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BSc (Hons)

Building Surveying

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

K230

Delivery

Campus taught

Foundation entry

Develop the analytical and intellectual skills you’ll need for a successful career in Building Surveying. Step outside of the classroom and gain hands-on, real-world industry experience.

Our stimulating, problem-solving approach engages you with the whole building surveying process. You’ll spend time out and about in the local environment and on construction sites.

Assessment of your work is balanced between the academic requirements of a degree and the practical nature of your chosen career. Rather than writing academic essays, you’ll be producing reports and projects based on real-life scenarios.

The course is delivered flexibly, including part-time delivery just one day per week, allowing you to study whilst in employment.

There’s an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry for full-time students between Year 2 and Year 3.

Why study with us

Our Building courses are ranked joint top in the UK for career prospects with 100% (Complete University Guide 2023), whilst also ranked 6th in the UK for overall satisfaction (National Student Survey 2022).
Our graduates are highly regarded and have secured employment with large organisations such as BAE Systems.
Study with students on the construction project management, facilities management and quantity surveying degrees, for valuable knowledge sharing.

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What you'll do

Work on live, real-world projects with commercial partners in our new Engineering Innovation Centre’s state-of-the-art facilities.
Learn from our lecturers who have practical experience and maintain close links to the profession and industry. Many are RICS Assessors.
Identify, analyse, evaluate and solve problems associated with the technological, economic and legal issues encountered in building surveying.

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Module overview

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Accreditations

This course has been accredited by the RICS, the globally recognised professional body which promotes the highest international standards in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. Accreditation can lead to high level career opportunities in large organisations and private practice.
This course has been accredited by the CIOB, the globally recognised professional body for construction and leadership. Accreditation can lead to high level career opportunities in large organisations and private practice.

Future Careers

Our Building Surveying graduates have secured employment with large organisations such as BAE Systems, Eric Wright Construction and EC Harris.

Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

During your studies with us you’ll benefit from our new £35 million EIC building which provides an integrated teaching space in state-of-the-art facilities.

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Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£9250 per year

Sandwich year£1000 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14250 per year

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

Sandwich year£1,385 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Sandwich year£2,000 for the sandwich year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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A three-year degree qualification typically comprises 360 credits and each 20 credits (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study.

Modules comprise a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study.

Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your module choices.

Assessment of your work is balanced between the academic requirement of a degree and the practical nature of the profession. Reports and projects based on real-life scenarios rather than academic essays, along with individual and group presentations, laboratory experiments and examinations.

We’ll take you out into the local environment and on construction sites to gain valuable exposure to the workplace. Expect plenty of team building activities to help you acquire the skills to develop successful working relationships.

We’re committed to delivering academic learning of the highest quality, helping you to stretch your mind and fulfil your university ambitions.

This model of teaching delivery enables subject experts to share their knowledge and experience across degree programmes, enhancing your student experience.

For example, the specific building surveying content of the degree is delivered by five Chartered Building Surveyors with substantial experience in both academia and practice.

The professional knowledge and expertise of the staff delivering the programme is reflected in the coursework undertaken by students. It’s often based on real-life projects and case studies. That enables you to use a problem-based learning approach to achieve the specific learning outcomes of the course.

Staff have active research interests in conservation, regeneration, project management, sustainability and construction law. These interests are incorporated into the delivery of the degree.