Entry requirements
A level
To include English (or a written subject requiring the use of English). Maths or a science subject is required at GCSE grade 5/C or above if not held at A Level.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass 60 credits to include 45 at Level 3 at grade Merit in Construction or a related discipline.
HNC (BTEC)
Relevant HNC may be considered for entry
HND (BTEC)
Relevant HND may be considered for entry
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
To include Higher Level English (or a written subject requiring the use of English). Maths is required at Standard Level grade 4 or above if not held at Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
To include English (or a written subject requiring the use of English). Maths or a science subject is required at grade O3 or above if not held at Higher.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Preferably to be held in Construction/Built Environment or a related discipline.
Accepted
Scottish HNC
Relevant HNC may be considered for entry
Scottish HND
Relevant HND may be considered for entry
Scottish Higher
To include English (or a written subject requiring the use of English). Maths or a science subject is required at National 5 grade C or above if not held at Higher.
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About this course
Surveying is a diverse, rewarding and well-paid career choice that enables you to shape the world that we live in.
Building Surveying is concerned with the maintenance, adaption and repair of buildings. Building surveying also involves providing clients with strategic property advice in order to ensure that built assets contribute appropriately to business success. By selecting this route, you will gain an in-depth understanding of how buildings function by working at the point of interaction between materials, the environment and people. You will also develop the skills required to prepare scheme designs, programmes for completion and specification of works.
Quantity Surveying is the provision of advice and services associated with procurement, value and cost, contract administration and project management. Quantity Surveyors are focused upon providing clients with value for money. They work on projects, from inception to demolition, across a wide range of schemes, including those in building, civil engineering, heavy and offshore engineering and the oil and petrochemical industries.
A distinctive feature of this surveying degree is our common first year, which allows you the flexibility to experience both building and quantity surveying based modules. You will then decide which of these two disciplines you wish to pursue throughout the remainder of your studies.
The course is accredited by the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), thereby allowing you to follow a future career path as a professional Chartered Surveyor in either Building or Quantity Surveying.
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?Want to take a degree that is definitely in demand? Try building! We're short of graduates in this area, so most graduates get jobs quickly. Building graduates make excellent surveyors, and that's currently one of the jobs that employers find hardest to fill, so there are great opportunities available of you want to try your hand at a surveying career. Building graduates also go into jobs in site and project management and other high skilled parts of the construction industry. There are jobs to be had in most parts of the country, so if you're technically-inclined and want to work somewhere specific, it might be worth considering this as an option. Building graduates are more likely than most to start their career with an employer who gave them work experience, so it’s particularly worth trying to secure links with industry if you take this degree.
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