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Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management

Course details
  • 3 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Frenchay Campus
Awarded by:
University of the West of England, Bristol

Course summary

Gain a strong start to your professional career with accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES).

Why study quantity surveying and commercial management?
Managing finance and costs effectively is important throughout the building lifecycle, from inception to completion.

As we build new developments and manage existing ones, demand increases for professionals with the knowledge and skills to manage this process.

The building industry needs people with a good understanding of the commercial aspects of development and construction.

Why UWE Bristol?
BSc(Hons) Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management is a degree that reflects the needs of modern industry.

It's accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) putting you on course for full membership.

This course is also available on a full-time or part-time basis so you can boost your career prospects if you're already working in the industry.

Develop your knowledge and a range of skills needed for quantity surveying and commercial management. Learn how to place these in a wider business context.

Get free access to RICS events and workshops promoting best practice. Attend regular presentations from visiting professionals, academics and past students so you stay up-to-date with industry challenges.

Learn about different careers and approaches on day and field trips. Gain valuable skills on your placement, which may count as part of the professional development you need to achieve Chartered status.

Graduate ready to take advantage of new opportunities in the construction, civil engineering and property industries.

Where can it take me?
On graduation, you can go into a choice of careers.

These include professional quantity surveying, commercial management, project and facilities management, value and risk management and procurement management.

Malaysian graduates who have not undergone an industrial placement during their study, will be required to undertake at least six months of work experience supervised by a Consultant QS/Professional QS before they can apply to become a Provisional QS (PVQS) with the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM).

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Chartered Institute of Building
  • Civil Engineering Surveyors, Institution of
  • Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of

How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
B80

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

Course options

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

No specific subjects required. Points from General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of two A-Levels.

T Level

No specific subjects required.

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

Access to HE Diploma

No specific subjects required.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales

We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. This qualification cannot be used to satisfy any subject specific entry requirements.

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

No specific subjects required.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

No specific subjects required.

We recognise the individual nature of each application and our typical offer should be viewed as a guide. UWE Bristol welcomes interest from applicants who may not have the standard entry requirements. We will consider evidence of your relevant personal, professional or educational experience where it demonstrates an ability and potential to succeed on the course. Please include details of any relevant experience in your application. https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/KN21

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At UWE Bristol we are committed to ensuring all applicants can fulfil their potential.

We make contextual offers for this course that are lower than our standard entry criteria.

We use a range of information from your UCAS application to consider your background and experiences as an individual and the impact these may have had on you. You do not need to provide us with any additional information to be considered for a contextual offer.

Learn more on the Bristol, UWE website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

Course options

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

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