Program Overview

Construction Management (Top Up) (Degree Apprenticeship) BSc (Hons)

Key Information

• Study mode and duration: 3 years part-time
• Start date: September 2025

Course Information

Overview

Build your understanding of all the functions that make a complex construction site run smoothly, and develop your ability to manage the site's operations, on this degree apprenticeship in construction management.

You'll focus on the practical technology and operational management of building site operations, covering aspects including technology, management, finance, safety, and sustainability. You'll master the logistics that keep a site running smoothly, grasp the health and safety regulations that maintain the welfare of your colleagues, and understand the effects of construction and waste on the environment.

Your study will mesh with your current job, letting you use issues from your working life as material for your study, and providing valuable learning that you can apply to your job. As you work with academic staff drawn from the positions across the construction sector, you'll develop the knowledge and behaviours required to manage construction operations, and gain insights into the sector that support your future career in this multi-billion pound industry. By focusing on the methods of managing a site, you'll equip yourself with the skills to face the future's known and unknown construction challenges.

Course Highlights

• Study issues directly related to your career, and apply your learning to your current job
• Explore the subjects that affect your own job, and those that affect the stakeholders you work with
• Use industry-standard software and construction equipment in our labs and IT facilities
• Work alongside academics with knowledge and experience of the sector, and with fellow students from related industries
• Improve your career prospects with deeper, applied knowledge and skills from the construction industry

Entry Requirements

• Relevant HE study leading to a Level 4 qualification, for example 120 credits from an appropriate HNC, or year 1 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc), in a construction or built environment related subject with an overall grade of Merit or above.
• Applicants aged 16-18 must have acceptable Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths, such as GCSE with grade C/4 or above or Functional Skills. If you do not have acceptable qualifications, you will be required to obtain this. Those aged 19 and over are only subject to these requirements if you or your employer choose for you to study towards English and Maths qualifications, which will be funded. Please note that you may still be required to evidence accepted Level 2 qualifications for the course, as part of academic assessment.

Selection Process

• All applicants will be required to complete a Skills Gap Analysis before completing an application form.
• All applicants will be invited to attend an academic interview and may be asked to submit a portfolio of work or undertake additional assessment.

Careers and Opportunities

The construction sector contains over 2 million jobs, and contributes over £120 billion to the UK economy, according to a December 2022 UK government briefing. This means your construction career makes you part of a huge and continually changing profession, which calls for a wide range of skills. On this course, you'll be building on the skills you already have, and applying them to the job you're currently in.

When you graduate from this degree apprenticeship, you'll be able to show your experience and understanding of the construction process, from initial tendering to final cleanup and environmental management. You'll have evidence of how what you've learned can support your work, and you'll be prepared to progress in your building site management career, whether that means working for established companies or breaking out as a self-employed professional.

You'll be able to draw on the knowledge and connections of your fellow apprenticeship students and lecturers, developing your network in the sector, and you'll also polish the skills in areas like time management, group dynamics, and IT use that any career can make use of. You'll also be in a strong position to work toward membership of the Chartered Institute of Builders or Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, or perhaps to take on a Master's course in the construction field.

What You'll Study

• Construction Technology - 20 credits
• Numerical Skills and Economics - 20 credits
• Safety Management On Site - 20 credits
• Professionalism and Construction Practice - 20 credits
• Procurement and Pre-Contract Practice - 20 credits
• Introduction to Project Management Principles - 20 credits
• Project Management for Construction - 20 credits
• Sustainable Construction - 20 credits
• Individual Project - 40 credits
• Corporate and Contract Management - 20 credits
• Project Evaluation and Development - 20 credits

Teaching

• The majority of your timetabled teaching will be face-to-face and will include lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes, IT classes, and fieldwork.

Assessment

• Your assessment will depend on which modules you take. Assessment methods are likely to include coursework, exams, presentations including poster presentations, project work.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• One of the main differences between school or college and university is how much control you have over your learning.
• We're planning for most of your learning to be supported by timetabled face-to-face teaching with some elements of online provision.

Supporting Your Learning

• The amount of timetabled teaching you'll get on your degree might be less than what you're used to at school or college, but you'll also get support via video, phone, and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed.
• You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:
  • Personal tutor
  • Workplace mentor
  • Learning support tutors
  • Laboratory support
  • Academic skills support
  • Wellbeing and mental health support
  • Disability advice and additional support
  • Library support
  • Mathematics and stats support
  • Support with English

Course Costs and Funding

• The course fee is shared between the Government and some employers, meaning no cost to you as the degree apprentice. Total tuition fees are £18,000 paid over 3 years.
• Additional course costs:
  • Accommodation and living costs
  • Recommended reading
  • General costs
  • Final year project
  • Placements abroad
  • IET registration fee
  • End-Point Assessment

Apply

• When you apply for a degree apprenticeship, you'll apply in partnership with your employer.
• If you're already in full-time work, and your employer is interested in you studying this course, get them to contact us and we'll work out how to work together.
• If your employer isn't interested yet, you might find it useful to share our information for employers page with them.
• If you're not in full-time employment, or your current employer is not interested in degree apprenticeships, you'll need to find a role that does offer a degree apprenticeship. You can search the gov.uk list of open degree apprenticeship vacancies, or contact us with your details and we'll let you know when degree apprenticeship vacancies come up.