Venues

Merchiston Campus

Content

The course will allow you to learn the skills involved in design economics, procurement methods, cost planning and estimating, life cycle costing, measurement and quantification of construction work and contract management.

In year one you will learn from a broad range of topics to give you a feel for Surveying as a profession including introductions to Construction Costs and Measurement, Building Design and Technology, Property Value Studies and Property and Construction Law.

You will then progress on to more specialist subjects including Cost Planning and Estimating, Measurement and Quantification of Construction and Building Design & Technology.
The third year is spent in the workplace, which is fully credit-bearing towards your final Honours degree. Learning in the workplace provides invaluable experience and allows you to put into practice what you have learned in the first two years as well as preparing you for your final year modules.

In your final year you will work on your Honours project and dissertation as well as gaining enhanced skills in areas of presenting, negotiating, soft skills, Sustainable Development, Advanced Commercial Management, and Conservation Surveying, all of which helps to prepare you for your role in the construction industry.

The course is fully accredited by the RICS and is based on construction economics.

Entry Requirements

2027 entry requirements

Standard entry:
4 Highers at BBBC.

Widening access entry:
4 Highers at CCCC.

For entry to year 2 you must have 3 Advanced Highers at BBC plus Maths or Applications of Maths at National 5.