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.

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
PM 102	Procurement & Supply Chain process		30		-		30		45		3
EC 104	Introduction to Macro Economics		30		-		30		45		3
BA 220	Introduction to Financial Management		45		15		15		60		4
EC 101	Introduction to Micro Economics		30		15		15		45		3
CS 101	Computer Application and Systems		30		15		15		45		3
BA 107	Principles of Marketing		30		-		30		45		3
	Semester load										19
Year One, Semester Two (6 cores)
Code	Course name	LH		PH		TH		CH		CU
HR 102	Principles of Human Resource Management	30		-		30		45		3
PM 106	Supply Chain Management Principles & Practices	30		-		30		45		3
BA 104	Business Communication	30		-		30		45		3
PM 101	Inventory and Warehouse management	30		-		30		45		3
PM 200	Risk Management in Supply Chains	30		-		30		45		3
BA 112	Principles of Resource Mobilisation	30		-		30		45		3
	Semester load									18
Year one, recess term
TM 100	Community Engagement I	-		150		-		75		5
	Recess term load									5
Year Two, Semester One (5 cores)
Code	Course Name	LH		PH		TH		CH		CU
PM 201	International Procurement	30		-		30		45		3
PM 208	Logistics Management	30		-		30		45		3
PM 209	Supply Chain Records Management	30		-		30		45		3
PM 211	Procurement & Supplies Law	45		15		15		60		4
TM 201	Research Methods	30		15		15		45		3
	Semester load									16
Year Two, Semester Two (5 cores)
Code	Course Name	LH		PH		TH		CH		CU
BA 221	Entrepreneurship Development	45		-		30		60		4
PM 206	E-Procurement Applications	45		15		15		60		4
PM 210	Procurement Audits and Investigations	45		15		15		60		4
PM 207	Managing supply chain Relationships	45		15		15		60		4
PM 220	Procurement Business Negotiation & Asset Disposal	45		15		15		60		4
TM 202	Diploma Project (Research Paper)	-		120		-		60		4
	Semester load									24

The minimum graduation load for Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management = 78