Logistics engineering and Business logistics
Welcome to Xamk
Xamk is a higher education institution offering studies in English in many different study fields. We have campuses in the towns of Kotka, Kouvola,
Mikkeli and Savonlinna, located in the beautiful region of South-Eastern Finland.
Students from partner institutions of Xamk are welcome to apply for the following studies.
If you wish to have more information about the content of the programme or courses available, please ask more: Petteri Oinas, Departmental academic coordinator petteri.oinas@xamk.fi.
Applications & general matters: Sari Pieviläinen, sari.pievilainen@xamk.fi
Get further with SCM
Bachelor level Logistics Engineering & Business Logistics -programmes meet the demands of logistics’ fast developing international business environment by producing wide-ranging supply chain management (SCM) skills. Supply chain skills consists of the basic studies of business and vocational logistics studies. The common working life skills include learning skills, ethical skills, work community skills, innovation skills and international skills, are an essential part of the education in both core and complementary studies.
During the studies the modules consisting of thematic unities generate in the beginning of the studies basic supply chain skills which will later be widened and deepened creating SCM-skills.
The focus of the studies is logistics IT-skills. Digital data management and services, innovation and entrepreneurship skills are integrated in the studies. The student can choose the complementary studies either in Finnish logistics programme or in English logistics programme. By choosing the optional complementary studies the student can focus on digital data management and services or innovation and entrepreneurship.
Modes of mobility
This programme is available in the mode of exchange studies (one- or two-semester long mobility; not leading to a degree) and double degree studies (two-semester long mobility; leading to a degree).
Only the students of the partner institutions, with who we have a valid double degree agreement, can participate in double degree studies.
Notice that our Autumn semester begins in the end of August and ends by Christmas and Spring semester begins early January and ends in the end of April.
Xamk is participating /member of EFLE – European Forum of Logistics Education Association.
Read more about exchange destination Kotka (how to get here, student hostel accommodation, orientation before studies begin)
List of the double degree partner institutions:
- Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
If you are interested in the double degree studies, but you come from a university which is not listed among our double degree partner institutions, please, contact the responsible coordinator Kaisa Åkerman kaisa.akerman@xamk.fi
Erasmus+ Applicants
LEARNING AGREEMENT
Creating your OLA (Online Learning Agreement)
As an applicant you need to prepare the Online Learning Agreement (OLA) according to your home institution’s guidelines.
If your home institution is not using OLA, please upload the fully signed Erasmus+ Learning agreement as PDF to SoleMOVE
when creating the application.
Logistics OLA Responsible person is Petteri Oinas.
In addition to OLA you need to fill in your course wishes to the Proposed Study Plan section in SoleMOVE when creating the application.
Non Erasmus+ Applicants
Please upload the fully signed Study Plan as PDF to SoleMOVE when creating the application.
In addition to the signed Study Plan you need to fill in your course wishes to the Proposed Study Plan section in SoleMOVE when creating the application.
