The Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management BSc with Foundation year at Westminster prepares you for a career in construction cost management. Accredited by RICS, CIOB, and CABE, it offers industry exposure, practical learning, and placement or study abroad opportunities, ensuring you're job-ready.

The purpose of the Bachelor of Science Honours in Quantity Surveying is to provide students with the necessary professional attributes, project management skills, and Quantity Surveying competencies, which would allow them to successfully fulfill the requirements of registration with the SACQSP as a professional Quantity Surveyor.

If you're considering a career as a quantity surveyor, this accredited degree provides you with the first step. It reflects the technical, economic, legal and managerial expertise required in this industry.

Quantity surveying is the science that delivers specialized financial and contractual services and advice to clients in the building and construction industry, as well as in related industries. The quantity surveyor is an independent and professional consultant who works with architects, consulting engineers, and the building contractor, in order to protect the interests of the client, while at the same time also looking after the interests of the contractor and subcontractors.

The Bachelor of Science (BSc) is a three-year undergraduate degree which enables each student to develop his or her own interests in a science subject (science major) and related subjects. Students have the flexibility to combine their major subject with other science subjects, as well as subjects from other disciplines across the University.

The word Agrimensura originally means to measure and demarcate land. However, the work of the Surveyor Engineer is no longer restricted to agricultural territories, his field of action is very broad.

The program reviews the project management framework in organizations and covers in-depth the tools and techniques used in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and concluding a project to achieve the set goals within schedule and budget targets.

The Bachelor of Science in Surveying [BSc(Surv)] was established in 1988 by the Department of Real Estate and Construction as the first integrated surveying programme in the world. The origins of surveying are the same as those of architecture, engineering, planning and landscape. Those who designed, set-out, organised and oversaw the production of the great pyramids of Egypt, for example, were the prototypical built environmental professionals of today. The surveyors of Ancient Egypt had high social status on account of their almost magical powers.

The surveying and geomatics engineering technology curriculum is based on interdisciplinary content encompassing technology, natural sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, and general studies. The degree has a focus on professional surveying practices, interpreting land records, boundary retracement, geodesy, photogrammetry, environmental engineering, hydraulics, and hydrology.

Our BSc (Hons) Building Surveying course is accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building Engineers (CABE) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) meaning your skills will be of the highest industry standards. You will build your knowledge of legal and regulatory frameworks and how a building interacts with its environment. You’ll study in our state-of-the-art £65 million building with heavy structures labs minutes from Manchester city centre, the UK’s largest property market outside of London. There will be plenty of opportunities to engage with the industry including an optional one-year paid placement.

Want a career in the construction industry? Study our BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree course at Birmingham City University. We are an RICS-approved Partnership Centre, so you can be confident that we’ll prepare you for a flourishing career.

Be a leading figure in the next generation of innovative construction projects. Designed and delivered by a team of experienced professionals, this BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree will prepare you for a successful career calculating and managing costs relating to the built environment. You'll learn to think like an entrepreneur, develop professional business acumen and learn sought after quantity surveying skills. Become a financial and contractual expert in cost and value management, contract law and risk assessment. When you graduate, you'll be prepared to address the social, economic and technical aspects of construction projects of all sizes, anywhere in the world.

The Department of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, starting as the Survey Teaching and Research Section in 2001, was established in 2006. At present, there are surveying and mapping engineering specialty and surveying and mapping engineering (intelligent navigation experimental class). Surveying and Mapping Engineering is a national first-class major construction site, a certified specialty, a featured specialty in Beijing, and a brand specialty in Beijing. There are 21 full-time teachers, including 3 professors, 10 associate professors, and eight lecturers. Among the teachers, one is honored with the title of National Young Talents, and one is the Beijing Young and Middle-aged Backbone Teacher. The faculty members have published more than 20 monographs and textbooks. And one course of the department has been rated as one of the best courses in Beijing. Relying on the three research features of urban mapping, navigation and location services, and health monitoring of super-large special-shaped buildings (structures), the department has undertaken more than 20 national and provincial/ministerial scientific research projects, won more than 10 provincial and ministerial academic awards and 5 provincial and ministerial teaching awards in the past five years. Our students have won more than 50 national, provincial and ministerial awards in academic or skills competitions. Till now we have educated more than 4,000 outstanding graduates for the country and the capital, and they have become the backbone of the capital city construction and management.

The industry-recognised qualification provides academic preparation for a career as a Chartered Surveyor. Building Surveying is a growing, international, professional discipline dealing with the inspection, maintenance and refurbishment of existing buildings.

This is a four year degree program for those who want to gain knowledge in quantity surveying and cost management to pursue a career in industry or continue in graduate studies. The degree is awarded after the successful completion of 125 credit hours of undergraduate work listed in the curriculum below, including compulsory industrial internship and project study courses.