





Available for Clearing 2025
**This is a Connected Degree**
Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.
**Overview**
Supply chain management contributes to every aspect of business, not to mention everyday life.
Recent events like Covid and Brexit have shown how important supply chains are....
**This is a Connected Degree**<br/><br/>Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.<br/><br/>**Overview**<br/><br/>Supply chain management contributes to every aspect of business, not to mention everyday life.<br/><br/>Recent events like Covid and Brexit have shown how important supply chains are. Ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time — and at the right cost — is vital to life as we know it. So is ensuring those supply chains are sustainable safe for the environment.<br/><br/>On this degree youll investigate risk and strategic management, logistics management, and learn how to procure goods and manage supply lines.<br/><br/>Youll use professional industry software, systems and tools to help you explore the ethics and sustainability of global supply chains. <br/><br/>With a focus on global procurement and the sourcing and purchasing of goods, you’ll graduate with more than just an understanding of logistics and the movement of goods. You’ll build your specialist knowledge and understanding of business in general so that you graduate with a set of management and specific skills that are in demand in the workplace.<br/><br/>You can boost your employability and apply you degree knowledge with a paid industry placement year before or after your third year. As Portsmouth is a vital supply chain hub there are great local opportunities to do a placement year with companies like IBM and Boeing, as well as other roles across the UK. <br/><br/>**Course highlights**<br/><br/><br/>- Stand out in the employment market with your knowledge of procurement and a valued skill set<br/><br/><br/>Practise your skills through our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) immersive simulation game, where youll use real SAP reports<br/>- Choose from specialist module options including business analytics and data modelling — skills that are in-demand in the industry<br/><br/><br/>- Gain core management skills such as risk management and leadership alongside your specialist supply chain skills<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from the support of our dedicated Placement Team to help you secure a paid placement year <br/><br/><br/>- Improve your global employability by spending a year abroad at a partner university in Europe, Asia, Australia or North America<br/><br/><br/>- Learn from academics who have supply chain industry experience and research expertise in data driven supply chains<br/><br/><br/>**Careers and opportunities**<br/><br/>Supply chain management is needed everywhere and theres a great shortage of supply chain skills in the UK. You could work in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, shipping and freight, charities or the public sector - the choice is yours.<br/><br/>Pay is good; the average salary for all UK procurement and supply chain professionals is £47,435 (CIPS Salary Guide 2021) and there are many varied routes for career progression, including working overseas.<br/><br/>Roles you can go on to with this degree include:<br/>- supply chain management<br/><br/><br/>- purchasing and procurement<br/><br/><br/>- procurement management<br/><br/><br/>- logistics analysis<br/><br/><br/>- distribution management<br/><br/><br/>- supply coordination<br/><br/><br/>Previous graduates have gone on to work for companies such as:<br/>- Marks and Spencer<br/><br/><br/>- Apple<br/><br/><br/>- Amazon<br/><br/><br/>- DHL<br/><br/><br/>- UPS<br/><br/><br/>- Automotive (RR)<br/><br/><br/>- Procter and Gamble (P&G)<br/><br/><br/>Alternatively you could go on to specialist postgraduate study, or set up your own business with the help and support of the University.
If you apply through Clearing, you'll be offered a guaranteed room in halls if you accept your offer within 24 hours of receiving it and apply for accommodation as a new full-time undergraduate student by 9am on 20 August 2025.
Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's Clearing Visit Day on Thursday 7th August. Priority Clearing applicants will jump the queue on Results Day, get exclusive Clearing updates, invites to Portsmouth Prepare for Clearing Webinars and one-to-one application support.
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If you apply through Clearing, you'll be offered a guaranteed room in halls if you accept your offer within 24 hours of receiving it and apply for accommodation as a new full-time undergraduate student by 9am on 20 August 2025.<br/><br/>Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's Clearing Visit Day on Thursday 7th August. Priority Clearing applicants will jump the queue on Results Day, get exclusive Clearing updates, invites to Portsmouth Prepare for Clearing Webinars and one-to-one application support.<br/><br/>Through the open day, students can get a feel for Portsmouth's welcoming campus and community before joining the university. With guaranteed accommodation, they can rest easy and ensure they are in the heart of the student community.
2 Clearing options available
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
22/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
J9N1
Institution Code
P80
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Not Accepted
112-122 Tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma.
29
29 points from the IB Diploma. 655/754 at Higher Level - 29 points from the IB Diploma. 664 at Higher Level.
GCSE English and mathematics at grade C/4 or above.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
112-120 Tariff points.
Cambridge Pre-U score of 54-56.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
112-120 points from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate including 2 A levels, plus the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate.
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