Curriculum 

The education Logistics & Economics is divided into two phases. These are the foundation year and the main phase. 

The first year
In the first year the gaining of the propaedeutical skills is the main goal. Subjects such as logistics, commercial and business economics, business administration, general and transport economics, production techniques, law and foreign languages will be offered during the first year. They form the basis of gaining the propaedeutic certificate. You will get to know everything to form a basis for the main phase. 

The second, third and fourth year
During this main phase you will go deeper in the study materials of the first year. In the shape of theme education you will work with small groups making practical assignments of different subjects. Cases are an important and fundamental part of the study materials. For example you will get an assignment to find out how the logistic process of a building material as the end product. It is fundamental for the assignments to have the required skills for market research, commercial economics, logistics and mastery of languages. This is how theory and practice comes together.

The business life requires international-oriented logistic managers, to supply this demand, the third study year is focused on international orientation. You can choose to do your internship abroad for half a year or study abroad, Stenden University has many contacts with universities abroad. This will make it easier for you to find an internship placement abroad. Besides that, Stenden offers, to students from abroad, the chance to study half year in the Netherlands. This means that you will be part of an international class where the main language is English. This will prepare you for the future and you will have valuable qualities for business life.

Also you will round this education off with a graduation assignment which consists of an individual research project you will have to do at a company. It will be the final test of the education.  

Stenden university has exchange partnerships with universities all over the world and welcomes around 100 exchange students each year.
 
If you wish to study at Stenden as an exchange student, you must first ask your own university or higher education institute whether they have an exchange programme with Stenden or check the list with the exchange partners. If so, they should be able to supply you with all the necessary forms and direct you to additional sources of information.
 
If your institute does not have an exchange programme with Stenden, you will not be able to study here as an exchange student. However, you may want to consider applying for admission to one of our international Master's programmes (taught in English) or our international Bachelor's programmes.
 
Furthermore, you can apply for our Study Abroad programme to follow one or two semester at Stenden. For more information on the Study Abroad programme click here.

Courses 2008-2009
Comprehensive list of courses

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Factsheet
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