Quantity Surveying - MSc

Why study this course?

There’s an increasing demand for skilled construction professionals both in the UK and internationally. This course will provide you with the know-how to effectively add value to projects across the globe. Through authentic learning and assessment, you’ll become an expert quantity surveyor and commercial manager, well-versed in the newest surveying technologies and techniques. You’ll play a crucial part in creating and maintaining a sustainable built environment.

First-class financial management is crucial in the running of all construction projects. On this course, you’ll develop the necessary communication and technical skills needed to lead the project team towards achieving the client’s financial goals. You’ll be able to confidently work through a variety of scenarios, considering matters around culture and nationality and the impact that these matters might have on the industry.

Throughout your studies, you’ll take part in authentic industry-style projects, introducing you to the principles behind quantity surveying practice. Throughout, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with industry standard technologies, enhancing your employability skills, allowing you to contribute to the built environment as a next generation science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professional.

You’ll gain first-hand experience of the challenges and opportunities a career within construction has to offer as you visit live construction projects, engage in industry inspired assignments and work creatively towards producing authentic solutions. Our industry links are involved in our curriculum design, career education and guidance provision, working alongside our team of leading academics and practitioners.

What’s more, you’ll have the opportunity to study at our vibrant Holloway campus, located within a short tube ride of the City and West End. Both areas are brimming with excitement, opportunities, and rich cultural experiences.

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Our School of the Built Environment is committed to developing you into a capable, work-ready graduate. We’ll ensure that you have the opportunity to cultivate the types of occupational skills that employers are looking for. In fact, our curriculum has been strategically embedded with career development skills to set you apart from the competition. On this course, you’ll get to grips with the design, planning, financing, and construction of places where humans live, work, travel and play.

If you value a varied and challenging role, where no two days are the same, then a career as a quantity surveyor or commercial manager would be perfect for you. One day, you could be reporting on project cost breakdowns to clients, another day could be dealing with legal matters or awarding packages of work. You could work on a variety of project types, from smaller scale specialist projects, through to nationally and globally significant infrastructure projects. What’s more, the projects you’ve worked on will make a vital contribution towards our low carbon future.

This course will provide you with the chance to engage with real industry professionals, from practising surveyors and commercial managers to project managers – not to mention, being able to receive expert advice from your course academics and practitioners. There will be chances for you to take part in exciting extra-curricular activities., including a range of internal and external online events, industry and professional body CPD events, and network opportunities that will be made available to students.

Our Holloway campus is located in London, meaning that you’ll have access to some of the most influentially renown projects, both nationally and internationally. This includes High Speed 2 and Thames Tideway. In addition, you’ll have access to some of the world’s biggest developers, industry professional bodies and contractors.

Through engaging in exciting site visits, fieldwork and guest talks, we’ll ensure that you’re at the forefront of this dynamic and forward-thinking industry.