Quantity Surveying and Construction

Quantity surveying and construction focuses on controlling and managing the costs of construction projects; you could be involved with any stage of a project, from feasibility, design and construction, through to extension, refurbishment, maintenance and even demolition.

This course gives you the option to enhance and build your professional skills to progress within your chosen career, through a placement. our dedicated team offers a range of careers resources and opportunities so you can start planning your future. we have excellent industry links, ensuring you work on relevant projects and clients briefs to grow your experience and build your external reputation before you graduate. this invaluable experience can enrich student capabilities as well as their final-year projects. this placement year can count as part of the required experience for royal institution of chartered surveyors (rics) professional status.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

Many of our students will work towards chartered membership (mrics) status upon graduation, by gaining a further two years of practical training. while for others, the course provides a transition to postgraduate study. quantity surveyors are the cost managers of construction, quantity surveyors work in all sectors of the construction industry. providing services ranging from preparing feasibility studies or development appraisals, procurement management, life cycle costing to conducting value engineering exercises, and are ideally placed to provide a wide range of services.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. De Montfort University has partnerships with the following companies: