Master of Science - Quantity Surveying (Professional Placement)

Quantity surveyors play a key role in the construction industry, ensuring that development costs are appropriately and accurately managed. Kingston University is a long-established Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors partnership university, and this course will equip students with the skills and knowledge to start them on a career that offers enormous scope for team working, travel and financial rewards.

Whatever the first degree students might have, this course will help them apply their skills and abilities to the quantity surveying profession. Through project and teamwork, they will develop knowledge and understanding of procurement, construction contracts, construction economics, and cost planning. They will also be trained in research methodology. Through a dissertation (research project), students will be able to focus on an area of interest, gaining valuable research skills. They will develop a range of professional skills to prepare them for their career, including problem solving and organisation, data collation, review and synopsis, time management and computing.

Kingston University allow students to take the option of a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The responsibility for finding the work placement is with the student; the University cannot guarantee the placement, just the opportunity to undertake it. Students may find securing a professional placement difficult as they are highly competitive and challenging, but they are also incredibly rewarding. It is very important for students to prepare and apply themselves if this is the route they wish to take. Employers look for great written and oral communication skills and an excellent CV/portfolio. As the work placement is an assessed part of the course, it is covered by a student's Student Route visa.

Graduates have progressed to roles in organisations such as Mace, Laing O'Rourke, Trabur, Transport for London, Willmott Dixon and Wates.