/ Undergraduate /
Start date:
September 2025
Entry tariff:
112 UCAS points (or equivalent)
Foundation Year: 64 UCAS points (or equivalent)
CertHE: 40 UCAS points (or equivalent)
DipHE: 48 UCAS points (or equivalent)
UCAS code:
K250
Our Building Surveying programme offers a comprehensive education in sustainable building technology, building refurbishment and adaption, including the communication skills essential for a professional role upon graduation.
Did you know
We provide a world-class educational experience, with integration across disciplinary boundaries.
Top 3 modern university in London
(Complete University Guide 2025)
Ranked in the top 15% in the world
Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024
#8 in England for undergraduate student satisfaction
National Student Survey 2024
Foundation Year
This course can also be studied with a foundation year (September entry only).
Modules
This is a new course for September 2025. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.
- Introduction to the built environment, professional skills and context.
- Building surveying and inspection.
- Construction technology 1.
- Building services design.
- Interdisciplinary design project 1 (building scale).
This is a new course for September 2025. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.
- Theory of architecture, design and retrofit.
- Procurement and contract law.
- Construction technology 2.
- Estate and property asset management.
- Interdisciplinary design project 2 (development scale).
This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.
Why take a placement?
A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.
How we support you
The University's Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee a placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.
Find out more about how we'll support you
We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three year version of your programme.
Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.
This is a new course for September 2025. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.
- Sustainable design and professional skills.
- Construction project management.
- Research methods and dissertation.
- Interdisciplinary design project 3 (city scale).
This course is offered as a degree with foundation year – a four-year programme which provides an additional foundation year at the beginning of the degree, that will give you academic and practical experience, as well as the skills you need to ensure you are equipped to successfully complete your chosen degree.
£2,000 Foundation Scholarships for all home students
Find out more about our degrees with a foundation year
Foundation programme delivered by the School of Continuing Education. The exact modules for our foundation programme are currently in development. For more information, please contact us.
Skills
Building surveying is one of the widest areas of surveying practice and they are involved in numerous aspects of property and construction, making for an exciting career.
The existing built environment has a huge role to play in sustaining our future; from the social capital generated by historic buildings and the use of traditional building materials; to retrofitting buildings to reduce carbon emissions and adapting them to be more climate resilient. Building surveyors have expert knowledge of existing buildings, whether historic listed buildings or modern concrete towers, or something in between. They are involved in the design and management of building refurbishment, and building inspections and surveys, all of which require sound knowledge of legislation and regulations. They also need to have exceptional communication skills.
You will learn from hand on activities including visits to buildings and construction sites and the input of industry professionals to your lectures and seminars, bringing the work of a building surveyor to life.
Learning
Teaching reflects the way Building Surveyors work in the real world, so you graduate career ready.
- Interdisciplinary modules working with architecture, construction and engineering students, replicating the workplace.
- Learning from real-life projects, which will give you the practical experience of working as a Building Surveyor.
- Formal and interactive lectures and workshops to ensure you graduate with the technical expertise you need.
Alongside strong technical skills, building surveyors need strong communication skills and the highest levels of integrity, all of which are embedded in the teaching and learning of the programme.
Assessment
You’ll be set authentic assessments, meaning that your projects, tasks and exercises will replicate the working world of building surveying.
This could include:
- Technical reports
- Drawings
- Lab reports
- Presentations
Between Years 2 and 3, you have the opportunity to apply for a placement and gain valuable real-world experience.
Careers
There are a number of opportunities for graduates of Building Surveying.
There are many opportunities for Building Surveying graduates in the private sector working in specialist building surveying consultancies or multi-disciplinary firms; or working client side for developers, clients with large property portfolios or historic building bodies. Building Surveyors also work in the public sector such as local authorities or the NHS.
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Applying
Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
Entry tariff
112 UCAS points (or equivalent)
Foundation Year: 64 UCAS points (or equivalent)
CertHE: 40 UCAS points (or equivalent)
DipHE: 48 UCAS points (or equivalent)
We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.
For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
GCSE in English and Maths.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
UK (home) tuition fees
Undergraduate degree: £9,535
Foundation Year: £9,535
CertHE / CertDip: £9,535
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
Entry tariff
We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.
For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
EU and international tuition fees
Undergraduate degree: £19,500
Foundation Year: £19,500
CertHE / CertDip: £19,500
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
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