Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46
Despite a lackluster global economy, supply chain master’s programs offered by MIT Global SCALE Network centers have attracted high numbers of students for the class of 2013.
The MIT Supply Chain Management program at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), Cambridge, MA, US, has 37 students in the class of 2013: the second-largest class ever. “We had by far the most applications ever. So we have responded to that demand by increasing our class size, and have already admitted a number of students into our class of 2014,” said Dr. Bruce Arntzen, Executive Director of the MIT SCM program.
A notable first is the inaugural class of the MIT Malaysia Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program. With 18 students, it is the largest pioneering class since MIT CTL introduced its flagship master’s qualification in 1998. The program, created by the Malaysian Institute for Supply Chain Innovation, is based on MIT CTL’s SCM format.
Another SCALE Network master’s program that is modeled after MIT CTL’s well-known qualification is the MIT Zaragoza Master in Logistics & Supply Chain Management program (ZLOG), provided by the Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain. Its new class includes 22 students. Founded in 2003, ZLOG is now recognized as the top supply chain master’s program in Europe, and has been ranked number one in this category by El Mundo, Spain’s leading daily newspaper, consecutively for the last two years.
Not to be outdone, the Graduate Certificate in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management (GC-LOG) starts the new academic year with 26 students, another record performance. Created by the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, GC-LOG is an innovative two-month certificate program.
“The MIT Global SCALE Network now has some 50 research staff and faculty members, and in excess of 500 alumni. The range and depth of the network’s supply chain programs are truly unique,” Arntzen says.
For more information on these programs, contact Dr. Bruce Arntzen (MIT SCM), Dr. Mahender Singh (MIT Malaysia Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program), Laura Soldevilla (ZLOG), and Dr. Roberto Perez-Franco (GC-LOG).