Program Overview

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Facilities Management (with Foundation Year), BSc (Hons)

Attendance

Full-time

Campus

Preston Campus

Start

September 2025

Duration

4 years

UCAS Code

M568

Delivery

In-person

Placement option

Overview

Delve into the real-life experience of a facilities manager with a course that keeps up with a fast-paced changing industry and focuses on sustainability.

Why study with us

• Our placement tutors have close links with industry so you’ll learn the skills and current knowledge sought by employers.
• Our Building courses are ranked joint top in the UK for career prospects with 100% (Complete University Guide 2023).
• Studying with students on the construction project management, quantity surveying and building surveying degrees leads to beneficial knowledge sharing.

What you'll do

• Study alongside students on construction project management, quantity surveying or building surveying degrees, and even transfer course.
• Flexible delivery of the curriculum allows you to study whilst in employment. Our part-time teaching is delivered just one day per week.
• Successful foundation year students will have the chance to take an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry between Year 2 and Year 3.

Modules

Foundation year

• Study Skills and Information Technology
• Design Studies for Construction
• Analytical Studies for Construction
• Fundamental Tools for Construction
• Fundamentals of Engineering Practice
• Foundation Mathematics

Year 1

• Construction Technology (L4)
• Sustainability and Science
• Management and Economics
• Introduction to Law and Procurement
• Professional Practice
• Interdisciplinary Project

Year 2

• Construction Technology 2
• Building Services
• Production Economics
• Contract Administration
• Management and Project Planning
• Health and Safety Management

Year 3

• Maintenance Management
• Facilities Management
• Project Analysis and Appraisal
• Business Practice and Law
• Dissertation

Optional modules

• Project Management & BIM
• Building Conservation
• Health and Safety Management
• Professional Practice: CPM

Accreditations

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Entry requirements

• UCAS: 64 points at A2
• BTEC Extended Diploma: MPP
• BTEC Diploma: MM
• Pass Access Course: 64 points
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 64 points from Higher Level subjects.
• T Level: P (D or E)
• IELTS: grade 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
• GCSEs: 5 at Grade C /4 including Maths and English or equivalent

Fees and funding

2025/26

• UK: £5,760 for the first year (full-time: £9,535 per year)
• International: £17,250 for the first year (full-time: £17,325 per year)

Learning and assessment

Modules comprise a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Most modules are lecture-based but computing facilities are made available when necessary for you to learn how to use AutoCAD and Microsoft Project.

Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors, and will depend on your options.

You’ll be able to undertake a week-long surveying workshop in the first year/second year if on a foundation year.

Most modules are assessed by examinations/coursework with the final mark being the average of the two. Exceptions are modules best assessed by coursework only. These could be group projects, modelling exercises or time-controlled assignments.

The professional knowledge and expertise of the staff delivering the programme is reflected in the coursework, which is often based upon real-life projects and case studies. You’ll use a problem-solving approach to achieve specific learning outcomes.

Staff have active research interests in facilities management, workplace wellbeing and productivity, construction, project management, building information modelling, surveying, sustainability and construction law. These interests are incorporated into the delivery of the programme.