Transport and Logistics

Transport and Logistics

The MSc in Logistics and Transport aims to prepare students for leading management positions within: the logistics companies and distributors of all kinds; transport companies and other logistics service providers and; public organizations involved in the regulation and planning of transport and logistics within regional, national and international contexts, analyst and project manager, etc.

The Program is designed on the knowledge and research of European-level experts – an intellectual and stimulating learning environment that provides both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in today’s world of transport and logistics. The lecturers of the Program are the leaders of European and Latvian projects in the field of transport and logistics. Students of the Program have different education backgrounds, nationalities and work experience, all of which serve to enrich the learning environment and prepares for activities in international teams and large-scale projects.

In the study process, you will analyse real-world and theoretical problems, developing skills to design solutions for organizations operating under uncertainty and facing complex and rapidly changing markets and technologies. You will gain a strategic perspective of the relationships, flows, chains, processes, and systems comprising the international logistics and transport arena, with long-term sustainability as a key issue. With your transport and logistics systems expertise, you will have a wide choice of challenging career opportunities.

• Business Information Systems
• Geography of Transport Systems
• Logistics Systems and Logistics Chains
• Methods of Data Analysis and Business Forecasting
• Transport Economics
• Research Methodology
• Research Seminar I
• Transport Policy of the EU and LR
• Master’s Dissertation and its Defence
• Logistics and Transport Process Modeling
• Risk Management in Supply Chains
• Decision Making Methodologies
• Labour Safety, Civil Defence and Environment Protection
• Latvian Language
• Pedagogics and Psychology
• Practice Management Cargo and Passenger Terminals
• Practice of Organizing Transportation (Specialization by Type of Transport)

Awarded academic degree: Master of Social Sciences in Transport and Logistics

• as a transport system analytics, employed by public private company,
• as a logistics manager with a production company, controlling the entire logistics chain,
• as the head of the logistics department of any technology company,
• as a researcher who develops modern transport and logistics systems

Possible forms of education and study languages:

• Full-time – 2 years / 1.5 years* (Latvian, English) Courses available during day or evenings
• Part-time – 2.5 years / 2 years* (Latvian, English) Courses available during Saturdays or by Module schedule: once every three weeks – on Friday from 16:00 to 21:30, on Saturday from 8:45 to 17:00, on Sunday from 10:30 to 15:30
• Distant – 2.5 years / 2 years (English)