BSc Quantity Surveying and Cost Management program is a four-year degree program. It is designed to be compliant with Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors (RICS). an international accreditation body in the UK. This program has exit with diploma in Quantity Surveying at year 2. The degree is awarded after the successful completion of 125 credit hours of undergraduate courses listed in the curriculum including a compulsory industrial internship and project study at level 2 and level 4.
The specialist knowledge in cost planning and management you get from the NU Quantity Surveying and Cost Management degree prepares you for a career across the property and construction sector.
All construction projects go through a lifecycle that involves planning, design, construction and maintenance. Quantity Surveyors play a vital role in ensuring project success with their combination of engineering and management skills. A Quantity Surveyor is an expert in not only one but four distinct areas:
Construction expert – skilled in construction engineering and technology
Cost expert – skilled in cost engineering
Contract expert – skilled in contract management
Project expert – skilled in project management
Common employers of the Quantity Surveying and Cost Management graduates include:
There are also opportunities to work in commercial and operations management or in a project management role with a wide range of companies when graduates have gathered experience over years.
Jobs directly related to Quantity Surveying and Cost Management degree include:
Jobs where the Quantity Surveying and Cost Management degree would be useful include:
The following Educational Objectives of this program are attainable by the degree graduates within few years after graduation from the college.
PEO 01: Successfully apply fundamental mathematical, construction principles in formulating and solving ultimate problems related to Quantity Surveying.
PEO 02: Work effectively and conduct themselves ethically in their professional environment.
PEO 03: Provide knowledge, and develop skills in quantity surveying and become successful entrepreneurs.
PEO 04: Pursue successful careers as Quantity Surveying consultants with well-known companies and organizations in different capacities as cost consultants and contract administrators.
| Year 3 | |||
| SEMESTER 5 | SEMESTER 6 | ||
| COURSES | CREDITS | COURSES | CREDITS |
| Financial Management | 3 | Quantification and Cost Management II | 3 |
| Construction Economics II | 3 | Software Application for Quantity Surveying | 3 |
| Civil Engineering Construction II | 3 | Contract Practice and Administration | 3 |
| Construction Budgeting and Estimating | 3 | Project Management | 3 |
| Construction Technology II | 3 | Project Study II | 3 |
| Total Credits (5 Courses) | 15 | Organizational Behaviour and Management | 3 |
| Total Credits (6 Courses) | 18 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| SEMESTER 7 | SEMESTER 8 | ||
| COURSES | CREDITS | COURSES | CREDITS |
| Building Information Modelling II | 3 | International Practices in Measurements and Contracts | 3 |
| Civil Works Quantification and Cost Management | 3 | Elective 2 | 3 |
| Building Services II | 3 | Elective 3 | 2 |
| Arbitration and Dispute Resolution | 3 | Sustainable Construction | 3 |
| Industrial Internship II | 2 | Dissertation | 3 |
| Research Skills | 2 | ||
| INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP COURSE TO BE TAKEN UP DURING SEMESTER BREAK | |||
| Total Credits (6 Courses) | 16 | Total Credits (6 Courses) | 14 |
| Year 4 | |
| Elective 1 | |
| COURSES | CREDITS |
| Project Evaluation | 3 |
| Valuation and Estate Management | 3 |
| Development Economics | 3 |
| Elective 2 | |
| COURSES | CREDITS |
| Property Law | 3 |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for QS | 3 |
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