Logistics and Transport Management Education at School of Business, Economics and Law
Established in 1891, the University of Gothenburg has approximately 39,000 students and 5,000 employees. It is one of the major universities in northern Europe. The University is also one of the most popular universities in Sweden – the University of Gothenburg has the highest number of applicants to many programs and courses.
The University’s roughly 40 different Departments cover most scientific disciplines, making it one of Sweden’s broadest and most wide-ranging higher education institutions.
In an international perspective too, the University of Gothenburg is unusually comprehensive, with cutting-edge research in a number of dynamic research areas. Cooperation with Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, society at large and trade and industry has been consistently strengthened and intensified over recent years, as have international contacts and collaborative projects with partners abroad.
Academic Programs
Masters Programs
- MSc in Logistics and Transport Management (2 years): The M.Sc. in Logistics and Transport Management prepares you for truly multifaceted challenges, requiring a balance between theoretical and practical skills. The programme provides an intellectually stimulating environment, within which you will develop your skills in critical thinking and analysis, as well as improving your knowledge of, and strategic perspective on, the relationships, flows, chains, processes and systems that pervade the international freight transport and logistics arena. You will analyze problems, both theoretical and real-life, and design solutions for organizations operating under uncertainty and facing complex and rapidly changing markets and technologies.
- MSc in International Business and Trade (2 years): The master’s program in International Business and Trade provides a distinctive combination of training and knowledge about the functioning of multinational companies - large and small - in the global economy. As a student of the program, you will enhance your understanding of the geography, processes, and organization of international business and develop capabilities for sustainable and competitive managerial decision making.
- Entry Requirements: A Bachelor's degree (equivalent to 180 ECTS credits) from an internationally recognized university and English 6/English B from Swedish upper secondary school or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test. A minimum of 30 credits of courses in subject areas related to business and/or economics, and a minimum of 15 credits in statistics or 7,5 credits in statistics and 7,5 credits in quantitative methods and/or mathematics.