Quantity Surveying

Why study Quantity Surveying at Liverpool John Moores University?

• Fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

• Opportunity to undertake a year's industrial placement or study abroad

• Opportunity to participate in an exciting international experience abroad

• £6 million investment in developing state-of-the-art teaching facilities

• Stepping stone to a varied career with UK and overseas employment opportunities

• 91% of students surveyed on this course said teaching staff were good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025)

• LJMU ranked 16th in the UK for construction, surveying and planning courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)

• LJMU ranked 8th university in the UK for building degrees (The Times UK University Rankings 2025)

• LJMU ranked 6th university in the UK for land and property management degrees (The Times UK University Rankings 2025)

About your course
The professionally-accredited BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying at Liverpool John Moores University is tailored to meet the needs of employers and offers exciting paid placement opportunities where you can gain invaluable hands-on experience.

This BSc Quantity Surveying course focuses on the factors that affect the procurement and construction of a building or structure over its complete life cycle, with particular emphasis on the economic, legal, financial and managerial considerations of the construction process.

Once you have developed the technical skills required of a quantity surveyor, you will apply them to projects that are based on 'real' construction scenarios. This way of working not only gives you invaluable hands-on practice, it also allows you to develop a variety of transferable skills that will give you a professional edge when you eventually start applying for your first quantity surveying job.

Strong links with industry mean that you will have opportunities to meet quantity surveyors and other professionals working in the construction industry through guest lectures and site visits.

The course also offers a sandwich route which involves a paid placement where you can apply what you have learnt at LJMU out in the workplace. Such experience will enhance both your professional skills development and your CV, boosting your employment prospects after graduation.

Students not undertaking a placement year are registered on the non-Sandwich version of the programme and will have the opportunity of an additional study year abroad following Level 5, providing students with an additional year of study at an approved overseas partner that will complement their programme at LJMU.