If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
Building surveying offers an exciting, dynamic profession focused on the physical, functional and economic performance of buildings – new builds, building control, refurbishment work, restorations, maintenance and design.
Fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), our degree aims to equip you with the professional and technical skills and knowledge needed to become a building surveyor.
You may be called on to report and advise on the condition of various property assets, identifying defects and structural problems, designing, specifying and administrating refurbishment projects or interpreting the meaning of 'repairing obligations' in a lease, for example. You could go on to work in private practice, the public sector, building control, property management or the conservation of historic buildings.
Our construction courses share a common first year, allowing you to gain knowledge of the different professional roles and the interdisciplinary nature of the modern construction industry. At the end of the second year, should your interests change, it's possible to switch pathway. You’ll mix with students from across the various pathways, broadening your social circles and networks, and be taught by our professionally qualified lecturers, who will share their experience of working in the property, construction and surveying sectors prior to joining academia.
Our central London location and numerous industry contacts, which include Great Portland Estates, Mace, Lendlease, The Portman Estate and The Crown Estate, enable us to invite practising professionals to give guest lectures and regularly contribute to the course. They provide buildings as case studies for coursework, learning materials (drawings, reports, client briefs etc.) and come into the University to give face-to-face formative feedback on students’ work. We aim to create authentic learning activities to ensure you are business-ready for employment.
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Year 1
Subjects of study include:
Design - Building Design
Design - Digital Literacy
Management - Introduction to the Built Environment
Management - Project, Commercial and Organisational Environment
Technology - Building Science and Structures
Technology - Construction Technology and Services
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
Design - Digital Practice
Management - Project Procurement, Management and Law
Management - Construction Project Based Learning
Technology - Building Surveying Practice
Technology - Fabric and Performance
Technology - Structures Principles
Credit Level 5
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Current Issues in the Built Environment
Management - Professional Practice
Technology - Applied Building Surveying
Technology - Building Pathology
Technology - Care and Adaption of Buildings
Technology - Construction Technology and Innovation
Credit Level 6
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles such as:
Building control surveyor
Conservation surveyor
Dilapidations specialist
Facilities manager
Party wall surveyor
Project manager
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:
Gleeds
JLL
MLM Building Control Limited
Rider Levett Bucknall
TFT
Workman LLP
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
