Undergraduate Program

BSc. Quantity Surveying and Cost Management

About this program

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.

BSc. Quantity Surveying and Cost Management

Career Opportunities

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:

  • Quantity surveying consultancies
  • Construction companies, contractors and consultancies
  • project management consultancies
  • Civil engineering contractors and consultancies
  • Property firms
  • Government and Municipality authorities
  • Specialist surveying practices
  • Specialist tax consultants.
  • Architect consultancies
  • Banks
  • Insurance companies
  • Educational and Training institutions
  • Self- Employment (SME)
  • Oil and gas, mining firms

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.

Broad Career Options

 

Jobs directly related to Quantity Surveying and Cost Management degree include:

  • Quantity surveyor
  • Building surveyor
  • Construction manager
  • Estimator
  • Planning and development surveyor
  • Project manager
  • BIM surveyor
  • Commercial manager
  • Contract & Claim manager

Jobs where the Quantity Surveying and Cost Management degree would be useful include:

  • Construction Law & Arbitrator
  • Building control surveyor
  • Building services engineer
  • Consulting civil engineer
  • Contracting civil engineer
  • Estates manager
  • Financial manager

Program Educational Objectives

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.

What will you study?

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

4th Year

1st Year
Semester 1 Semester 2
University English I 3 University English II 3
Entrepreneurship workshop & Seminars 1 Oman History and Islamic Culture 3
Construction Materials 2 Ethics in Workplace 2
Mathematics for Quantity Surveying 3 Elements of Concrete and Steel Structures 2
Engineering Drawing 2 Land Surveying Principles and Lab 3
Information system & Multimedia 2 Architectural and Structural Drawings 2
Construction Laws and Legal Methods 3    
Total Credits (7 Courses) 16 Total Credits (6 Courses) 15
2nd Year
Semester 3 Semester 4
University English III 2 Industrial Internship I 2
Construction Technology I 3 Construction Economics I 3
Building Information Modelling I 3 Statistics for Quantity Surveying 3
Quantification and Cost Management I 3 Procurement and Tendering 3
Building Services I 2 Civil Engineering Construction I 2
Rate Analysis and Specifications 3 Project Study I 2
Total Credits (6 Courses) 16 Total Credits (6 Courses) 15
Exit at level 2 with Diploma in Quantity Surveying and Cost Management (62 Credits)
3rd Year
Semester 5 Semester 6
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
Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 Project Study II 3
Construction Technology II 3  
Total Credits (6 Courses) 17 Total Credits (5 Courses) 15
4th Year
Semester 7 Semester 8
Building Information Modelling II 3 International Practices in Measurements and Contracts 3
Civil Works Quantification and Cost Management 3 Elective 3
Building Services II 3 Organization Behaviour and Management 3
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution 3 Sustainable Construction 3
Industrial Internship II 2 Dissertation 3
Research Skills 2  
Total Credits (6 Courses) 16 Total Credits (5 Courses) 15
Exit at level 4 with BS Degree in Quantity Surveying and Cost Management (125 Credits)

Electives

Project Evaluation

Prerequisites: Construction Economics I

Valuation and Estate Management

Prerequisites: Construction Economics II

Development Economics

Prerequisites: Construction Economic I

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