Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview 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. Course highlights
- Learn commercial and business methods to shape and develop construction projects
- Discover the latest industry developments, with teaching informed by the University's Construction Management and Surveying (CMS) Research Group
- Get industry insights and contribute to current debates in lectures led by visiting guest speakers
- See theory in action and get a taste of your future workplace on field trips to construction projects in the UK and Europe
- Develop solutions to industry projects – a previous student supported the development of our University Estate Masterplan before rising to a senior position in a major surveying and project management consultancy
- Sir Robert McAlpine
- Skanska
- R&W Civil Engineering
- Severn Water
- Diamond Build PLC
- quantity surveyor
- commercial specialist
- project manager
- dispute resolution specialist
- assistant quantity surveyor
- assistant cost manager
- construction trainee
- intern and commercial assistant
- industrial placement student
- Keltbray
- Beard Construction
- Osborne
- Alinea Consultants LLP
- Kier Group
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) (20 credits)
- Construction Design & Sustainability (20 credits)
- Introduction to Law for the Built Environment (20 credits)
- Multidisciplinary Project (40 credits)
- Property Economics & Financial Accounting (20 credits)
- Applied Building Information Modeling (BIM) (20 credits)
- Introduction to Project Management Principles (20 credits)
- Procurement & Pre-Contract Practice (20 credits)
- Professional Studies & Applied Project (20 credits)
- Tender Documentation and Measurement (20 credits)
- Fieldwork for Construction (20 credits)
- Heritage Property (20 credits)
- Urban Regeneration (20 credits)
- Application of IT in Measurement & Tender Documentation (20 credits)
- Contract Administration, Claims Management & Dispute Resolution (20 credits)
- Individual Major Project (40 credits)
- Professional Practice (20 credits)
- Quantity Surveying Practice (20 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through:
- written exams
- web assessments
- essays and reports
- project presentations
- a dissertation
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
CLEARING INFORMATION – Our entry requirements may be different during Clearing, so please contact us on 023 9284 8000 to discuss your options.
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
International | £19200 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP
Clearing contact details
Contact us about ClearingUniversity Admissions Centre - Clearing
023 9284 8000
Additional information
Clearing Hotline opening hours: Thursday 15th August - 08:00 - 20:00 Friday 16th August - 08:00 - 18:00 Saturday 17th August - 10:00 - 14:00 Sunday 18th August - Closed Monday 19th onwards - 09:00 - 17:00 (09:00 - 16:00 on Fridays)