Quantity Surveying

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Choose Kingston's Quantity Surveying MSc
Quantity surveyors play a key role in the construction industry, ensuring that development costs are appropriately and accurately managed. Kingston University is a long-established Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors partnership university, and this course (which is accredited by RICS) will equip you with the skills and knowledge to start you on a career that offers enormous scope for team working, travel and financial rewards.

What will you study?

The course provides an opportunity to graduates from disciplines other than surveying to convert their transferable skills and extend their abilities in a critical way to the quantity surveying profession. You will develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of procurement, construction contracts and their administration. You will acquire sound knowledge of construction economics and cost planning. The curriculum further places emphasis on the EU and UK legal framework relating to construction, sustainable construction technology and project management. In addition to the core taught modules, you will receive training on research methodology and undertake a dissertation.

Assessment

Examinations, individual/group assignments involving reports and projects, dissertation, presentation at the annual masters conference.

Course structure

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Modules

* Applied Sustainable Construction Technology and Measurement
* Contract Law Administration and Practice
* Design Economics and Cost Planning
* Management Consultancy
* Research Principles and Application
* Research Project

Learn a language

You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.

What this course offers you
If you choose to study this course, here are some of the things you can expect from the course and how it will benefit you.

* This new course develops the core competencies required of the Chartered Quantity Surveyor and prepares you for a career in this area. There is an emphasis on project and team work.
* The dissertation/project allows you to focus on an area of interest to yourself and gain valuable research skills.
* You also have the chance to attend a week-long European field trip.
* Kingston University is a RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) partner institution. We will seek accreditation for this course once it receives full validation from the University.
* Many members of staff are research active or professional practitioners, which keeps your learning cutting edge (read more in the Research areas section).
* The taught modules aim to hone your professional skills. Alongside your academic studies, you improve your skills in: * problem solving and organisation;
* data collation, review and synopsis;
* communication (oral, written and electronic);
* time management;
* computing; and
* co-operation and teamwork.


* We offer a part-time study option to help you fit your MA around other commitments

Here you'll find the entry requirements for this course. Please read them carefully as they are very important for your application. * Applicants should normally have a 2:1 or 1st class degree. This can be in any discipline, although a related subject is an advantage. * Some experience of working in the industry would also be useful.How to applyFor full details of how to apply, see the Apply for this course page.InterviewsWe normally invite applicants for an interview prior to selection. We can make alternative arrangements for international students based overseas.Prior learning - AP(E)LApplicants with prior qualifications and learning may be exempt from appropriate parts of a course in accordance with the University's policy for the assessment of prior learning and prior experiential learning. Contact the faculty office for further information.English language requirementsAll non-UK applicants must meet our English language requirements. For this course it is Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with special conditions in all elements. Please make sure you read our full guidance about English language requirements, which includes details of other qualifications we'll consider.Applicants who do not meet the English language requirements may be eligible to join our pre-sessional English language course.Applicants from one of the recognised Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) do not need to meet these requirements. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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Accreditation

How we work with professional bodies
Many of our courses are accredited by independent professional bodies which could enhance your career prospects. Accreditation for this course is detailed below.

Kingston University is a RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) partner institution and this course is accredited by RICS.