Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Quantity Surveying

Quantity surveying provides clients of the construction industry with financial, contractual and technical advice ensuring they get value for money from the buildings they construct. The modern quantity surveyor is a construction professional who may be involved at all stages of the design and construction process, from providing business strategy and advice, working with architects and design team consultants, through to overseeing the onsite construction phase. This Quantity Surveying course will give students all the skills and knowledge necessary to become a successful quantity surveyor. While studying quantity surveying (QS) at Heriot-Watt students will learn the fundamental elements of building before focusing on QS practice and learning how to manage the cost, legal and economic elements. Heriot-Watt University have a suite of built environment facilities including: a light structures lab, an Instron Universal testing machine, an immersive virtual reality system, Autodesk Revit software and Synchro 4D virtual construction software to create simulations. This Quantity Surveying degree is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). These are the most common high skilled jobs students go into 15 months after graduating: Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction professionals.