EST 1919

MSc Quantity Surveying

Spring Intake

2019/20

SUPPORTED
ONLINE LEARNING
WITH UCEM.AC.UK

Realising your potential in the Built Environment Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales

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UCEM is the leading provider

of supported online learning for
the Built Environment
Thank you for considering studying with UCEM. We are dedicated to ensuring your success and
providing the best possible learning experience for all our students.
Why choose UCEM?
Since 1919, when we were founded as the College of Estate Management, we have supported ➜ UCEM is the leading provider of supported online ➜ Designed for busy working professionals,
around 150,000 students worldwide. education for the Built Environment supported online education offers the flexibility
to fit your studies around your work. If your
With 100 years’ experience of providing specialist and innovative ➜ UCEM programmes are recognised and circumstances change, we can help you find
training globally, we are here to support you through your studies and accredited by professional bodies including a way to complete your studies, whether this
ensure you join the path to a rewarding career. the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors means slowing down or picking up the pace
(RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB),
We are steadfast in our aspiration to be the leading, vocational, online Chartered Association of Building Engineers ➜ Our supported online education model offers
university and I look forward to welcoming you to our global community. (CABE), Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering you access to our materials wherever you are in
Surveyors (ICES) and Hong Kong Institute the world. If your work requires you to change
Ashley Wheaton, of Construction Managers (HKICM). This location or travel, you can take us with you!
UCEM Principal allows students to progress to professional
membership and gain Chartered status ➜ All your learning materials are included
online
➜ UCEM programmes offer a range of modules
that allow you to choose a specialism to support ➜ Our Matrix accredited professional support staff
your career path are also there to support you with any other
difficulties you may experience during your
➜ You will be supported every step of the way by studies
our Tutors, who are experienced practitioners in
their respective fields
Our Patron,
His Royal Highness,The Prince of Wales

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 Our programmes at a glance “ The support from UCEM has gone beyond
my expectations. Feedback on the VLE is
quick. It is a pleasant surprise that I receive
Our degree programmes allows our students to progress to professional
courtesy phone calls from UCEM. The
membership and gain Chartered status. Please see the following
programme specific page or our website for specific accreditation flexibility in enrolling on Programme Leader
details for each degree. webinars is appealing to me as I sometimes “
work long hours and travel often.
Our undergraduate programmes:
➜ BSc (Hons) Building Control Celia Lee
➜ BSc (Hons) Building Surveying MSc Real Estate
➜ BSc (Hons) Construction Management
➜ BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
➜ BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management

Conversion postgraduate programmes:

➜ MSc Building Surveying
➜ MSc Construction Management
➜ MSc Quantity Surveying
➜ MSc Real Estate

Specialist programmes:
➜ MBA Construction and Real Estate

Our programmes enable you to:

➜ Develop specialist skills

➜ Gain in-depth industry knowledge

➜ Obtain insights into the Built Environment sector

➜ Gain a RICS/CIOB/CMI/HKICM/ICES/CABE accredited degree*

➜ Start your path to APC and professional status

➜ Further expand your network with fellow students

*See programme page for details

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 Yr Spring Autumn

Sustainable and Innovative Construction Law for Surveyors (20 credits)

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MSc Quantity Surveying (20 credits) Contract Administration and Practice (20 credits)
Building Economics (20 credits)
The MSc Quantity Surveying programme is a postgraduate conversion
programme which is designed to align your skills to the educational
requirements of the industry’s professional bodies.
Procurement and Tendering (20 credits) Professional Cost Management (20 credits)
The programme gives you an informed view of the key areas of knowledge required to develop your 2
quantity surveying (QS) skills including quantification and measurement of construction works, cost Management of Construction (20 credits)
management, contract practice and procedures, procurement and building economics. There is also a
research project which will provide an in-depth assessment of a topic of your choice.

A word from the Programme Leader

Postgraduate Project (40 Credits)
“My aim is to help professionals, whose first
degree or career path was not necessarily in
Core Modules
the construction industry or did not enable
them to progress to full membership at that
Please note that from autumn 2020, UCEM will be making changes to its programme delivery as part of an ongoing commitment to provide an
time, to fulfil their dreams to become full excellent student experience. If you enrol prior to autumn 2020, you will experience these changes. You can find more information about the Transform
members of the RICS and CIOB professional Project and how these changes will affect you on our website at www.ucem.ac.uk/transform-project
institutions. Our MSc Quantity Surveying You should also be aware that as part of UCEM’s rigorous quality assurance activities, the institution is required to revalidate its programmes regularly.
programme is a conversion programme that Due to the work on this, there may be some changes to the programme information advertised. Any changes will not affect programme accreditation
Malcolm Kirkpatrick
or final awards.
MRICS ICIOB PCTHE FHEA is fully accredited by these institutions and
provides the academic requirements for full
Course enquiries: membership.
[email protected] This continues to be a successful programme
that offers a leading, online experience from a
provider specialising in accessible, relevant and
cost-effective education.”
Programme accredited by:

AWARD: TIME COMMITMENT:

MSc Quantity Surveying 15-20 hours a week for 42 weeks per annum

DURATION: Each 20-credit module equates to a total

2 years

DATES:
of 200 study hours broken down between
directed online learning, self-directed learning
and assessment. The breakdown between
“ Early in 2004, I was working in my family
contracting business and I was looking
Apply by 13 January 2020 to start on 24
these three types of activity may vary between to study for some formal qualifications.
February 2020
modules but on average is as follows: I’d left school with very little in the way
FEES:
Directed online learning (50%) of qualifications and my marks were
£1,125 per module for students commencing
Self-directed reading (17%)
in the 2019/20 academic year x 8 modules not good at all. Therefore, I began to
Assessment (33%) “
Total programme fee: £9,000 research ‘distance learning’ and CEM
[now, UCEM] seemed the natural choice.

Paul Whittle
MSc Quantity Surveying

This programme is also registered with the Hong Kong Non-local Courses Registry (NCR registration number 252542). It is
a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which these programmes may lead.

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 How we teach Virtual Learning Environment
Supported online education Your learning platform

Students study in an online environment with structured weekly learning We teach all our programmes online so you can learn when you want to
materials further supported and enhanced through interactions with and wherever you are, around your work and other commitments.
Tutors and other students. Students are further assisted by the excellent
student support services which we provide.

Why supported online education? Accessible Getting started

➜ We provide you with the resources ➜ Accessible learning - access to your The VLE is the gateway to your learning Four weeks before you start a programme,
and tools you need to build your learning materials to study wherever you journey and our global learning community. and only once you have registered, you will be
knowledge and skills. These are made are with an internet connection (some Turn on your computer, connect to the given access to the Induction Module which
available online via our Virtual Learning materials are downloadable for study internet and it’s there. Take it with you when will allow you to get used to studying using
Environment (VLE), which hosts a offline) you need to – you can access the VLE on your the VLE. This module is compulsory for all
comprehensive e-Library and study mobile device, tablet or laptop on your coffee students so it’s worth starting as soon as you
➜ Flexible - choose your speed of study and
support materials break, on the train wherever you are. are given access.
change it if needed
➜ Rich online learning resources – The VLE contains your structured weekly What’s happening on the VLE?
➜ Earn while you learn - designed to
delivered across a range of learning learning for each module. Learning materials
fit around your work and personal ➜ An Induction Module to prepare you for
media, we guide your weekly study to are provided through a variety of media
commitments online learning
achieve learning outcomes ranging from e-textbooks, videos and
infographics through to interactive e-learning ➜ Online assignment submission, feedback
➜ Fully supported - from student queries,
resources which can support your study both and results
e-Library resource support to careers
online and offline. Join the conversation and
advice, we are here to help you ➜ Access to online careers support and
hear a variety of perspectives and opinions –
an essential part of gaining the widest range guidance, UCEM Job Shop and a Careers
of insights you can take with you into the and Employability Advisor
world of work.
➜ Discussion forums shared by fellow
Our online guidance from highly experienced students, Tutors and UCEM staff
Tutors will help you to make the most of
➜ Information on how to access UCEM
your learning experience, and our dedicated
student support services
professional services team will provide
regular support and information. ➜ Access to libraries of periodicals to
support you in writing your assignments,
e-Library
projects and dissertations
Through the VLE, you can access our
➜ Comprehensive study skills section
e-Library which gives you access to e-books,
providing support on developing academic
journals, articles and other online resources
writing
that you will need throughout your study with
us.

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 General programme information Fees and funding
MSc entry requirements Assessment Programme fees Additional costs
Entrants onto our MSc programmes are normally Modules are assessed through a variety of assessments Your programme fees are fixed for the duration of your UCEM provides examination centres all over the world
required to have attained one of the following: such as coursework and examinations. Combinations studies. This means that the fee you pay per module will in addition to the UK. You should expect to incur travel
of module assessment vary across programmes and not increase from one year to the next, as long as you costs to attend your nearest examination centre, for those
➜ A Bachelor’s degree with honours at lower second from module to module. In line with the supported online remain registered on the same programme. Different fees modules which contain examinations.
standard (2:2), or equivalent education offering at UCEM, online resources will be may be applicable if you decided to transfer to a different
made available in preparation of, and in conjunction with, programme. Programme materials
➜ A Bachelor Degree, or equivalent, plus experience in a
assessments. The fees include the provision of online material for
relevant field Payment options your modules, access to the VLE, academic support, the
Award details You can pay your fees for the semester as a one-off e-Library Service and student services, including the
➜ A Level 5 qualification as defined by the Framework
When you successfully complete all elements of the payment by credit/debit card, bank/building society Student Advice Team and the Careers Service. All module
for Higher Education Qualifications for England, Wales
programme, you will be awarded a degree and will be cheque, banker’s draft, or direct bank transfer. If you wish material is provided online. Where the textbook is a ‘core
and Northern Ireland (FHEQ), plus five years’ relevant
entitled to use the designatory letters BSc (Hons), MSc or to pay for the semester in five instalments, you can do text’, the book will be available as an ‘e-book’ for you to
experience;
MBA. so online using a credit/debit card. The initial instalment download on to your electronic device.
➜ A professional qualification plus five years’ relevant will be taken on the day of registration. The remaining
experience. Staff Qualifications and experience monthly instalments will begin on the 1st of the month
For further details, please go to:
All our programmes are taught by a team of full time after the start date of your programme.
www.ucem.ac.uk/fees-and-funding
All UCEM programmes are taught and assessed in academic staff and associate Tutors. UCEM academic
English. You will therefore be required to demonstrate Student finance
staff and associates have extensive, relevant industry
adequate proficiency in the language before being experience in addition to their academic qualifications. Part-time students from England and Wales can apply
admitted to a course. Specific English language Please see www.ucem.ac.uk/academicstaff for further to Student Finance England/Wales for a tuition fee
requirements can be found on our website under entry information about the qualifications and experience of loan (undergraduate programmes) or a Postgraduate
requirements for each programme. UCEM’s academic staff. Loan (postgraduate programmes). Other loans are also
available. View our website for further information.
You will be required to provide copies of your qualification
certificates and proof of ID that have been verified to be Retake fees
true copies of the original by someone in a professional
You may be required to pay a retake fee if you are unable
occupation.
to pass a module at the first attempt, and are then offered
a further attempt. If you defer or suspend your studies,
or are deemed to have not sat the module assessment
by the Board of Examiners, you will not be required to
pay a retake fee, provided you re-join the module at the
first available opportunity. Please refer to the website for
retake fee details.

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 Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales

Realising your potential in the Built Environment

Accessible, flexible and cost-effective

education producing leading talent for
a better Built Environment

University College of Estate Management

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Freephone UK: 0800 019 9697 This programme outline was issued in September 2019 and the information
International: +44 (0)118 921 4696 was correct at the time of going to press. While University College of Estate
Management makes every effort to ensure the contents and statements
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made in this publication are fair and accurate, there may be changes
following publication which affect the contents. Applicants prior to making an
application must therefore review the up to-date information that is available
www.ucem.ac.uk on the website.

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