Building Surveying BSc (Hons)

Northumbria University

Bachelor degree

36 months

Application deadlines: January

Processing time: 30 days

Application fee: £12

Full-time

Intakes: September

International tuition: £15,500

At Northumbria you’ll find the latest technologies to support you in our specialist laboratories and studios. From modelling workshops and a materials lab to prototyping and architecture studios, you’ll have access to a wide range of industry related facilities. Built environment students also benefit from dedicated project space and study areas for group and individual work. The programme team have developed a coherent approach to technology enabled learning (TEL) which includes specialist software and online access to module information, key texts, podcasts and a range of teaching-related materials. Your academic team come from a range of backgrounds, including surveyors, planners, construction professionals, project managers and solicitors. Lecturers balance their teaching and research with external industry-related projects and they use this knowledge to inform your learning. This approach creates a research-rich, practice-based environment which will develop your critical abilities, problem solving skills and lay a firm foundation for a career in the property industry. Our strong links with the sector give you the opportunity to work on live projects as part of your course. We also invite industry professionals to deliver guest lectures and share their experiences.

This program can be done

On campus

Exams:

IELTS

International Foundation Programme OR 1st Year Undergraduate : Certificate of Secondary Education and an acceptable grade from a recognised Foundation programme - Average of 4 in Certificate of Secondary Education and all Bs in Foundation Programme OR First year of Bachelor degree/Bakalvr - minimum GPA 3/Satisfactory

Our degrees are designed to make you as employable as possible. From academic theory to real world application, work placements to guest lecturers, the Building Surveying programme has been influenced and shaped by professional and industry practice to ensure you gain the specific skills and experience that employers are looking for, including time management, communication, research, evaluation, and team-working. The course has been developed to meet the professional requirements of RICS and on completion you will be eligible for graduate membership, the first step to becoming a fully qualified chartered surveyor. The optional placement year gives you the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience in surveying or property related employment. Placement students typically work as trainee surveyors in in either public or private sector organisations in the UK or globally with students previously working in New Zealand and Hong Kong. This year in industry counts as one of the two years in professional practice that you need to become fully chartered.