Master of Supply Chain Management

Entry requirements

To be considered for entry into this course, you must have completed:

• An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in any discipline.
• A minimum of two years of documented professional experience, preferably some of which is in a supply chain, logistics or procurement role.
• A personal statement outlining why you wish to be considered for the course.

You must also submit:

• A curriculum vitae (CV) as evidence of professional experience.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

• IELTS 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0)
• TOEFL 79+ (with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13)
• PEARSON 64+ (with no communicative skill below 60)
• CAMBRIDGE 176+ (with no skill less than 169)

*Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Prior studies may be credited towards your degree and potentially reduce the duration of your course. Contact the university for more details.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

You will leave the degree with a number of essential skills, including:

• Knowledge of all aspects of the supply of goods and services, including procurement, transformation operations, transport/distribution, and the management of information in these areas.
• Ability to apply technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse, theorise about developments that contribute to high levels of supply chain performance outcomes.
• Ability to effectively apply knowledge of research principles and methods of supply chain analysis and business decision analysis.
• Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply theories of SCM to different contextual problems in supply chains and their business applications.