The University of Moratuwa said this week that it has produced yet another world class degree program. The B.Sc. Honours Degree in Transport & Logistics Management has been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) as fulfilling all the academic requirements for the Charter Membership of the Institute. The Institute founded in 1919, and which received its Royal Charter in 1926 has recognized only a handful of degrees as being fully fulfilling all the academic requirements, the university said.
The B.Sc. degree program in Transport & Logistics Management at the University of Moratuwa began in 2006 at the request of the industry. It has had an annual intake of 50 students from the Mathematics stream of the GCE AL examinations. Entry to this program is highly competitive and is currently one of the top four courses in the Mathematics Stream for most districts. The study program is offered under the Faculty of Engineering and through a separate department of Transport & Logistics Management. It is a four year course conducted in the English Medium. As a modern curriculum it contains many learning oriented components including leadership training, mentoring, community development, full time internship with industry, presentation and communication skills development etc.
The subjects range from technical content in aviation, shipping, transport, supply chain, roads and railways areas to the full range of management subjects. It has 150 credits and can be considered as a double degree in Management and Transport. It also has a heavy component of mathematics subjects underlying the analytical orientation of the course. Its first batch of students that graduated in October 2010 are now fully employed in the airlines, ports, shipping companies, supply chain companies, freight forwarding companies, highways agencies, manufacturing companies etc both locally and abroad. |
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