Quantity Surveying BSc(Hons)

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Why choose Brighton?

• Close links with industry, from our Industrial Advisory Board to guest lecturers, provide networking opportunities and bring learning to life.
• Option of a paid placement year to gain valuable work experience and build your confidence.
• Specialist facilities including hydraulics lab, modelling studio, dynamics lab, heavy structures lab, surveying equipment and professional software including BIM and CAD.
• Opportunities to get involved in active research projects.
• Accredited by RICS, CIOB and CABE.
• Shared first year with our building and construction courses covers key aspects of learning across the industry.
• Tailor option modules to your interests as you progress through your course.
• Flexibility to study full- or part-time.

Year 1 

In your first year you will explore fundamental elements relating to the industry.

Year 2

In your second year, you will build on the knowledge and skills you have gained in your first year and begin to explore aspects of quantity surveying in more depth.

Modules

• Cost and Contract Administration
• Estimation and Quantification of Works
• Construction Methods and Technology
• Indoor Environments and Building Services 2
• Quantity Surveying Professional Practice
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Placement year

After year 2 you can choose to take a year-long placement in industry

A placement year offers an excellent opportunity to gain work experience, build a professional network, increase your confidence, develop existing skills and discover new ones. The experience also significantly enhances your CV.

Final year 

In your final year you will develop and complete your individual research project. You will also choose from option modules, giving you flexibility to specialise in areas that interest you most.

Modules

• Advanced Quantity Surveying Professional Practice
• Construction Risk and Financial Analysis
• Sustainable Construction
• Honours project

Options*

• Project Planning and Analysis
• Building Pathology and Life Care
• Waste Management and the Circular Economy

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Building Information Modelling 

At Brighton, you will have the opportunity to learn Building Information Modelling (BIM). The industry standard BIM application is widely used in the UK construction industry to manage and deliver building construction projects from concept to completion. Gaining skills and experience in BIM, as part of your studies, can help to give you a professional advantage when you graduate.

You will begin to develop your knowledge and skills in BIM by gaining a comprehensive understanding of modelling a building in a 3D environment, applying contractual requirements and learning about the building lifecycle. 

You will then have the opportunity to further investigate BIM's capabilities. The UK government currently states that all publicly-funded projects must now meet the BIM protocol, which has resulted in a push for a fast adoption of BIM in the industry, meaning there will be a growing demand for professionals who have BIM experience.

Meet the team 

Dr Rotimi Joseph, course leader

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), with over 20 years construction industry experience as a quantity surveyor and partly as a director of a quantity surveying firm. My research interests are in the cost benefit analysis of various construction projects, with a keen interest in property level flood risk adaptation measures, developing decision-making tools to assist homeowners make an informed decision on whether to invest in protecting their homes or not.

I am passionate about quantity surveying activities within the wider construction industry framework. My main approach to teaching is using real-life projects in my lectures. This helps students to understand and contextualise what they are being taught and what they read in textbooks. In addition to this, it prepares students’ minds in readiness for various challenges they may encounter in industry. In making it easy for students to understand 2D drawings, when taking-off quantities, I use SketchUp to translate 2D drawing to 3D and enhance learning and understanding. Measurement is one of the core modules on our course, students are taught both manual and automated estimating and quantification of works using industry lead software.

Dr Rotimi Joseph

Course fees

If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is £1,500 for UK students and £2,280 for international students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2024–25.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

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