Building Surveying BSc(Hons)
Start Dates
21 September 2026
Duration
3 years full-time 4 years inc. placement year
UCAS Tariff
112-104 points
Overview
Why choose Huddersfield for this course?
- Opportunities to collaborate with students from other Architecture courses, mirroring professional practice and helping you develop essential skills.
- Top in Yorkshire for student experience and top 10 in the UK for teaching (NSS 2025).
- Gain skills in digital tools and innovative methods to balance compliance, quality, cost, and sustainability while meeting client and industry needs.
If you’re analytical, detail-oriented, and motivated by solving complex building challenges, our BSc (Hons) Building Surveying course is an excellent route into a professional career shaping, safeguarding, and improving the built environment.
We are actively preparing submissions to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) for accreditation. The curriculum has been designed in alignment with the RICS professional requirements and CIOB education frameworks, helping to position graduates strongly as they progress toward chartered status through the appropriate professional pathways.
You’ll learn how to advise on the design and construction of new buildings, alterations, and additions, with particular emphasis on regulatory compliance. You’ll also develop expertise in building pathology to diagnose defects and recommend maintenance, repair, retrofit, and conservation strategies for existing assets. From feasibility and condition surveys to contract administration and stakeholder communication, you’ll gain the practical, analytical, and ethical grounding needed to deliver safe, sustainable, and high quality outcomes for clients and communities.
You’ll study alongside students from Architecture, Architectural Technology, Quantity Surveying, and Construction Project Management, experiencing how multidisciplinary teams collaborate on real projects. This approach mirrors professional practice and strengthens your teamworking, communication, negotiation, and leadership skills across the full construction process.
Our facilities in the Barbara Hepworth Building are exceptional — and so is the access and support you’ll receive to make the most of them. You’ll be taught and guided by experienced professionals who understand what it takes to succeed in today’s construction industry.
In the National Student Survey 2025, Building is ranked top in Yorkshire for learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, academic support, learning resources and organisation and management—and top 10 in the UK for teaching on my course and student voice.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have the skills, confidence and professional credibility to take your next steps towards chartered status and a successful career.
Career opportunities after the course *
Building Surveyor
Building Control Officer
Building technician
Surveying technician
Construction Manager
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Entry Requirements
BBC-BCC at A Level or equivalent.
DMM-MMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.
112-104 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
Merit at T Level.
Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above.
112-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Exceptionally, applicants whose qualifications do not conform to the standard requirements may be admitted on the basis of appropriate prior learning or experience.
If you do not have the appropriate qualifications for direct entry to this degree you may be able to apply to our Engineering Foundation Year.
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 International Entry Requirements page.
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. 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.
Your Career
The course aims to help you to develop the necessary skills leading to be a professionally qualified Chartered Building Surveyor. As a graduate you could consider a career as a building surveyor, building control officer or construction manager.
85%
Percentage of graduates from this course who are in work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduation.
* (HESA Graduate Outcomes 22/23, UK Domiciled).
Fees and Finance
This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.
Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy.
From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).
For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/
This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.
Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy.
For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/
Home
The tuition fee for a placement year is £1000. If you go on work experience or work placement, you will need to fund your own travel and/or accommodation costs to and from the placement. Please be aware that if your placement is outside of the UK, you will still be responsible for your travel and living expenses and may need to consider issues like health care and insurance costs.
International
The tuition fee for a placement year is £3,300. If you go on work experience or work placement, you will need to fund your own travel and/or accommodation costs to and from the placement. Please be aware that if your placement is outside of the UK, you will still be responsible for your travel and living expenses and may need to consider issues like health care and insurance costs.
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Barbara Hepworth Building
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This is a site visit during Feb 2023 to the Esh Broom Road site
Student Site Visit
This is a site visit during September 2023 to the University of Huddersfield, Daphne Steele Building organised with BAM.
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This is a site visit during September 2024 to the University of Huddersfield, Southgate 2, National Health Innovation Campus organised with Kier.
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This is a site visit during September 2022 to the University of Huddersfield, Jo Cox Multi Faith Cantre organised with Morgan Sindall
Student Site Visit
This is a site visit during Feb 2024 to the Morgan Sindall's Rutland Mills site
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