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Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management (with Foundation Year)

Entry requirements


A level

C,C

64 UCAS points

Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)

MM

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MMP

UCAS Tariff

64

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time including foundation year | 2024

Subjects

Quantity surveying

Facilities management

With the demanding and growing need for the surveying and its importance for construction it has become more than a necessity these days. Surveying involves the precise measurement of spatial data - information that's crucial to a huge range of construction projects, on land and offshore.

This programme will provide an internationally competitive education, and to prepare you for a professional career, by providing in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in quantity surveying and commercial management.

The programme will enable you to use engineering skills to improve many aspects of surveying and all related construction areas. Even the core focus is on quantity surveying and commercial management, you will also be acquiring a good platform for working in all construction industry.

The programme offers different range of core and optional modules, enabling you to experience the real world and effectively connect your university experience with the industry.

The extended foundation year course is perfect if you want a degree in quantity surveying but don't have the standard entry requirements.

Modules

Year 1: Mental Wealth: Professional Life (Core), Construction Technology (Core), Land and Construction Surveying (Core), Analytical Skills in Built Environment (Core), The Built Environment (Core), Building Science and Materials (Core)

Year 2: Mental Wealth: Professional Life (Core), Contract Procedures (Core), Introduction to Building Measurement (Core), Construction Planning and Production (Core), Tendering, Estimating and Cost Control (Core), Economics of property and construction (Core), Optional Placement (Optional)

Year 3: Mental Wealth: Professional Life (Core), Capstone Project (Core), Project Management (Core), Commercial and Value Management (Core), Quantity Surveying Practice (Core)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Assessment methods

Our assessment covers different methods to enable our students to have the best understating of the subject area. Different project reports, coursework, individual and group presentation and exams are combination methods which we use to make sure our students get the best out of the course.

Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£14,580
per year
International
£14,580
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Docklands Campus

Department:

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE)

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

75%
Quantity surveying

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

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Teaching and learning

67%
Staff make the subject interesting
75%
Staff are good at explaining things
75%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
75%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

58%
Library resources
67%
IT resources
67%
Course specific equipment and facilities
33%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

98%
UK students
2%
International students
82%
Male students
18%
Female students
74%
2:1 or above
23%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
E
C

Management studies

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

81%
UK students
19%
International students
65%
Male students
35%
Female students
73%
2:1 or above
24%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
E
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Building

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

88%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

32%
Draughtspersons and related architectural technicians
15%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
6%
Architects, town planners and surveyors

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.

Management studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£21,000
med
Average annual salary
88%
low
Employed or in further education
45%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

15%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
10%
Public services and other associate professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

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The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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£24k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

Management studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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£20k

£22k

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£26k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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