Logistics Engineering

In the first year, you’ll be introduced to the basics of logistics. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the logistics sector and get a clear picture of your future career. You’ll undertake numerous projects for existing companies and organisations, and you’ll go on regular field trips.

You will delve into the following topics

You will explore topics such as international logistics, financial management and sourcing products abroad. You will also be introduced to the world of maritime logistics. It is no coincidence that you are studying in one of the most important port areas of the Netherlands!

Projects and field trips

From your very first year, you’ll be working on projects for genuine world clients. This might involve mapping out all logistics flows within a restaurant chain or a car manufacturer. What improvements will you suggest to help the company move forward?

You will also go on regular excursions at home or abroad. Examples include Volvo factory, Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital, Royal Netherlands Air Force or shipbuilder Amels.

In your second year, you will delve deeper into management and improvement processes. How can you make logistics processes faster, cheaper and more sustainable, for example by utilising new technologies? And how do you organise that change within a company? A key focus here is on understanding what is technologically possible.

Management, planning and leadership

You will explore topics such as marketing and export management, distribution and production planning. You will be trained in practical management skills: who are you as a manager and how do you adapt your leadership style to the people you work with?

In your third year, you will do an internship and take a minor in the Netherlands or abroad.

Minor

A minor allows you to deepen or broaden your knowledge and skills. You can take your minor at HZ or at another university of applied sciences in the Netherlands or abroad. View the full range of HZ minors here.

Internship

During your internship, you will put your knowledge into practice. You will spend six months working with a company or organisation of your choice. This can be either in the Netherlands or abroad.

In your final year, you will specialise in Supply Chain Management and complete your degree with a final-year research project at an internship of your choice.

Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management is about the smart coordination of the entire logistics chain: from planning to delivery to the customer. For goods, this involves, for example, procurement, production, storage and transport. For services, it involves the planning of people, information and resources. You will learn how to organise this as efficiently as possible.

Graduation

Before graduating, you will enter an internship at a company or organisation where you will carry out a final-year research project. During your research, you will analyse a logistics problem and investigate a smart solution.

A few examples of recent final-year research projects include research into how a company can use AI to serve customers more quickly, advice on the layout of a port terminal, and research into reducing waiting lists in the healthcare sector.

In the Netherlands, the standard of higher education is maintained through an accreditation system that ensures legal regulation and quality assurance. All programmes at HZ University of Applied Sciences are examined and approved by the accreditor, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). This means that they meet the quality requirements for accredited higher education set by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, ensuring that you are always choosing a programme of high standard.