Program Overview

BSc (Hons) Real Estate Surveying

Overview

This course combines real estate surveying with valuation, planning, and development. It studies how commercial and residential property markets work and draws upon the economics of the real estate sector to gain knowledge of how they develop and the determinants of value. It also examines how urban planning regulates the development of property and value of real estate as investments.

Mode of Study

• Part-time (available as Full-time)

Duration

• 6 years

Start date

• September

Course details

In stages 1 and 2 of the course, you'll study the technical and legal aspects of real estate surveying, along with the valuation of property and cost of construction. In stages 3 and 4, you'll be provided with an in-depth knowledge of real estate appraisal: investment and development, as well as specialist and statutory valuation. You'll also examine how urban planning regulates the development of property and value of real estate. You will also gain 120 credits through work placement module over these stages.

In the final stage, you will focus on advanced valuation and planning & development, and how to work on a joint project with other disciplines. You shall also undertake a dissertation.

Lead Academics

• Professor Mark Deakin

How you’ll be taught

• Lectures and tutorials by professionally qualified academic staff and industrial specialists
• Field trips
• Case studies
• Project evaluations

Assessments

• A mixture of exams and coursework, which consists of report writing, essays, personal and group-based presentations, posters

Work placement

• Students will utilise their current employment related to their part-time surveying studies by undertaking the work placement module in Trimester 3 of years 4 and 5

Study abroad

• Not available

Popular modules

Year 1

• Building Design & Technology 1
• Surveying
• Property & Construction Business Law
• Construction Cost Studies 1

Year 2

• Property Value Studies
• Planning & Development 1
• Building Maintenance and Management
• Planning & Development 2

Year 3

• Property Valuation 1
• Construction Cost Studies 2
• Property Valuation 2
• Planning & Development 2
• Facilities Management
• You will also start on your work placement module in Trimester 3 of this stage and onto Trimester 1 of Stage 4

Year 4

• Work placement, as above
• Property Valuation 3
• Planning & Development 3

Year 5

• Project Evaluation: multi-discipline professional project (40 credits)
• Dissertation (40 credits)

Entry requirements

Standard Entry Requirement

• SQA Higher: BBBC
• A level: CCC
• Irish Leaving Certificate: H3, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level
• BTEC National Extended Diploma (Level 3): MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject
• BTEC National Diploma (Level 3): DD (Distinction, Distinction) in a related subject
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Award of Diploma with 26 points overall with three Higher Level subjects at grades 5, 5, 5
• T level: Pass

Minimum Entry Requirement

• SQA Higher: CCCC
• A level: CCC
• Irish Leaving Certificate: H3, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level
• BTEC National Extended Diploma (Level 3): MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject
• BTEC National Diploma (Level 3): DD (Distinction, Distinction) in a related subject
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Award of Diploma with 26 points overall with three Higher Level subjects at grades 5, 5, 5
• T level: Pass

English language

• If your first language isn't English, you'll normally need to undertake an approved English language test and our minimum English language requirements will apply

International students

• We welcome applications from students studying a wide range of international qualifications
• The University does not sponsor students to study on part-time programmes in the UK under the Student Visa route

Fees & funding

Tuition fees for 2024/25

• Scotland: £305
• England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland: £1,157
• Overseas and EU: £3,225

Careers

What can you do with a Real Estate Surveying degree?

• The BSc (Hons) Real Estate Surveying course has been designed specifically to meet the needs of employers and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• It offers you the opportunity to develop a career as a Chartered Surveyor

What does a Real Estate Surveyor do?

• Your primary duty as a real estate surveyor is to value property
• Your day-to-day responsibilities will generally include:
  • Measurement of land and property and analysis of floorspace
  • Analysis of market transactions
  • Analysis of growth, risk and returns from property markets
  • Valuation of property by sector and type
  • Marketing of premises
  • Sale or letting of property
  • Management of property portfolios
  • Appraisal of property held as investments
  • Appraisal of property development proposals
  • Submission of planning applications for the development of property
  • Disposal of land and property declared surplus to requirements

Employers

• Private practice real estate consultancies
• Commercial and residential surveying firms
• Property companies
• Financial institutions
• Local and central government
• Commercial clients and housing associations

Recent graduates

• JLL
• Shepherd Surveyors
• Ryden
• Savills
• Avison Young (GVA)
• DM Hall
• Cushman and Wakefield
• Montagu Evans
• Valuation Office Agency
• Lothian Valuation Joint Board
• Taylor Wimpey Homes