The Study on a Cooperative Education System for Logistics: the Case Study of International Program in Logistics Management Systems in Technology University of Eindhoven

Abstract

Korea needs to build world-class infrastructures that will shape the country into the logistics hub of the Northeast Asia. To achieve the goal, highly skilled and internationalized experts in the area of logistics are required. In Korea, however, there are no education programs that train qualified experts who have not only knowledge in logistics but also industrial and international experiences. This paper introduces a case study on education programs which cultivate such experts. An in-depth analysis was conducted on the global logistics program of Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) in the Netherlands. The global logistics program of TU/e is an international post master program in which several universities as well as famous companies such as Philips, Nokia, etc. are tightly involved. We analyzed the success factors of this program by investigating the roles of university, social community, and industry. Based on these success factors, some suggestions are made for establishing competitive logistics education programs in Korea.clos