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Quantity Surveying (Taught)

Course details
  • 3 Study options
  • Postgraduate
Course location
Penrhyn Road Campus

Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • You will develop the core competencies required of a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.

  • There is a focus on the EU and UK legal framework relating to construction, sustainable construction technology, and project management.

About this course
Whatever your first degree, this course will help you apply your skills and abilities to the quantity surveying profession. Through project and teamwork, you will develop knowledge and understanding of procurement, construction contracts, construction economics, and cost planning. You will also be trained in research methodology. Through a dissertation (research project), you will be able to focus on an area of interest, gaining valuable research skills. You will develop a range of professional skills to prepare you for your career, including problem solving and organisation, data collation, review and synopsis, time management and computing.

Example modules

  • Design Economics and Cost Planning

  • Applied Sustainable Construction Technology and Measurement

  • Contract Law Administration and Practice

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Career opportunities
Graduates have progressed to roles in organisations such as Mace, Laing O’Rourke, Trabur, Transport for London, Willmott Dixon and Wates.

Modules

Course Modules

Example modules: Design Economics and Cost Planning; Applied Sustainable Construction Technology and Measurement; Contract Law Administration and Practice. For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Professional bodies

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

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

Entry requirements

A 2:2 or above honours degree. This can be in any discipline.
Some experience of working in the industry would also be useful.

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

Our September 2027 postgraduate tuition fees are currently under review. You can view our current cycle fees via the link provided, which will give an indication of expected pricing for the next intake.

Please note that any offer letter issued will confirm the final tuition fee for your chosen course.

We recommend checking this page regularly for the most up-to-date information.

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