Master's Degree in Logistics

The Master's Degree in Logistics is a university course that will equip you with the knowledge to be able to design and implement projects and optimise processes for supply chains and logistic operators and work with the INCOTERMS® rules for international trade. The 9-month programme, comprising 60 ECTS, focuses on logistics 4.0 solutions, covering the main industry 4.0 technologies applicable to logistics and e-commerce. The subjects in the master's degree include performance-based logistics, technological innovation and digital transformation, and sustainable development goals.

The innovative programme covers the design thinking and lean start-up methodologies, continuous improvement, SMART inventory management and PMBok.

Official degree issued by Universidad Europea de Madrid

Campus-based

Classes in English or Spanish

Villaviciosa de Odón

9 meses, 60 ECTS

Start: October 2025

School of Architecture, Engineering, Science and Computing - STEAM

Escuela de Sostenibilidad

Why study a Master's Degree in Logistics?

An unique experience

Experience
You will learn about the fundamentals of logistics processes and be able to apply and develop them in any of their different applications.
Career opportunities
You will be trained to meet the requirements of leading companies in the sector.
Syllabus
You will learn the basics of logistics, supply chain and inventory management, as well as about the latest industry trends and innovations, such as performance-based logistics, logistics 4.0, organisational transformation and the United Nations sustainable development goals, applying technology and data analytics to processes.
Expert faculty
Your teachers are active professionals in the sector working in specialised companies.

Who is this official master's degree aimed at?

The Master's Degree in Logistics is suitable for engineers, architects and related professionals.
Graduates in business administration or the social sciences who want to work in logistics or boost their career in the sector.

What will you learn on the official Master’s Degree in Logistics?

The knowledge acquired during the master's degree will give you the techniques and skills needed to implement and manage projects related to logistics. You will also acquire competences that will help you to grow professionally and work in fields such as:

Fleet and transport route optimisation.
Supply chain design optimisation.
Inventory management to guarantee service levels.
Performance-based logistics projects.
The development of industry 4.0 solutions applied to logistics.
Technological innovation and digital transformation programmes.
Managing organisational change.
The development of programmes to meet the United Nations sustainable development goals.
The IoT and business intelligence solutions for supply chains.

Escuela de Sostenibilidad

Are you passionate about the future of our planet? Do you want to become an agent of change and build a more sustainable world? Train at the first Escuela de Sostenibilidad in Spain and turn your passion into your profession. More than just education, an experience.

Innovative and cutting-edge training

Learn from the best professionals in the sector with a realistic, hands-on approach.

Degrees with excellent career opportunities

Gain an internationally recognised qualification that will open doors to the job market.

Committed community

Join a community of students and professionals who are passionate about sustainability.

Real impact

Develop projects and solutions that will make a difference to our planet.

Strategic alliances and industry partners

At Universidad Europea, we have a network of strategic allies and industry partners that drive practical training and enhance the employability of our students.

Our strategic allies represent companies' commitment to working closely with the School on all aspects related to the design and delivery of its programs. In turn, our industry partners are linked to a laboratory or workshop, providing practical activities in areas such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and virtual reality. All of this allows students to apply their knowledge in real-world settings, enhancing their professional preparation.

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Internships

In a company included as part of the master’s programme.

4.0

Technology

Learn about Industry 4.0 solutions applied to logistics.

Modules

Tackling all the challenges facing the sector: technological innovation, digital transformation and sustainability.

Testimonials

With the help of leading experts in the sector, you will not only gain a full understanding of logistics processes, you will also learn how to develop disruptive Industry 4.0 business models in logistics companies.

Adriana Molero Alonso, Ph.D.

Master’s degree course director

Course programme

Course programme structure

Subject	ECTS	Type	Language in which module is taught
Logistics and Transport	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Supply Chains	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Inventory Management	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Performance Based Logistics	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Logistics and Industry 4.0 solutions	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Industry 4.0 Implementation Projects	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Logistics and the Sustainable Development Goals	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Internships	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)
Master's Dissertation	6	COMPULSORY	Spanish (es)

Course calendar

2021/2022

Places for new students

80 places.

Professional internships

Develop your personal and leadership skills at the European University

Company internships are central to your postgraduate training. Gaining experience linked to what you learn on your course is the best gateway into the job market and making the most of your university experience. There are two types of internship: curricular (included in your course programme) and extracurricular (which you can do on a voluntary basis).
You will be able to access internships in companies from day one. Internships are monitored by the company and your academic supervisor, with interim and final assessment reports.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

CON01 - Describe the general fundamentals of logistics, demand planning and management and the supply chain in general.
CON02 - Define the principles governing strategic inventory management, including resource planning and scheduling.
CON03 - Integrate the sustainable development goals to logistics processes, in particular circular logistics.
CON04 - Identify the phases of a technological innovation project geared towards the logistics industry.

Competencies

CP01 - Ability to calculate, forecast, plan over time and manage inventories, including from a financial point of view.
CP02 - Ability to design, analyse and evaluate all kinds of logistics networks, including capillary, international and reverse networks.
CP03 - Ability to design and organise supply chains to meet specific goals.
CP04 - Ability to manage supplier chains to meet specific goals, including from a financial point of view.
CP05 - Ability to identify, write down and write off obsolete inventory.
CP06 - Ability to define and evaluate the requirements that support systems should satisfy in order to meet specific goals.
CP07 - Ability to identify, select and implement Industry 4.0 solutions to meet specific goals.
CP08 - Ability to create and design specific innovation strategies to transform the logistics industry.
CP09 - Ability to manage all phases of an innovation project geared towards the logistics industry.
CP10 - Ability to select, implement and evaluate UN Sustainable Development Goals for logistics.
CP11 - Ability to manage all costs and financial issues related to logistics operations, including innovation projects.
CP12 - Ability to practically apply and integrate the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the master's degree in relation to a business activity linked to logistics.
CP13 - Ability to individually prepare, present and defend an original final project in a public setting before an academic panel, bringing together the skills acquired over the course of the degree.
CP14 - Demonstrate ethical conduct and social commitment at work, as well as awareness of inequality and diversity.

Skills

HAB01 - Design logistics networks including transport and reverse logistics networks.
HAB02 - Propose improvements and best practices in the planning and execution of supply chains and inventory management.
HAB03 - Evaluate performance-based logistics plans, establishing plans for improvement.
HAB04 - Develop strategies for innovation and implementing Industry 4.0 solutions.
HAB05 - Develop logistics and business transformation projects.
HAB06 - Apply Industry 4.0 tools and technologically innovative solutions to logistics.

Employability

Career opportunities

The skills and knowledge acquired on this course will qualify you for leadership roles in high-value technological areas such as:

Procurement director.
Operations manager or director.
Production / plant manager.
Stock control manager.
Import / export manager.
Logistics director.
Warehouse manager.

The pandemic boosted e-commerce turnover in Spain

The sector was already doing well, with turnover up by 23.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019 to 12,493 million euros, according to CNMC data. By 2020, the sector's turnover had increased by 55%.

There will be growing demand for 145 different job profiles in the sector in the decade to 2030

17 of these will be completely new job types, while there will be especially high levels of demand for 30 of these profiles, according to the Basque Mobility and Logistics Cluster.

According to the World Economic Forum, by 2025 the value of logistics operators will have risen to 1.5 trillion euros

The completion of the digital transformation of the sector will add a further 2.4 trillion euros in profits.

Admissions

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Admission exams

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Place reservation

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Enrollment

Submit the required documents to formalise your enrollment.

Scholarships and financial aid

We want to help you. If you want to study at the Universidad Europea, you will have at your disposal a wide selection of own and official scholarships.

Credit recognition and transfers

You don’t have to stick with something you don’t like. That’s why we’ve designed specific plans for credit recognition and transfers.

Request your online credit recognition review, transfer your academic file and start studying at Universidad Europea.

Entry profile and admission requirements

Candidates who have not previously passed a course on production and operations for social science degrees must undertake additional training.

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Faculty

Our teaching staff

Adriana Molero Alonso
Master’s degree course director
Adriana has over 20 years of experience and holds a doctorate in physics from the Complutense University of Madrid and a master's degree in integrated logistics support from the University of Comillas. She began her professional career at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) where she worked on research projects and oceanographic campaigns funded by the European Union. She has published papers and presented the results of her research at national and international scientific conferences.
She was operations officer for the CTBTO nuclear test monitoring network (Vienna, Austria). She currently provides business intelligence services to international organisations while teaching data analytics at various universities, and is course director for the Master's Degree in Logistics at the Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Daniel Latorre Recio
Construction engineer, architect and expert in the management of international R+D+i projects. Development Director at CityLogin Iberia. With more than 10 years of professional experience in operations management, sustainable development and processes departments in the logistics and transport sector.
Roberto Aguado Puebla
Extensive career in the logistics sector, supply chain management, transport and business strategies. Founder of Circular Logistic, a boutique logistics consultancy, for over 20 years he has been helping companies in sectors such as automotive and retail optimize their supply chains for greater efficiency and circularity.
He holds a master's degree in logistics management and supply chain management, and a master's degree in international trade from ESIC.
He currently combines his work as a consultant with teaching as an affiliated lecturer on the Master's Degree in Logistics at the Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Luis Miguel Aparicio Ortega
A computer engineer (UPM) with a diploma in Advanced Logistics Management (CESEDEN), he also holds certifications in PRINCE, PMP, INCOSE, and Lean Six SIGMA Yellow Belt.
Head of logistics management system at ISDEFE, with a team of around 40 working on projects related to digital transformation, the development and maintenance of logistics information systems and consultancy on the NATO cataloguing system. With more than 10 years of experience in universities as an associate lecturer, he currently teaches on the Master's Degree in Logistics at the Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Jesús Manuel Poza Carrasco
With more than 30 years of experience in managing and leading technological and organisational projects, Jesús Poza, PhD, PMP exMBA, TOGAF9© is a senior professional who has worked mainly in the energy industry sector and in IT services consultancy in a range of environments including the public and private sectors and multinational companies.
He has extensive experience in organisational models, innovation, digital transformation, process modelling, and outsourcing strategies.
He is a member of the knowledge reuse research group at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he has researched and produced his doctoral thesis on the use of artificial intelligence techniques in defining the specifications and scope of projects.
Francisco Lozano Blanco
Degree in industrial engineering, specialising in machinery, from the Madrid School of Industrial Engineering (UPM). MBA from The Power MBA.
Professional with more than 10 years of experience as a project engineer and logistics engineer. He is currently Sales and Business Development Director at SIAISA and combines his professional career with teaching at the Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Cristina Álvarez Requena
She holds a doctorate in industrial engineering in the field of environmental technologies from the University of Valladolid. Managing Director of Las Rozas Innova.
With more than 20 years of experience in research, development and technological innovation, she has worked on numerous research projects, including projects to develop registered patents, and has participated in the publication of many scientific articles. She has worked in project and team management and coordination roles.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Madrid IoT Cluster and associate instructor on the Master's Degree in Logistics at the Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Academic quality

As part of its strategy, the University has an internal quality plan whose objective is to promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement, and which allows it to face future challenges with the maximum guarantee of success. In this way, it is committed to promoting the achievement of external recognitions and accreditations, both nationally and internationally; the measurement and analysis of results; simplification in management; and the relationship with the external regulator.

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Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS)

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Monitoring the quality of the degree

Members of the CCT degree quality commission

Deputy Director of Graduate Studies
Degree Coordinator
Program Director
Students
Faculty (TFM Coordinator and Internship Coordinator)
Quality Manager (Academic Quality and Compliance)
Academic Director
Online Tutor (in the case of online degrees)
Evaluation and Learning Manager

Main improvements of the degree

Efficiency rate: 100%.
Student satisfaction with the degree program: 3.5
Satisfaction of professors with the degree: 3.9
Student satisfaction with the teaching staff: 4.8
Satisfaction of the administrative and service staff with the quality of the School's degrees: 3.9

Evaluation process results and RUCT

Process Results

Link to RUCT website

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Regulations

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Student services

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a logistics course cover?

It covers all aspects of logistics including:

Supply chains.
Distribution chains.
Transport methods.
Warehouse management.
Customer service.

What do I need to know to become an operations manager?

An operations manager optimises costs and adds value to the business by leveraging the three key pillars: service, flexibility, and innovation. It requires a global vision and an open mind in order to understand customers’ needs and offer the most suitable services and the solutions that best meet those needs. You also need to have knowledge of marketing and innovation.

Where can I study the Master’s Degree in Logistics?

The Universidad Europea has state-of-the-art facilities on the Villaviciosa de Odón Campus, including the Industrial Robotics and Mechanical and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, the CISCO Networking Academy Lab, the Computer Systems Laboratory and the Control and Automation Engineering Lab.

Why study a Master's Degree in Logistics?

A Master's Degree in Logistics equips you with advanced logistics expertise and strengthens your business management skills, ensuring a competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving industry.