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Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM)

This programme is designed to offer professional training in various aspects of procurement and supply chain management and to produce highly skilled graduates with best practices in the industry. It enable students to explore procurement in relation with other functions of business organizations as well as apply relevant skills and knowledge to solve procurement and supply chain management tactical and operational challenges both in public and private institutions. 

Career Options

It is useful for diploma level entrants who want to make a career in procurement, employees and executives of private sector and NGO sector that engage in direct or indirect supply of goods, services and also appropriate for those with experience in other aspects of business that wish to acquire a closer understanding of the procurement discipline.

Admission Requirements

Candidates will be admitted on this programme through the following schemes;

Direct Entry

  1. Under this provision, a candidate must have at least one principal pass and two subsidiary passes attained at the same sitting of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) – or its equivalent.
  2. The Candidate must as well have at least 5 passes in the same sitting of Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent

Certificate Entry Scheme

The candidate must have at least three passes obtained at the same sitting of Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent as well as a Certificate in any course from an institution recognised by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) – or an equivalent accreditation body.

Programme Options

This is a two-year programme delivered through tutorials. The course reflects the need for co-operation between the academic and practitioners in the field of logistics. It combines academic theory with practice so that it develops the participant’s logistics competencies, which can in turn be transferred to the workplace.

The following Curriculum Matrix/ Structure summarizes the layout of the courses which will be offered to all students pursuing a Diploma in procurement and Supply chain Management of Uganda Technology and Management University.


Year One, Semester One (6 cores)

Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

BBA 1106

Communication Skills

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2103

Financial Management

45

15

15

60

3

BEC 1100

Microeconomics I

30

15

15

45

3

BHR 1100

Principles of Human Resource Management

30

-

30

45

4

BPS 1103 

Fundamentals of Procurement and Supply Chain

30

-

30

45

3

CSC 1101

Computer Application and Systems

30

15

15

45

3

 

Semester load

 

 

 

 

19

Year One, Semester Two (6 cores)

Code

Course name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

BBA 1204

Principles of Marketing

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 1202

Macroeconomics I

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 1200

 

Supply Chain Management Principles & Practices

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 1201

Inventory and Warehouse management

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 1202

Risk Management in Supply Chains

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 1203

Principles of Resource Mobilisation

30

-

30

45

3

 

Semester load

 

 

 

 

18

Year one, recess term

COE 1300

Community Engagement I

-

150

-

75

5

 

Recess term load

 

 

 

 

5

Year Two, Semester One (5 cores)

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

BPS 2100

International Procurement

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 2101

Logistics Management

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 2102

Supply Chain Records Management

30

-

30

45

3

BPS 2103

Procurement & Supplies Law

45

15

15

60

4

RMS 2201

Research Methods

30

15

15

45

3

 

Semester load

 

 

 

 

16

Year Two, Semester Two (5 cores)

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

BBA 2201

Entrepreneurship Development

45

-

30

60

4

BPS 2200

E-Procurement Applications

45

15

15

60

4

BPS 2201

Procurement Audits and Investigations

45

15

15

60

4

BPS 2202

Managing supply chain Relationships

45

15

15

60

4

BPS 2203

Procurement Business Negotiation & Asset Disposal

45

15

15

60

4

DPR 2201

Diploma Project

-

120

-

60

4

 

Semester load

 

 

 

 

24

The minimum graduation load for Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management = 82

Fees per semester

Fees per semester Functional Fees Application Fees
600,000 UGX 250,000 UGX 50,000 UGX

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