Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Program Curriculum

The robust curriculum includes 30 credit hours of core and elective courses. At the end of the program, using simulations, students will have hands-on capstone experience in developing a supply chain strategy integrating procurement, quality, and logistics to achieve superior performance across the supply chain. 

Students with a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management may be eligible to waive two courses from the program based on courses taken in their undergraduate degree. In such cases students will be asked to replace those waived courses with one of the program’s elective courses.

Learn more about the detailed MS program curriculum.

Important rules for students with a business or other relevant background:

• Students with a business or other relevant degree can waive up to a maximum of 9 credit hours if they have taken two relevant undergraduate courses for each masters level course they wish to waive.
• Students wishing to transfer from other masters level programs can waive up to 9 credit hours if the SCM faculty approves their existing coursework to be equivalent to MS in SCM courses.
• MITx Micromasters students can complete the MS in SCM by transferring their micro masters courses for 9 or 12 credit hours, as detailed below.
• SCM 512 can be waived with courses equivalent to SCM 211 Business Statistics and SCM 313 Intro to Business Analytics.
• University of Michigan-Flint’s BBA graduates who may have taken undergraduate versions of cross-listed courses will not be asked to repeat those courses. Instead, they will take a larger number of courses from the electives to complete 21 credit hours.
• Twenty-one (21) is the minimum number of credit hours a student must take for this degree, no matter how many courses they have from prior education.

Review the MS in Supply Chain Management curriculum here.

How to apply to MS in Supply Chain Management?

Admission Requirements

• Admission to the MS in Supply Chain Management program is open to qualified graduates with a bachelor’s degree in the arts, sciences, engineering, or business administration from a regionally accredited institution. 
• Applicants with a three-year bachelor’s degree from an institution outside of the U.S. may be eligible for admission at the University of Michigan-Flint if it is determined through the credential review process that the three-year degree completed is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree.
• University of Michigan will consider a three-year degree from India equivalent to a US bachelor’s degree if the degrees have been earned with a minimum of 60% marks and the awarding institutions have been accredited by India’s National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with a grade of “A” or better.

Application Requirements

To apply to our Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, please submit an online application below. Other materials can be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to the Office of Graduate Programs, 251 Thompson Library.

• Application for Graduate Admission
• $55 application fee (non-refundable)
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. Please read our full transcript policy for more information.
• For any degree completed at a non-US institution, transcripts must be submitted for an internal credential review. Read the following for instructions on how to submit your transcripts for review.
• If English is not your native language, and you are not from an exempt country, you must demonstrate English proficiency.
• Statement of Purpose: a one-page, typed response to the following question: “What are your career objectives and how will an MS in Supply Chain Management contribute to accomplishing these objectives?”
• Résumé, including all professional and educational experience
• Two letters of recommendation (professional and/or academic)
• Students from abroad must submit additional documentation.

This program can be completed 100% online or on-campus with in-person courses. Students living abroad may also complete this program online in their home country. Other nonimmigrant visa holders currently in the United States please contact the Center for Global Engagement at [email protected].

As a new academic degree, this program is not currently accepting applications from international students seeking an F-1 visa. This program will accept applications from international students who are required to have an I-20 as soon as authorization from the Department of Homeland Security is received.

Special Requirement for Citizens of India

Applicants who attended an institution in India where the language of instruction was exclusively English cannot use that method exclusively to meet the English proficiency requirements. Applicants who attended a verified English-medium institution must also submit an approved test score or use one of the other approved methods. Those with a 5.0 IELTS score will be eligible for standard admission and will have no further English proficiency requirement; those with below a 5.0 IELTS score will not be admitted.

*If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and wish to waive this requirement, you may make your case to the director of the SE program. The director, in turn, must make the case to the Dean of Graduate Programs. You must provide sufficient evidence that you have the requisite English proficiency.

**The university reserves the right to require an applicant to provide other evidence of English proficiency if independent sources cannot verify that the language of instruction was exclusively English.

Application Deadlines

• Fall Semester Early Deadline: May 1*
• Fall Semester Final Deadline: Aug. 1
• Winter Semester: Dec.1 
• Summer Semester: April 1 (Domestic students only)

*You must have a complete application by the early May 1 deadline to guarantee application eligibility for scholarships, grants, and research assistantships.

As a new academic degree, this program is not currently accepting applications from international students seeking an F-1 visa. This program will accept applications from international students who are required to have an I-20 as soon as authorization from the Department of Homeland Security is received.