BSc (Hons) Building Surveying

Why Building Surveying at ARU?

• Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), ensuring you gain the full range of professional and technical skills required, from converting buildings to performing surveys and valuations.
• Get hands-on by developing skills in all aspects of surveying buildings. Learn how to recognise and tackle defects, and identify technical problems in construction.
• Utilise our state-of-the-art facilities including industry standard equipment, AutoCAD Studios and testing and surveying labs.
• Engage in ‘Live Briefs’, designed with regional industry partners to give you incredible exposure to real-life building surveying problem-solving.
• Benefit from strong industry links with professional institutions, local firms and building surveying experts to increase your employability upon graduation.

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.

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.

If you study in Chelmsford, 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 Project Management. It’s a great opportunity to build upon your knowledge or develop a specialism. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship.

Employability and personal career development

Informed by employers, our courses support an integrated approach to employability. You’ll have opportunities to develop the skills and abilities they are looking for and gain a deeper understanding of how your academic learning relates to the world of work through Live Briefs and Ruskin Modules.

To amplify your career ambition, you will need to actively dedicate time outside of your studies, whether you choose to explore placements, internships or volunteering. Or you could make a social impact by collaborating with our partner organisations through our volunteer scheme Students at the Heart of Knowledge Exchange (SHoKE). These all give you an edge, providing you with experience that you will be able to evidence on your CV and talk about in interviews.

Our Employability and Careers Service offers a range of expert advice and support to build your unique professional profile, including tailored career appointments, advice on writing your CV, and help to complete job applications. You’ll have 24/7 access to the Careers Centre, our comprehensive online digital resource, which empowers you to start building a Personal Career Development Plan from the very start. Design your future at ARU.