Program Overview

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Overview

The BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying with Sandwich placement is a four-year course designed to provide both academic and vocational learning structure to equip students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and behavior needed as quantity surveyors to transfer into the world of work.

Award

• BSc (Hons)

Start date(s)

• 15 September 2025

UCAS Code

• K241

Course specifications

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Course length

• Sandwich (4 years)

Campus location

• University: City Campus

School

• School of Architecture and Built Environment

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Why choose this course?

This course is accredited by:

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
• The QSi

Quantity surveyors operate in all sectors of the construction industry around the world and are mainly responsible for the cost, legal, and management delivery on construction and infrastructure projects.

What's unique about this course?

• Construct your future in our top-tier Building program - ranked 34th nationwide!
• Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Taught in Springfield Super Campus
• Opportunity to spend a year in industry

What happens on the course?

The course is designed to provide both academic and vocational learning structure to equip students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and behavior needed as quantity surveyors to transfer into the world of work.

Modules are designed around authentic practice providing an opportunity for real-life learning and application of theory to practice. You will undertake individual and group assignments, to gain knowledge and understanding on topical and core quantity surveying practices and innovative practices in the Built Environment such as BIM.

Course Modules

Year 1

• Built Environment Academic and Employment Skills
• Built Environment Business and Economics Project
• Built Environment Professional Development
• Introduction to Digital Construction
• Introduction to Law and Construction Procurement
• Sustainable Construction Technology (Residential Buildings)

Year 2

• Brownfield Regeneration and Construction Technology (Commercial Buildings)
• Construction Costing and Procurement
• Construction Law
• Construction Project Administration
• Professional Practice - Quantity Surveying
• Academic, Leadership & Employment Skills
• Leadership Development

Year 3

• Industrial Placement

Year 4

• Built Environment Dissertation
• Commercial Project Management
• Construction Measurement and Cost Management
• Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution
• Sustainability

Potential Career Paths

• Quantity surveyor
• Estimator
• Commercial manager
• Project manager
• Contract manager
• Project cost manager
• Academic and researcher

Additional Information

Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

This course will be delivered at our new £100 million Springfield Campus which is Europe’s largest construction centre of excellence with the state of the art of learning and teaching facilities in the built environment.

• Accredited by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Institute of Building
• Taught by industry experts and academic staff who are active researchers and consultants in their field and have professional industrial experience which they bring into their teaching
• Networking opportunities with academic experts and practitioners both in the UK and internationally.
• Exposure to QS specialist software packages e.g. REVIT/ CAD/ Costx/ QSPro
• Studying with a wide range of other professional disciplines in an integrated department of architecture, building and civil engineering, reflecting the modern interdisciplinary nature of construction projects
• There is a high level of support for students on this course. Our Business and Placement Unit will help you to identify potential employers, both in the UK and overseas (though overseas placements are less common), and will support you during your placement, with visits from your tutor to check on your progress.

What skills will you gain?

The BSc (Honours) in Quantity Surveying enables you to:

• Improve your employability by offering practical experience of Quantity Surveying of the principles, roles and purposes of a Quantity Surveyor
• Develop additional transferable skills in the terms of IT, team-building, independent learning skills, self-motivated academic enquiry and personal development
• Study for a degree accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) to help you on your professional career path

Course Fees and Finance

Location | Mode | Fee | Year
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Home | Sandwich | £9250 per year |
Home | Sandwich | £9535 per year |
International | Sandwich | £14950 per year |
International | Sandwich | £15995 per year |

Entry Requirements

• 96 UCAS points
• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

What our students say

We work closely with regional and national companies to identify the relevant professional and technical skills required in these specific industries. Employment is secured by graduates in a range of organisations both in the UK and overseas. Recent graduates are working with the following companies: Mott MacDonald, E C Harris, Bullock Construction, Carillion, Thomas Vale Construction and Kier Construction.

Who accredits this course?

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
• The QSi

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan(Home Fee Status):
• Self-funding:
• Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

How We Compare

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80%say staff value students views and opinions about the course

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86%of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.

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90%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

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