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Architecture and the Built Environment
BSc(Hons) Construction Project Management (with Foundation Year)
BSc(Hons) Construction Project Management (with Foundation Year)

BSc(Hons) Construction Project Management (with Foundation Year)

  • ID:UWE440392
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English requirements

  • IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
 

Course Information

Why study construction project management

  • The urgent need to support economic development in the south west and the UK generally is increasing the number of large construction and infrastructure projects requiring development.
  • There is growing demand for professionals who understand the business aspects of running a company, building technology and the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) used in the project management of construction.

Why UWE Bristol

  • This course will teach you to effectively manage the construction process to meet client needs within external constraints. Study the principles of economics, business, law, building information modelling (BIM), building design and science, and construction technology and management.
  • Apply your knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios in a work-based research project or dissertation on a specific topic of interest.
  • Our construction partner employers provide industry knowledge, placements and recruitment advice to improve your employability on graduation. You'll get to work in teams across professional disciplines in a way that reflects industry practice.
  • Discover new techniques and approaches on site visits and field trips. Test your skills on a placement, which may qualify as part of the professional development required to achieve Chartered status.

Where can it take me

  • On graduation, you could work for UK or global construction organisations concerned with the management and business of developing and constructing buildings and other infrastructure.
  • You'll have opportunities to work in project management, quantity surveying, property development, facilities and asset management.

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Content

Year zero (foundation year)

You will study:

  • Building a Professional
  • Built Environment Futures
  • Context of Design and development
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Foundation Year project.

You normally need to pass your foundation year before going into year one.

Year one

You will study:

  • Law, Economics and Management
  • Construction Technology and Services
  • Environmental Physics and Materials
  • Principles of Sustainable Design.

Year two

You will study:

  • Construction Technology and Building Services
  • Project Management Tools and Techniques
  • Procurement and Contract Practice
  • Site Management
  • Professional Practice for the Built Environment.

Placement year (if applicable)

If you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work placement after Year two.

You'll complete the Workbased Research Project module. 

See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.

Final year

You will study:

  • People and Financial Management
  • Technological Innovation and Life Cycles 
  • Strategic and Operational Management
  • Collaborative Practice
  • Dissertation.
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The demand for our graduates means you'll have a good choice of employment. The combination of design, technology, building, law and management subjects will also prepare you for industry or postgraduate study.

Recent graduates have gone into positions as construction managers, planning managers, site engineers or project managers with firms such as Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Kier Group. Some have set up successful businesses.

Others have branched out into fields such as personnel management, marketing and financial management.

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Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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