Montreal city, situated in the Quebec province of Canada, is the second most populous city in the country and the most densely populated city in the province. It was originally founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie or City of Marie. It gets its name from Mount Royal, the triple peaked hill which is in the center of the province. It was also the historic commercial capital of Canada and was beaten to this post by Toronto in the 1970s. In 2006, Montreal found itself a place in the UNESCO City of Design list. Mount Royal, Notr-Dame Basilica of Montreal, Botanical Garden and Biodome are some of the important landmarks here.
Concordia University was formed in 1974 by the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University as both of them had a common objective of contributing to the betterment of the person and society. Concordia’s way to teaching are different from the other institutions in the country as it draws upon its past to transform the individual, strengthen the society and transform the world. The faculty members at this university are passionate teachers, who give their best to prepare the next generation of active minds. The university has academic partnerships with prestigious institutions across the globe. This enables the students to get a cross-cultural knowledge of the foreign country they are studying in and also they get to know the business environment in that country.
The Master of Supply Chain Management offered by the Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management of the John Molson School of Business of the Concordia University offers the students
multi-disciplinary perspective giving them knowledge in the fields of marketing, industrial engineering, statistics, finance, change and stakeholder management and information systems.
The focus is sharing the research of real-life supply chain Management issues and applied teaching. Students can use this course as a preparatory stone to pursue PhD in this field. The various topics offered under this program combine to give a total of 45 credit points. They also get to do a Research Project as a part of the study which gives them a hands-on experience of the work environment which they will face in the future.
Some of the subjects taught include Advanced Modelling and Optimisation, Sourcing and Global Logistics, Supply Chain Design and Coordination to name a few.
The campus of the college is located at 1450 Guy St., MB 11.331, Montreal, QC H3H 0A1 and the mailing address of the institute is John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Suite MB 11.331, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8.
The institute website http://www.concordia.ca/academics/graduate/supply-chain-management.html can be accessed to view more details regarding course fees, admission requirements, degree requirements, application process, application deadlines and subjects that will be taught in this course.
Candidates completing this course can join companies offering careers in in consulting, manufacturing, retail, logistics, distribution and software. This is because companies globally are using supply chain management to increase their market share in this field.