Bsc (honours) Building Surveying in Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Bsc (honours) Building Surveying in Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn from industry-active academics, leading firms and successful alumni on this RICS-accredited course.
• Experience building surveying within real life schemes in the booming city of Sheffield.
• Have the opportunity to study abroad.
• Study in a friendly, supportive and flexible environment.

Discover and learn the breadth of the building surveying profession including building pathology, construction technology, building conservation, project management and design. Upon graduation you’ll have the qualifications and experience to progress on to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Assessment of Professional Competence to obtain Chartered status. Our course has an excellent reputation and engagement with employers nationwide.

Work placements

In your third year you have the chance to put your professional skills to work with a placement at one of the major national or regional surveying practices, local authorities, housing associations or loss adjusters. Your placement year usually contributes 200 days towards the professional experience requirement for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Assessment of Professional Competence.

Live projects 

We have excellent links with local professional and voluntary groups with large property portfolios. They provide various building stock for case studies and project work, which focus on actual buildings with real clients. You will inspect real life building assets at the University, including a Georgian terraced house which has been adapted to an interactive teaching space. You’ll also get to observe and participate in Sheffield Hallam’s £200 million estate development — which will transform the gateway to the city from the train station.

There are also a range of industry guests who will work with you on consultancy, simulations and other projects — posing real problems and practical solutions.

Field trips

This course makes the most out of real-world experience. There are regional, national and international field trips that allow you to apply your learning in diverse environments.

Networking opportunities

The course has strong links with employers and other stakeholders in the building surveying sector.

Guest lectures by practitioners and networking events bring an opportunity to see how your learning relates to the world of building surveying. Many of our alumni contribute to our annual careers day whereby all students, irrespective of their year of study, are encouraged to engage with professionals within our sector.

Our industry guests within our teaching programme often include successful Hallam graduates who are making an impact through their successful careers in the world of real estate.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• building surveying
• residential surveying
• project management
• building control
• property development
• other built environment professions

Examples of who our graduates of this course have gone on to work for include

• Derbyshire Country Council
• Faithful + Gould
• Malcolm Hollis
• Workman LLP
• Michael Dyson Associates
• Crawfords Loss Adjustors
• Lambert Smith Hampton
• Knight Frank
• Royal Palace of Westminster
• independent consultancies

 

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