As competition grows amongst those wishing to enter and develop a career in the construction industry, this internationally recognised qualification provides a quality benchmark for prospective employers and can enhance career progression. Taught using principles applicable to quantity surveying across many industrial sectors, the programme provides graduates with a strong and in-depth knowledge of the subject area.

The purpose of the qualification is to develop an intellectual with advanced abilities in applying construction economics (quantity surveying) and/or design and synthesis, and related inter-disciplinary principles independently to specific management systems problems of society at large.

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 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.

This course focuses on the skills of the building surveyor operating within the construction industry. It centres on the requirements of the UK-based building surveying professional as identified by the RICS. It also offers European and global perspectives appropriate to the requirements of international consultancies.

The Master of Building Surveying offers students the chance to increase their knowledge in the field of building surveying. Students will study with world-class academics and experienced practitioners.

The program will develop and test the ability to define and analyze the problem, to develop solutions to the problem, to make the necessary decisions, convert ideas into useful outcomes and to cope with the unexpected problems encountered in testing and evaluation.

Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), MSc Quantity Surveying will build your knowledge of procurement, risk management, contracts, commercial management, BIM and lean techniques. You’ll study in our £65 million science, engineering and environment building minutes from Manchester city centre, the UK’s largest property market outside of London. Throughout the course, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to engage with the industry through live projects, site visits and networking events.

Our MSc in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management (QSCM) is designed to meet the challenging demands of the modern learner and the rapidly evolving needs of the construction industry.

Graduates gain extended and in-depth specialist knowledge in the field of geodesy and cartography and real estate management, have team management skills, show creative initiative, have the ability to make decisions and deal with complex technical, legal and administrative tasks and problems.

Study Quantity Surveying at postgraduate level and get the construction and surveying skills needed to manage construction project costs both in the UK and overseas.