Quantity surveyors manage financial aspects of construction, applying cost engineering to realise value, meet budgets and reach deadlines. If you’re looking for a career where you can influence exciting new developments in our cities, our triple-accredited BSc Quantity Surveying degree course is a route to exciting career prospects, both in the UK and overseas.

Providing a pathway to professional status, our Quantity Surveying course will advance your financial, technical and managerial construction related knowledge. Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES), you’ll be educated to the highest professional standards.

With a focus on your future employability and getting you industry-ready, you will develop a broad spectrum of finance, management, and team working skills. Guided by industry-experienced academic staff, you will study a range of modules that are designed to develop your professional, technical and interpersonal skills, so you are ready to build a rewarding career in the built environment sector when you graduate.

You will:

Study the role of the contemporary quantity surveyor, and gain a critical awareness of the construction lifecycle

Examine construction law and the commercial practices that affect the use, management and development of land

Develop an understanding of the interactions between a building and its internal and external environments

Learn how effective planning and resource management can impact on a project and its supply chain

Explore how risk and value management techniques can optimise whole life cost solutions

Benefit from field visits and real-world projects with our established built environment industry partnerships

Course delivery

Delivered part-time over five years, our BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree is carefully designed to include modules that combine theoretical knowledge with the practical development of professional skills and competencies.

In year one, you’ll explore topics including laws and regulations in the construction and property industry, as you progress to year two, you’ll expand your understanding of the full construction process and may complete an industry placement year. By the final year, you’ll explore advanced modules and complete a research dissertation.