Quantity 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, and you’ll be given every opportunity to take your ideas out of the department and put them into practice in the world around you. Built environment students also have project space and dedicated areas for group and individual study, equipped with work stations with large screens to help you tackle your assignments comfortably whether you’re working alone or on a group project. 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. You will learn from a range of qualified professionals with relevant knowledge and experience in both practice and academia. Staff research and professional expertise informs teaching to create a research-rich, practice-based environment which will develop your critical abilities, problem solving skills and lay a foundation for continued self-improvement. In addition, we have established strong links with the sector over the years. Industry partners such as Nexus, Elliott Associates and EC Harris give you the opportunity to put your skills into practice on live projects, which they help to assess. Our knowledge of industry practice, coupled with subject benchmarking, mean the design and content of the programme continually evolves in line with professional requirements and sector developments.

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

Northumbria degrees are designed to make you as employable as possible. From academic theory to real world application, paid placements to guest lecturers, the BSc Quantity Surveying has been specifically designed to ensure you gain the professional and transferable 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 the RICS, the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM), and the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES). On completion you will be eligible for graduate membership, the first step to becoming a fully qualified chartered surveyor. There’s a faculty employer fayre to connect employers with students and promote placement and graduate vacancies and you will also have access to the ‘Hatchery’ that helps budding entrepreneurs start up their own business. The course includes an optional work placement. This year in industry counts as one of the two years in professional practice that you need to become fully chartered.