2 via Advanced Entry, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Year 1.
• For entry to Year 3, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Years 1 and 2.
• For entry to Year 4, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Years 1, 2, and 3.

If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website.

As a graduate of the course, the opportunities that have been open to me during my four years have been numerous and have allowed me to develop a business concept from a first-year assignment into a start-up business. The internship in Year 3 also offers students the opportunity to gain real and relevant experience in an organisational environment.

My degree widened the range of jobs I could apply for and I got a job straightaway as an inventory analyst in Unilever Ireland. I am currently back undertaking PhD research using simulation and optimisation technologies in supply-chain management.

When I graduated, I started working as a logistics administrator in Independent Express Cargo, where I did my work experience as a part of my degree. Besides giving the specialist knowledge and skills desired by modern companies, the course has the advantage of creating opportunities to establish career links.

On graduation, you may proceed to postgraduate studies leading to the award of MSc, MPhil or PhD at research institutes and universities worldwide.