Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue.
Ranked First for Fourth Year in a Row
For the fourth consecutive year MIT has been ranked first among graduate programs in logistics and supply chain management by US News & World Report.
"MIT is consistently ranked as the nation's top school for logistics and supply chain management not only because of the quality of our programs, but because we never take our position for granted?" said Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.
"Recently we started the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering (ZLOG) Program in Spain, and expanded our research portfolio in Europe and the United States." CTL has also added names to its growing list of corporate sponsors, he noted.
The Master of Engineering in Logistics Program (MLOG) was initiated in 1998. The number of applicants has grown by over 35% annually since its inception. Each year 30 to 35 business professionals from around the world are handpicked for the intensive nine-month professional degree program. The students take specialized classes taught by leading logistics and supply chain professionals in areas such as logistics systems, supply chain design, inventory planning and transportation management.
Outside the classroom, students are given the opportunity to work closely with CTL corporate members on research projects and travel to the Center's newest global logistics center in Spain. When hired, they joined the ranks of the almost 150 MLOG alumni who now work as supply chain and logistics professionals in a variety of industries such as consulting, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and software.
The inaugural class of the ZLOG program in Spain will graduate this summer. Part of the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, an academia-government partnership between CTL and the Government of Aragon in Spain, the new logistics masters program teaches students a combination of managerial and analytical skills geared to the global marketplace.
The response to the first Zaragoza-based degree class was overwhelming. The number of student applications was triple the initial target, resulting in a class of 17 students from eight different countries, with an average GMAT score comparable to leading MBA programs like INSEAD and London Business School.