Building surveyors advise clients about new builds, listed buildings and historic structures.

Study at ARU, and learn how to evaluate the design, specification and performance of buildings. Develop skills in building inspection and analysis, and use industry-standard equipment to tackle technical problems in construction.

There are plenty of opportunities to get hands-on in specialist labs for materials and testing, environmental science and design, and surveying. You’ll also work in our design and AutoCAD studios.

You can choose to take a placement year as part of this course, putting your skills into practice in a real working environment.

Specialist facilities

As a student at ARU you’ll use:

• industry-standard equipment to learn how to conduct site surveys and property inspections
• design and AutoCAD studios
• a materials and testing laboratory
• environmental science and design laboratory
• surveying laboratory.

Outstanding student support

Join our student community and:

• learn from experienced tutors, who'll provide encouragement and feedback
• benefit from a Personal Development Tutor from day one, who's there to support you throughout your time at university
• make full use of facilities including extensive library and IT resources
• access support, should you need it, with study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Our course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). When you graduate, you can take your Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and qualify as a Chartered Surveyor.

As a skilled Building Surveying graduate, you’ll be in demand.

Our hands-on course offers several opportunities to experience construction environments, enhancing your employability and giving you a taster of some of the places you could choose to work as a building surveyor. We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need, setting you up for an interesting and varied career.

Our Building Surveying degree course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so when you graduate, you can take your Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and qualify as a Chartered Surveyor.

Or you might decide to stay at ARU, and study a postgraduate degree such as our MSc Construction Management or MSc Project Management. It’s a great opportunity to build upon your knowledge or develop a specialism. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship

David

"I have enjoyed every aspect of the course. I'm constantly learning from informative and instructive lectures and can't wait to exercise my knowledge in the workplace."

DAVID

BSc (Hons) Building Surveying student

In your final year, you’ll consolidate and expand your knowledge of building surveying procedures and legislation. You’ll develop an understanding of the costs and complications involved in extending, adapting, altering and conserving existing buildings for re-use with a view to optimising their long-term sustainable economic viability and remaining sensitive to their history. You’ll also learn how commercial and residential property managers effectively manage lettings, maintenance, repair and landlords’ obligations with the aid of ICT, about the contractual obligations of landlords and tenants. You also have the option to find out how large facilities management organisations operate or expand your knowledge of valuation.

You’ll inspect and prepare a schedule of dilapidations and a building survey of real-life commercial buildings. In both cases, you’ll identify the causes of defects and action required to rectify them, and prepare a detailed report for potential clients and their legal advisors. Your schedule of dilapidations will also contain advice on health and safety, while your building survey may make reference to party wall disputes, nearby excavation work, and dispute resolution.

You’ll examine a building development project from inception to completion in order to comprehend and appreciate the totality and implications of the development process, incorporating planning, cost, design technology, and legal, health and safety, and environmental issues. You’ll complete an independent expert or research study, where you’ll investigate a subject, issue or problem to produce a usable outcome with support from a member of our academic staff.

We’ll assess you using a range of methods, including exams, project designs, presentations, role-play, essays, report writing and group work.