Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Quantity Surveying and Construction

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and Construction trains the construction industry’s cost and contract professionals: measurement and estimating, construction technology, contract law and administration, procurement, project and financial management, and the economics of building, with an optional placement year recorded in the source structure.

The teaching is resolutely practical — students measure real drawings, build cost plans, price work packages and administer contract scenarios — because the profession is judged on accuracy and commercial judgement rather than design flair, and employers expect graduates to be useful on site or in a commercial office quickly.

For families prioritising employment certainty over prestige, this is arguably the strongest recommendation in the entire undergraduate sheet: construction cost professionals are perpetually short in the UK, the Gulf and India, chartered status transforms earnings within a few years, and the optional placement recorded in the source structure lets students bank site experience without extending beyond four years. September entries run across the three recorded cycles at the £16,800 fee, and no portfolio or interview is required for admission.

Professional accreditation is the course’s key value point and should be confirmed current with DMU: RICS-accredited study shortens the route to chartered status, which is the qualification that transforms a quantity surveyor’s earnings and mobility, in the UK and across the Gulf and Indian construction markets.

Entry pay of £24,000–£28,000 rises quickly with chartership, and demand persists through construction cycles because cost control matters most when budgets tighten. The completed honours degree qualifies for the Graduate Route at the 18-month post-January-2027 length, with dependants excluded on taught undergraduate study.