Topic outline

  • Master of Social Sciences in Transport and Logistics

    General

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    • The master's programme in Logistics and Transport challenges your critical thinking and analytical skills and prepares you for a career in the logistics and transport sector, which employs more than 6 million people in the EU.

    • Short summary about the programme

      Programme title: Transport and Logistics

      The awarded qualification: Master of Social Sciences in Transport and Logistics

      Faculty: Transport & Management Faculty

      Study languages: English

      Duration of program: 2.5 years (5 semesters) / 2 years* (4 semesters)

      *If the applicant during previous studies has had professional internship of at least 20 CP (30 ECTS)

      Programme volume: 80 credit points

      Cost of education (semester): 1700 EUR/per year (850 EUR/per semester)

      Requirements for the basic education: Bachelor of Social Sciences in Management Science or Economics, or higher professional education of the second level in Logistics, Transport, Management Science and Economics

      Programme Director: Professor, Dr. sc. ing. Irina Yatskiv

      • Short annotation of the programme

        The programme provides an opportunity to learn and systematize knowledge and practical skills for recent graduates and working professionals in such areas as public transport, airlines and airports, shipping and ports, rail freight and passenger transportation, supply chain management, sustainable transport development, etc. 

        Subject

        CP (LV)

        ECTS (EU)

        Block А compulsory subjects

        (essential knowledge and skills).

        Research Methodology

        2

        3

        Transport Policy of the EU and LR

        2

        3

        Geography of Transport Systems

        2

        3

        Transport Economics

        4

        6

        Methods of Data Analysis and Business Forecasting

        4

        6

        Logistics Systems and Logistics Chains

        4

        6

        Business Information Systems

        4

        6

        Research Seminar

        2

        3

        Study Project

        6

        9

        Master's Dissertation and its Defence

        20

        30

        Block В – optional subjects

        (essential knowledge and skills about future speciality).

        Pedagogics and Psychology                                                                                                                 

        2                     

        3

        Decision Making Methodology

        2

        3

        Organisation of Transportation

        4

        6

        Risk Management in Supply Chains

        4

        6

        Warehousing Logistics

        2

        3

        Sustainable Transport Interchange

        4

        6

        Strategic Management

        4

        6

        Logistics and Transport Process Modeling

        4

        6

        Block С – free choice subjects.

        Subject of Free Choice                         

        4       

        6

        • What will student receive after graduation

           Students are offered a set of subjects, as a result of mastering which they will acquire the skills to solve complex transport and logistics issues of an interdisciplinary nature. Within the programme future specialists will acquire systemic knowledge and skills in the management and optimization of complex processes, economic analysis, statistical modelling and project evaluation in order to understand and solve problems in the planning, development and management of transport and logistics systems.

          • Knowledge of research methods and methodology; about the current situation and directions of development of scientific activities in the field of transport and logistics.
          • Knowledge of the organizational foundations of management and entrepreneurship in the field of transport, production and logistics, market laws and means of their regulation.
          • Ability to master constantly new methods of scientific research.
          • Skills of analysing the issues of organizing passenger transportation, organizing and managing these processes; skills of using modern computer technologies in the implementation of transportation and logistics activities.
          • Proficiency in special vocabulary and terminology (including in foreign languages).
          • Ability to use skills and abilities in organizing research work and developing new projects.
          • The ability for social interaction, self-organization and professional development.
          • Ability to apply economic theory and methods of analysis and modelling in the decision-making process in the field of transport and logistics.

          • Leading lecturers

            Irina Yatskiv, 

            Professor, Dr. sc. ing.

            Jurijs Tolujevs, 

            Profesors, Dr. habil. sc. ing.

            Igor Kabashkin, 

            Professor, Dr.hab.sc ing.