LOGISTICS ENGINEERING Undergraduate Study Programme

 Name of programme: Logistics Engineering

Level of degree: bachelor, abbr.: BSc-degree

Qualification written in the degree: Logistics Engineer

Language of study: English

Specialization: -

Area of education: engineering

Duration of programme: 7 semesters

Number of credit points necessary for the BSc degree: 210 credit points

The aim of study programme:

The study programme aims to train basic level logistics engineers who are able to analyse, organise and control the logistic (supply of goods, handling materials, stocking, commissioning, loading, supply of materials, distributions of goods, management of waste) process and system of material flow inside companies and between enterprises and also their related information flow with the help of their scientific, special technical, economic/management, information technological and industrial, transportation technological knowledge related to the professional field of logistics. Their professional knowledge enables them to participate in the production and quality control of logistic machines, equipment and devices as elements of logistic systems, and manage their operation. Graduates will get prepared to continue their studies at master (MSc) level.

The content of the study programme:

The percentage of each training area/field:

• Knowledge of Natural Sciences: 54 credit points
• Knowledge of Economics and Human Sciences: 20 credit points
• Professional Core Material: 109 credit points
• Freely elected courses: 12 credit points
• Diploma Thesis: 15 credit points

Professional Practice/Internship:

The mandatory internship period of min. 6 weeks has to be absolved outside of university at a suitable professional location.

The supervisory system of knowledge contains the following items:

Acquisition of the prescribed knowledge requirement, internship absolved, diploma thesis completed and final examination absolved.

Thesis requirements:

The diploma thesis is the elaboration of a specified logistics engineering or research task. This task must be based on the acquired knowledge of the student and on state of the art know how of the topic based on literature. The elaboration process is supported by at least one supervisor of the university and can be assisted by an external industrial expert. The duration for completion is one semester.

The candidate thesis proves that he/she has obtained and can apply sufficient knowledge/skills in order to resolve a dedicated professional analysis, design or development task on his/her own, in addition to creating added value.

Conditions for taking the final exam:

Meeting the requirements of the curriculum, including:

• obtaining at least 210 credit points out of which the thesis represents 15 credit points,
• fulfilling the conditions of practical training/internship as part of the curriculum,
• diploma thesis evaluated and approved by the reviewer.

Conditions for issuing the degree:

In accordance with the 51§ of the Act CCIV/2011 on the National Higher Education, students studying and completing a course held in a foreign language are exempted from taking language examinations regardless the level and number of language examinations laid down in the Educational and Outcome Requirements (KKK). Graduating from a course held in a foreign language implies that the output requirements on foreign language are considered to have been completed.

Parts of the final exam:

• comprehensive oral exam including the designated areas of the designated courses,
• evaluation and defence of the thesis.

Results of the final exam:

The arithmetical mean of the following two results: the grade received for the defence of the thesis (integer number) and the grade received for the comprehensive oral exam (rounded to two decimal places). If any of the two grades is a “fail” the final exam is regarded as “fail”.

Assessment of the degree:

The arithmetical mean of four following results: 1) the grade received for the thesis (integer number), 2) the grade received for the defence of the thesis (integer number), 3) the grade received for the comprehensive oral final exam (rounded to two decimal places), and 4) the corrected cumulative credit index (rounded to two decimal places).

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