Quantity surveyors are in demand. With strong industry links and the opportunity to take a placement year as part of your course, our accredited degree is the perfect stepping stone your future career.

As a BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying student at ARU, you’ll learn how to financially manage construction projects from initial concept, through to design, build and maintenance.

You’ll benefit from industry-standard software and facilities, expert tutors and a range of guest lecturers who’ll share their professional insights with you. Graduate with relevant, up-to-date skills in measuring and costing all sorts of construction projects.

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), so you can be sure you’re equipped with the most up-to-date skills and knowledge. When you graduate, you can begin the process that leads to professional membership of RICS.

Quantity surveyors are in strong demand across a range of companies in the UK and abroad, and our graduates are well-equipped to aim for top managerial posts. You could also go into construction project management, commercial and operations management.

Our Quantity Surveying course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so when you graduate, you can begin the process that leads to professional membership of RICS.

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 and get 20% off your fees.

In your final year, you’ll further build your quantity surveying skills and knowledge and consolidate your practice.

We’ll teach you about the factors that affect the economics of building design and cost of buildings, and how to measure cost using relevant data sources, principles, concepts and technologies so you can advise clients and design teams at various stages in the development process. You’ll also learn the distinction between risk and uncertainty, how these affect technological, managerial and financial aspects at different stages of the project life cycle, and how to apply value engineering techniques and value and risk management workshops.

You’ll continue to develop standard and innovative solutions to typical scenarios and problems, and communicate them to clients with professionally presented reports, documents and letters, taking into account ethical issues, professional responsibilities, liabilities and codes of conduct. You’ll learn what’s expected of commercial and project managers at each stage of a construction project: following procedural, legal and practice guidelines, good communication skills, specialist knowledge and techniques, and much more.

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, assignments, presentations, practical work and group work.