International Logistics and Management

This degree course delivers a winning combination of theoretical expertise and hands-on skills, using real-world case studies, simulation of authentic situations that call for team-based planning and decision-making, and teaching from qualified experts in the practical field. Our lecturers, unlike most university professors, have at least five years’ experience of working in this business area.

Ideally located with excellent transport links by water, air, road and rail, Hamburg and its surrounding region is a key hub of global trade and one of Northern Europe’s leading sites for logistics businesses, of which there are around 12,000 in the area, providing an approximate total of 400,000 jobs.

The principal target group of this course comprises people keen to launch a career in an international logistics or supply chain management setting, ultimately leading to management posts.

The first two semesters of this three-semester Master’s degree course, which is designed to build consecutively on a logistics-focused Bachelor’s or equivalent degree, supplement and enhance students’ existing knowledge in the field. In their first degrees, students will have learned about operative and tactical issues around logistics and key methodological principles; this course turns the focus to strategic and management matters.

The course has two overall focal areas:

• International Logistics
• International Management

International Logistics revolves around interdisciplinary approaches to planning and managing international production and supply networks or international transport logistics processes. Process optimisation, which is at the heart of international logistics networks, forms the topic of two interdisciplinary modules which additionally give students a view of logistics from an engineering and IT perspective. A module on management and logistics links these two areas.

International Management explores organisational, HR and intercultural issues against the backdrop of international cooperation across all value creation stages. Complementing these foci, modules on economics and management accounting examine these key processes in internationally active businesses.

In their third semester, all students focus exclusively on their Master thesis.

Essential:

• A first (Bachelor’s, German Diplom, or equivalent) degree course of at least seven semesters in duration and worth at least 210 credit points, in business, economics or a related subject (particularly computer science or mathematics with a business or economics emphasis or industrial engineering), with a minimum overall final grade of 2.5 (‘gut’) in the German system.
• You will need to demonstrate that you attained at least 8 credit points in your first degree by completing modules related to logistics
• Diploma Supplement/Transcript of Records
• International applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in the German language at level C1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) or above via a recognised language test, which should be one of the following: Goethe Institut C1, TestDaF 4, telc C1 Hochschule, DSH2, Deutsches Sprachdiplom issued by the KMK (Kultusministerkonferenz), or Kleines or Großes Sprachdiplom issued by the Goethe-Institut
• You will need to demonstrate proficiency in the English language in one of the following ways:
  • If you have a German Fachhochschulreife, your final grade in English must be ‘sehr gut’ (minimum of 14 points); if you have the Abitur/Allgemeine Hochschulreife, your final grade in English must be ‘good’ (minimum of 11 points) or better
  • We also accept proof of passing an internationally recognised test of English language proficiency at level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
  • Alternatively, you may present proof of achievements attained in an English-speaking country that are equivalent to those detailed in the two bullet points above. This may be:
  • proof of two years of successful studies at a higher education institution in an English-speaking country OR
  • proof of two years of professional experience in a graduate job in an English-speaking country.

Further required documents:

• Letter of motivation
• CV

Further documents you may submit to enhance your application:

• Your TM-WISO or GMAT test result
• Proof of having worked in a country other than your home country for at least 20 weeks
• Proof of having completed an internship in a country other than Germany or your home country

N.B.: Applicants whose Bachelor’s degrees are equivalent to 180 credit points will be accepted onto the course if they meet all the other entry requirements and places are available. They are required to attain a further 30 credit points within the first two semesters on the course in order to enrol fully. Your academic advisor will determine which courses you will be required to undertake. If you fail to meet this condition, your provisional enrolment will become void and you will not be able to continue your studies.

This degree course welcomes new entrants in winter semesters only and does not have a summer semester intake. Applications are open between 1 June and 15 July. Applications and admissions are managed by the Student Admissions and Registration Office (Studierendensekretariat).

You can find further information about applying for a place on one of our Master’s degree courses at www.haw-hamburg.de/masterstudium