Logistics Engineering Selected into First Batch of National Pilot Programs

On March 31, the National Advisory Committee of College Logistics Management and Engineering Majors announced the first batch of pilot programs that fostered new liberal arts education.The Logistics Engineering program at the College of Management and Economics (CoME) was one of the first 49 pilot programs, also one of the two majors from Tianjin.

The new liberal arts education aims to cultivate application-oriented inter-disciplinary talents. Founded in 2004, CoME's Logistics Engineering program is among the nation’s pathfinders in enterprise logistics study. After nearly 17 years of development, the program has gained wide recognition by domestic and international peers and ranked first in the field of logistics in China for many years.

To implement the new arts education, the program will focus on six research areas, namely, theoretical research and practice, model innovation and application, talent cultivation reform, research on key areas, faculty development and characteristic quality culture cultivation. It will further promote specialty optimization, curriculum quality improvement and model innovation and strive to cultivate professionals who have mastered a wide range of basic knowledge and broad international vision in the field of intelligent supply chain and operation management.

By the College of Management and Economics

Editor: Yang Fan & Eva Yin