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Construction Project Management BSc(Hons)

2024-25

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Start date

16 September 2024

Duration

3 years full-time
4 years inc. placement year

Entry requirements

A Level - BBC-BCC

BTEC - DMM-MMM

See full entry requirements

Places available (subject to change)

40

About the course

Reasons to study

  1. This course has been ranked fourth in the UK for Construction, Surveying & Planning by The Guardian League Table (2023).
  2. Construction Project Management BSc(Hons) is accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
  3. Thanks to our excellent industry links, you’ll benefit from a one-year placement, helping to enhance your graduate prospects. You’ll be supported along the way by our Construction Project Management teaching staff.

Accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), our Construction Project Management BSc(Hons) course provides the first step to becoming a qualified project manager.

The degree has been developed to work alongside our Architecture, Architectural Technology and Quantity Surveying courses, to help you develop a strong understanding of professionalism within the construction industry. As such, you will benefit from opportunities to work collaboratively with students across other courses, which will give you experience and understanding in how to work in multidisciplinary teams.

The course introduces aspects of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction to give you the skills to take a project to completion, on time and on budget. BIM enables clients, constructors, and other parties to collaborate on projects wherever in the world they are based. Lean supports the reduction of waste in construction, helping projects generate better value to users and society.

You’ll have the chance develop your leadership skills, and we’ll introduce you to insights from world-leading practitioners and academics.

Once you’ve enrolled on the Construction Project Management course, you have the possibility to switch to Quantity Surveying or Architectural Technology at the end of the first year (with the agreement of your tutors) if your interests change.

Why study Construction Project Management BSc(Hons)

On the course – which has been ranked fourth in the UK for Construction, Surveying & Planning by The Guardian League Table (2023) – you’ll develop an understanding of what goes into global construction at each stage of a project.

We’ll cover everything from the client’s initial brief through to design, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance of built assets.

Following your construction degree, you might go on to further study or enter the world of work to put the skills you’ve developed on this course into practice.

Course detail

Core modules:

Technology 1: An Introduction to Architectural Technology

This module introduces three main areas. Firstly, Structures - through an exploration of structural equilibrium and the assessment of stress and deformation in simple elements, the module will discuss the properties of building materials and the implications for element design. An introduction to civil engineering and groundworks is provided. Secondly, Buildings Fabric Design - common materials, assemblies and construction techniques used to achieve safe, environmentally sound and aesthetic constructions will be explained and exemplified. Common failures in materials and assemblies will be highlighted. Thirdly, Environmental Design - a building’s fabric and services combine to create an internal environment that the occupants find comfortable and pleasurable. This extends to physiological (and psychological), thermal, visual and acoustic comfort, and the health and wellbeing of the occupants. You’ll consider how responsive design (both passive and interactive) can be utilised to provide the internal conditions necessary for comfort. All of the above topics will be considered in relation to sustainable design necessary for protecting local and global environments.

Construction Business

This module will introduce the overall construction business to you. The content is structured into three distinctive, but interrelated areas, namely, business at industry level, business at project level and business at individual level.

Environmental Science and Services

Services in buildings facilitate interactions between the building and its internal and external environments. As such, buildings should be equipped with appropriate services to make those habitable. The current global drive for sustainable environments demands that the modern services in buildings should focus on providing comfortable living environments to building occupants through the most sustainable means. Within this context, this module provides an opportunity for you to explore the concepts and relevant technologies in building services and their links with environmental sciences.

Construction Law and Regulatory Framework

The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to English Law and relevant statutory requirements for the construction, property and surveying practice. You will be introduced to the workings of the English legal system, to the law relating to contracts and to the regulatory framework affecting the use, management and development of land, in particular, planning, building control and the Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations.

Digital Technology 1

This module aims to provide an introduction to the digital technologies in construction, with a focus on the applications of Building Information Modelling (BIM). The module will start from the traditional Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications, such as 2D and 3D CAD, and continue to the latest development of BIM, including 4D and 5D BIM. The concept of nD modelling is introduced together with other emerging technologies including robotics, laser scanning and 3D printing, which are used in the construction industry worldwide.

Entry requirements

BBC-BCCat A Level or equivalent.

112-104 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.

Merit at T Level.

DMM-MMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.

  • Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above.
  • 112-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

Placements


The course offers an optional one-year (36 week minimum) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad. This will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects. Our Placement Unit and academic staff have excellent industry links and can support you in applying for and finding your placement(s), as well as during your placement year.

Alternatively, if you are a student from within the UK, you could consider starting your own small business by applying for the Enterprise Placement Year in conjunction with the University’s Enterprise Team. You’ll have the opportunity to benefit from business advice, mentoring and networking sessions. You can find out more information on the Enterprise Placement Year.

You can find out more information on placements here.

For my placement, I spent a year as a Design Manager with Kier Construction, which helped to fill any gaps in my construction knowledge and provided me with a platform to apply and connect everything that I had learned in my first two years at University.

Student

Jamie Downie, Construction Project Management BSc(Hons), placement with Kier Construction, current final year student

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Your career


This course can help you develop the necessary skills to lead collaborative design and construction teams, effectively manage projects, and adopt innovative approaches such as Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling (BIM). Construction Project Management (CPM) graduates could consider careers in managing infrastructure and civil engineering projects too. The course aims to help you to develop skills that are transferable to managing these type of projects.

*Percentage of our undergraduate students from this subject area go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2019/20, UK domiciled, other activities excluded).

85% Graduates employed*

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