Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management
Develop an understanding of key supply chain management principles with the Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management is designed for students with a bachelor’s degree in any field who want to prepare themselves for a role in the supply chain management profession. In as little as eight months, you’ll develop the advanced knowledge and skills required for supply chain and logistics decisions.
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Minimum entry requirements
- Must have completed a bachelor’s degree (in any discipline)
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with a minimum score of 6.0 in each band.
Contact us to find out more
Email mbaandpm@aut.ac.nz
Phone +64 9 921 9906
You must successfully complete 120 points, made up of eight 15-point professional knowledge and skills courses.
You can choose how many courses you take to fit around work demands and personal commitments. You can continue working full-time while completing your Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management part-time.
Choose eight courses from
- ACCT868 Accounting for Financial and Managerial Decision Making
- BSYS841 Operations & Supply Chain Management
- BSYS842 Digital Business
- BSYS860 Logistics Management
- BSYS861 Procurement and Supply Management
- BSYS862 Supply Chain Design
- BSYS864 Supply Chain Analytics: Discovering and Interpreting Data
- BUSS901 Applied Business Research and Communication Skills
- INTB862 International Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- INTB866 Strategy and Performance
- MGMT861 Managing Organisations and People *
* Students can only do one of the courses from INTB862 or INTB866
Skills you will develop
The outcomes for graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.
- Logistics officer
- Procurement/purchasing officer
- Forecasting officer
- Ports officer
- Warehouse/distribution officer
- Transportation officer
- Supply chain analyst/officer
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Pathway to a PhD
High-achieving postgraduate diploma students with at least an A- grade average over the 120 points in level 8 professional master’s degree courses qualify to apply to the Doctor of Philosophy by completing the Master of Business with a B+ grade average or higher. You'll receive 60 points of credit towards the Master of Business, and will need to complete another 120 points.
26 Feb 2024
21 Oct 2024
($19,753 tuition fees + $1074 student services levy)
($34,000 tuition fees + $1074 student services levy)
- Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
- Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
- There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.