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MSc Quantity Surveying

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MSc 12 months full-time (September start), 16 months full-time (January start), 24 months part-time (September start), 28 months part-time (January start)

Course Description

Work towards being a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with this RICS-accredited Master’s course. You’ll build your skills in efficient construction, law and financial management, while proving you meet a globally recognised standard in quantity surveying.

You’ll be studying with an academic team of experts drawn from the breadth of the construction industry, in a university that’s been delivering courses to the property sector for over 50 years. Our Professional Advisory Board, chaired by a past president of RICS, keeps your learning relevant to the needs and best practices of the industry.

As a successful graduate, you’ll be set to follow many of our past students into senior positions in the construction industry, with all the professional knowledge and confidence you need to build a career of your own.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications or experience

  • A good honours degree or equivalent academic qualification in a technical or analytical discipline.
  • Exceptionally, applicants from non-technical/analytical disciplines but with proven and substantiated experience in the property or construction fields will be considered.

English language requirements

  • English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

If you meet our criteria, you could get a £3000 tuition fees discount – visit website for details

Student Destinations

As a successful graduate of this course, you’ll have a RICS-recognised postgraduate qualification in quantity surveying on your CV, proving your expertise in the sector. This puts you on the path to chartership as a quantity surveyor, opening the way to careers in the construction and built environment sector.

You’ll also have the interdisciplinary management skills, in areas like research, communication and flexibility, that careers in land and property are seeking.

Graduates have gone on to work with companies, including:

  • CB Richard Ellis
  • Davis Langdon, AECOM
  • Faithful+Gould
  • Gardiner & Theobald
  • Gleeds
  • Transport for London
  • Turner & Townsend
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Skanska
  • Local authorities, such as Portsmouth City Council, and bodies such as Housing Associations, the NHS, Ministry of Defence

Module Details

All modules on this MSc Quantity Surveying are core.

  • Construction Law, Contracts and Dispute Resolution – 20 credits
  • Construction Management and Safety – 20 credits
  • Construction Technology – 20 credits
  • Measurement and Tendering – 20 credits
  • Precontract and Postcontract Quantity Surveying Practice – 20 credits
  • Development Design Project – 20 credits
  • Dissertation – 60 credits

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