
BSc in Building Surveying
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* only for home students. We will continue to accept applications from international students after the 25th of January
** UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £15,800 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
In this course, you'll gain detailed knowledge of building maintenance, care, conservation and structure, reflecting the work of a building surveyor. You'll study the business and legal aspects of property and construction. You'll learn how to advise clients of legal and financial implications resulting from the condition of buildings.
You'll examine building designs, poor, good and/or sustainable. You'll use sketching and computer-aided design packages. You'll also examine reasons for constructions and buildings failing, which is a key knowledge base for chartered building surveyors. A major group project and an independent research project will give you the opportunity to showcase your learning.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston is actively involved in the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and can help you in the process of qualifying as a chartered surveyor.
- You can choose a year's work placement. This will put invaluable experience on your CV and give your career a head start.
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and is pending accreditation by the Chartered Institution of Building (CIOB).
Becoming a chartered surveyor
The most popular route is:
- complete a degree accredited by the RICS, such as this degree at Kingston University; and then
- successfully complete structured training, which ends in an assessment of your competence to practise (Assessment of Professional Competence (APC)).
We are actively involved in APC, including preparation courses, and several staff members are RICS assessors. This means that Kingston University can help you from the start of your undergraduate degree right through to your registration as a chartered surveyor.
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Curriculum
What you will study
You'll study the business and legal aspects of the property and construction industries. You'll learn how to advise clients of legal and financial implications resulting from the condition of buildings. The sustainable building design is also key to this course.
You'll also develop and practice skills for your future career, including presenting yourself; working in teams; writing reports; debating current topics; applying IT to your discipline; and initiating and executing research projects.
Year 1
Year 1 explores design. You'll examine what makes a building well or poorly designed. You'll use both sketching and computer-aided design packages. You'll study the design process, the relationship of buildings to the environment and the need for design innovation and sustainability.
Core modules
- Engineering Design and Professional Practice
- Structures, Materials and Construction Methods
- Applied Mathematics and Computing Applications
- Construction Management and Site Investigation
Year 2
Year 2 examines construction – how and why buildings fall apart. This is a key component of the knowledge base for chartered building surveyors. In the Building Maintenance and Management module, you will learn how to keep buildings in use.
Core modules
- CAD and Building Science
- Commercial Construction Technology
- Contract Administration
- Building Maintenance & Management
Year 3/4
Year 3 includes workshops and a residential study trip. It culminates in a major group project, along with an independent research project. You will have the opportunity to combine and present all your learning from the course.
Core modules
- Building Design and Application
- Professional Practice in Context
- The Existing Built Environment
- Individual Project
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Degree apprenticeships
Kingston University is an active member of the Civil Engineering Design Degree Apprenticeship Group, led and managed by Technical Apprenticeship Consortium. Currently, this consortium includes a group of large multi-national consulting companies as well as contractors and local governmental bodies with a number of regional educational providers.
The prime function of this Consortium is to define a partnership model through which employers and universities can deliver successful apprenticeship degree programme which integrates Bachelor of Engineering (BEng).
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Career Opportunities
You'll graduate ready to begin your career in building surveying – a varied and challenging profession with good starting salaries and opportunities for progression and travel.
Examples of recent graduate destinations
Types of jobs
- Building control surveyor
- Building surveyor
- Architectural designer
- BIM manager
- Assistant quantity surveyor
- Facilities management
- Party wall surveyor
- Operations Analyst
- Project manager
- Quantity surveyor
Employers
- Faithful & Gould
- Turner & Townsend
- Malcolm Hollis
- Arcadis
- Potter Raper Partnership
- Atkins
- Savills
- Countrywide Surveyors
- Osborne
- NHBC
- The Royal Household
- Historic Royal Palaces
- Allen Build Ltd.
- Bartholomewes Property Management
- Shaw and Co Chartered Surveyors
- Dron & Wright
- Loop Construction
- Bromley Council
- ENGIE
- Eton College
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Program Admission Requirements
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