Quantity Surveying (Full-time) (HNC - Higher National Certificate)
Our HNC Quantity Surveying programme offers a blend of intellectual stimulation and practical application to prepare you for a rewarding career in this field.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in managing construction projects, ensuring they run smoothly from start to finish. Our course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge, making you a competent graduate ready for the professional world.
The construction industry is evolving rapidly, with technology and integrated delivery becoming increasingly important. Our programme is developed in collaboration with industry experts and professional bodies including the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC). These partnerships ensure that our curriculum meets the current demands and needs of the industry.
The course is also accredited by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), providing you with professional recognition and enhancing your employability.
Throughout the course, you will engage in modules that focus on creative problem-solving and collaborative working. Our curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including cost management, procurement, measurement and quantification, risk management, and design economics.
You will also gain expertise in areas such as contracts, cost planning, and estimating. The course emphasizes the importance of financial skills, legal skills, managerial skills, and communicative skills, which are crucial for managing construction projects from project inception to completion.
In addition to classroom learning, the course offers practical experiences, including work placements that allow you to apply your knowledge in real-world settings. This industry experience is invaluable, providing you with insights into professional practice and helping you build a network of industry contacts.
By the end of the programme, you will be well-prepared to take on roles within key areas within the construction industry and make a significant impact in the field of quantity surveying.
Join us and embark on a journey that will challenge and inspire you, preparing you for a successful career in one of the most dynamic and essential sectors of the economy.
Course details
- On-campus
- Full-time
- English
Undergraduate Fees
Home (Full-time): £9,535 per year
Overseas (Full-time): £15,525 per year

Why choose this course?
What you will learn
The construction industry affects everyone, influencing productivity and wellbeing, creating the homes, hospitals, schools, workplaces, and infrastructure essential for a good quality of lifeâ€, Caroline Gumble, CIOB.
Our philosophy of learning and teaching is rooted in providing practical, industry-relevant education. We aim to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary for a successful career in this dynamic and innovative sector.
You will learn the fundamentals of construction technology, procurement processes, gain digital surveying skills, and understand health, safety, and welfare in construction. You will also explore construction materials, building services, law for the built environment, and measurement and estimating techniques.
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The modules outlined above provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this course based on recent academic teaching. We continuously review our courses to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed.
You’ll typically complete 120 credits per year of study on a full-time course. For more information visit our Student Agreement.
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Further information
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45 UCAS tariff points 
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e.g. A-levels: D, BTEC: PP, IB: 28
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GCSE grade A*-C (grade 9-4 in England) in English and Mathematics is also required. &²Ô²ú²õ±è;
Alternative entry routes 
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English language requirements 
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests. &²Ô²ú²õ±è;
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Some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.
If you choose to study your course either fully or partially through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies.
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It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.
Students may wish to purchase materials for modules, such as major project but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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Quantity surveyors in the UK are in high demand but also in short supply. The ageing demographic of the UK workforce and the impact of Brexit will make it vital that the skills shortage is addressed. Just in Wales alone, it is estimated that the industry will need 1,300 recruits annually to fill gaps left in the industry due to retirement. This degree course aims to produce graduates with the necessary quantity surveying skills to fill the gap in the UK construction industry.
Construction contributes about £132 billion to the fixed assets that underpin the UK economy. As described by CIOB (2020) we have more than 28 million homes, ¼ of a million miles of roads, 46 airports 350,000 miles of sewers and 10,000 miles of national rail. Increasingly as an industry, we are seeing the effects of digital technologies on the way we work such as drones and virtual and augmented reality. The construction industry also has an important role to play in the move towards greater energy efficiency and sustainability.
This programme is designed with the above issues in mind. For example, module outcomes address concerns such as sustainability, energy efficiency, facilities management along with the more familiar outcomes such as management theories, literacy, problem-solving and client needs. Supplementing these is a range of higher-level skills which have been designed to integrate with module outcomes.
This programme will meet industry demands and in doing so provide a sound intellectually demanding vocational learning experience linked to industry and professional body a requirement that satisfies the needs of both students and employers. Furthermore, the programme team has developed the aims of the programme to enhance the development of technical competence and training at a level, which is capable of meeting the industry’s current requirements for middle management.
Graduates of the Quantity Surveying Programme will find employment in either the consultant side of the industry as Quantity Surveyors, advising clients on the economics of their development projects or in roles such as Commercial Managers within the contracting side of the industry. At the end of the course, it is anticipated that graduates will have acquired sufficient skills to be able to fulfil the role of a graduate quantity surveyor in either of these sectors. We have an excellent record of employment for our graduating students.