Course Enquiries - UK
Tel: 0207 815 7500
Mode: Full-time; Part-time; Day release
Buildings are an integral part of all of our lives; our homes, schools, work places and public places wouldn't exist without building surveyors. This course will teach the underpinnings of building construction, as well as how to maintain and use them sustainably. Being a building surveyor is very varied work; much of the job is undertaken on site visits (it's not just a desk job) and no two days will be the same.
The programme is for those involved in the maintenance, refurbishment, alteration and extension of existing buildings, or in project management and design for public bodies, commercial organisations and professional practice firms.
Students coming to us from a non-construction/surveying background will be taught alongside those who have completed an undergraduate surveying degree and who are already working in the industry. As a result, the student cohort is diverse and contains a wide range of viewpoints. We've had students with backgrounds as diverse as drama, law and science.
Mode | Duration | Start date | Location |
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Mode Part-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Part-time PgDip (Conversion) |
Duration 24 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time PgDip (Conversion) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time MSc (Conversion) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Part-time MSc (Conversion) |
Duration 24 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Part-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Part-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 28 months |
Start Date January |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 16 months |
Start Date January |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Part-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start Date January |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date January |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
Mode Full-time (Top-up) |
Duration 12 months |
Start Date September |
Location
Southwark Campus
|
By studying a combination of core and optional modules the course provides the skills required to practise. In order to complete the MSc stage, you are required to take a Research Methods unit and undertake a dissertation on a topic approved by your supervisor.
Please be aware that option selection is subject to availability.
The following tables indicate the modular structure of the overall qualification for each of its modes.
Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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Valuation and Surveying | Property and Building Law |
Construction | Property and Asset Management |
Use and Performance of Buildings | Building Surveying Project |
Building Pathology | Building Pathology |
Institutional & Legal Context for Property | Option |
Dissertation |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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Valuation and Surveying | Property & Building Law |
Construction | Property & Asset Management |
Institutional & Legal Context for Property |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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Use and Performance of Buildings | Building Surveying Project |
Building Pathology | Option |
Dissertation |
Nearly 100% of graduates have found employment since the inception of this course. Graduates work in a range of organisations including both small and large private practices, local authorities, housing associations and government organisations, as well as property and construction companies.
At LSBU, we want to set you up for a successful career. During your studies – and for two years after you graduate – you’ll have access to our Employability Service, which includes:
Our Student Enterprise team can also help you start your own business and develop valuable entrepreneurial skills.
London South Bank University has a long history of educating professionals for the building-related industries. With roots in the London Council School of Building (1904) and the Brixton School of Building (1940), we have been offering training in this sector for over 100 years.
We have links with major real estate consultancies, property companies, contractors, cost consultants and developers to ensure our courses are highly relevant for the current market. Our current students and alumni hold key positions in their organisation, often as senior managers and business owners.
A series of guest lectures are provided as part of the Institutional and Legal Context module. Highlights have been:
We want our students to have 'real world' experiences while studying at LSBU, so field work is a major component. Our surveying and construction courses give our students the opportunity to carry out a construction project. Their work will take into account current construction technologies, energy efficiency solutions and environmental and sustainability issues.
The project is very detailed and is carried out across site visits, analysing on-going construction projects and an appraisal of eco-technologies. These factors can be influenced by location, and our field trips can take our students both overseas to expanding countries like Dubai, or round the corner to building developments happening on our own campus.
Students on our MSc Surveying courses can choose to study International Real Estate & Construction as an optional module. This requires students to go on a study visit to an international city which has an emerging real estate and construction market.
Past students have gone abroad either to Dubai or Shanghai. The field trip includes visits to real estate companies and construction firms, site visits and meetings with various professionals. From these briefings, students need to produce a country report with detailed strategy, including how they could break through in the real estate or construction market overseas.
Accreditation is a mark of quality assurance and professional relevance. The MSc and the PgDip is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and is a recognised qualification for students to progress on to the Assessment of Professional Competence Graduate Training Programme.
Taking our part-time route requires you to be in employment related to Building Surveying (a reference from your employer will be required).
Applicants who do not meet this requirement will be considered for entry on the basis of the length and quality of their employment experience in areas cognate to surveying and construction. Evidence of this will be required in support of any application made.
International (non Home/EU) applicants should follow our international how to apply guide.
Mode | Duration | Start date | Application code | Application method |
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Mode Part-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5282 |
Application method |
Mode Part-time PgDip (Conversion) |
Duration 24 months |
Start date September |
Application code 4961 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time PgDip (Conversion) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date September |
Application code 4132 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time MSc (Conversion) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5279 |
Application method |
Mode Part-time MSc (Conversion) |
Duration 24 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5281 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5105 |
Application method |
Mode Part-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5106 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date September |
Application code 5280 |
Application method |
Mode Part-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 28 months |
Start date January |
Application code 5392 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time MSc (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 16 months |
Start date January |
Application code 5393 |
Application method |
Mode Part-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 24 months |
Start date January |
Application code 5408 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time PgDip (Surveying graduates) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date January |
Application code 5409 |
Application method |
Mode Full-time (Top-up) |
Duration 12 months |
Start date September |
Application code 4072 |
Application method |
Postgraduate students and research students should apply through our dedicated application system. Full details of how to do this are supplied on our How to apply section for postgraduate students and our How to apply section for research students.
See our admissions policy (PDF File 1,043 KB) and complaints policy (PDF File 516 KB).
Students should apply for accommodation at London South Bank University (LSBU) as soon as possible, once we have made an offer of a place on one of our academic courses. Read more about applying for accommodation at LSBU.
It's a good idea to think about how you'll pay university tuition and maintenance costs while you're still applying for a place to study. Remember – you don't need to wait for a confirmed place on a course to start applying for student finance. Read how to pay your fees as a postgraduate student.
Book a session with one of our specialist Postgraduate Advisors. Over a one on one Advice Session they'll advise you on postgraduate degrees at LSBU that match your interests and experience.
Home/EU postgraduate students and research students should apply through our dedicated application system.
Full details of how to do this are supplied on our How to apply section for postgraduate students and our How to apply section for research students.
International applicants should use our international application system. Full details can be found on our How to apply section for international students.
See our admissions policy (PDF File 1,043 KB) and complaints policy (PDF File 516 KB).
Your application will be circulated to a number of potential supervisors who will look at your academic qualifications, experience and the research proposal to decide whether your research interest is something that could be supervised at LSBU.
There will also be an interview either by telephone or at the University. If you are successful you will be offered a place on a course and informed of the next enrolment date. The whole process normally takes between six to eight weeks, from receipt of your application to a decision being made about your application at the School.
We help our students prepare for university even before the semester starts. To find out when you should apply for your LSBU accommodation or student finance read the How to apply tab for this course.
Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Enrolment pages.
After accepting your place on the MSc Building Surveying programme, you are encouraged to apply for the Stuart A Johnson scholarship. This scholarship is offered to new MSc Building Surveying, MSc Construction Project Management and MSc Quantity Surveying students and is a £4,000 waiver towards your fees.
We help our students prepare for university even before the semester starts. To find out when you should apply for your LSBU accommodation or student finance read the How to apply tab for this course.
Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Enrolment pages.
Fees are shown for new entrants to courses, for each individual year of a course, together with the total fee for all the years of a course. Continuing LSBU students should refer to the Finance section of our student portal, MyLSBU. Queries regarding fees should be directed to the Fees and Bursaries Team on: +44 (0)20 7815 6181.
UK fee: £3393.34 | International fee: £5133.34 |
AOS/LSBU code: 4072 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £10180 | International fee: £15400 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5393 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £10180 | International fee: £15400 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5279 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £2262.22 | International fee: £3422.22 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5392 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £10180 |
International £15400 |
UK fee: £2262.22 | International fee: £3422.22 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5282 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £10180 |
International £15400 |
UK fee: £13573.33 | International fee: £20533.33 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5280 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £5655.56 | International fee: £8555.56 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5281 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £13573.34 |
International £20533.34 |
UK fee: £6786.66 | International fee: £9933.33 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5409 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £6786.66 | International fee: £9933.33 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5105 | Session code: 1FS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £6786.66 |
International £9933.33 |
UK fee: £2262.22 | International fee: £3422.22 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5408 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £6786.66 |
International £10266.66 |
UK fee: £2262.22 | International fee: £3422.22 |
AOS/LSBU code: 5106 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £6786.66 |
International £10266.66 |
UK fee: £10180 | International fee: £15400 |
AOS/LSBU code: 4132 | Session code: 1FS00 |
UK fee: £5655.56 | International fee: £8555.56 |
AOS/LSBU code: 4961 | Session code: 1PS00 |
Total course fee: |
UK £10180 |
International £15400 |
For more information, including how and when to pay, see our fees and funding section for postgraduate students.
See our Tuition Fees Regulations (PDF File 391 KB) and Refund Policy (PDF File 775 KB).
The University reserves the right to increase its fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions.
The fees for international students are reviewed annually and the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fees in line with the RPIX measure of inflation up to 4 per cent.
If you are starting a Masters course, studying either full- or part-time, you may be entitled to apply for a postgraduate study loan. Find out more at our postgraduate fees and funding section.
We offer several types of fee reduction through our scholarships and bursaries. Find the full list and other useful information on funding your studies on the scholarships and fee discounts page.
Please check your fee status and whether you are considered a Home, EU or International student for fee-paying purposes and for our regulatory returns, by reading the UKCISA regulations.
After accepting your place on the MSc Building Surveying programme, you are encouraged to apply for the Stuart A Johnson scholarship. This scholarship is offered to new MSc Building Surveying, MSc Construction Project Management and MSc Quantity Surveying students and is a £4,000 waiver towards your fees.
The individual fee for this course is shown above. For more information, including how and when to pay, see our fees and funding section for postgraduate students.
See our Tuition Fees Regulations (PDF File 391 KB) and Refund Policy (PDF File 775 KB).
We have a range of PhD Scholarships available in partnership with businesses and organisations; read notices of PhD studentships.
Course Enquiries - UK
Tel: 0207 815 7500
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