Why choose this programme?

• Programme delivered in cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL).
  
• Successful students will receive five-course certificates and an MITx MicroMasters® Program in SCM credential issued by edX and MITx
• They will also become MIT affiliate alumni, be able to interact and network with fellow credential-holders, and gain access to MIT library journals.
• Probably the most successful (industry) experts, internationally recognised academic researchers and highly regarded professionals teach on the programme. Our goal is to build the leading programme by having the best, most experienced and successful leaders of today to teach the leading people of tomorrow.
• The MITx MicroMasters Program in SCM provided by MIT CTL covers analytical and technical aspects of logistics and supply chain management, and SKEMA will complement it with courses on business trends and leadership skills.
• International student exchange with MIP Milano once a year, for elective courses.
• This MSc not only provides soft skills in supply chain management and purchasing management, but also digs deep into future trends in digitalisation and artificial intelligence, sustainability, ethics, globalisation, risk management and agility. Graduates are able to create value for their company and have a positive impact on the world.
• After completing their master degree at SKEMA, students are allowed to finish the MIT master degree in Supply Chain Management in just one semester.
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Programme outline

The MITx MicroMasters® Program in SCM from MIT CTL consists of five online courses that cover the fundamentals of supply chain management. These asynchronous online courses delivered by MIT CTL instructors will be augmented by synchronous instruction taught by professors at SKEMA. The SKEMA MSc programme is comprised of four courses over the academic year: sustainability, new technologies (blockchain, big data, AI), market volatility, and soft skills (leadership, negotiation, communication). Skema has also successfully recruited 21 international C-Level industry experts who teach within the program and share their experiences with the class. The programme uses new teaching approaches to improve especially the soft skills of our students to become future leaders. One of such courses is delivered by an acting training company that also teaches Executives at large international corporations and at Harvard, Insead and LBS.

Career opportunities

Graduates of this MSc have strong potential for recruitment in procurement and purchasing as well as in supply chain management.

The field of purchasing today includes such tasks as supplier relationship management, supplier performance evaluation, sustainable procurement, helping suppliers in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, risk evaluation etc.

In supply chains, graduates are involved in planning future demand, serving customers better and faster in more markets in jobs ranging from generalist supply chain management, materials management, demand analyst, category manager, as well as consulting positions.