Graduate Diploma Surveying 2014

WHO SHOULD ATTEND The course is suitable for those who have an undergraduate degree from a noncognate degree background and would like to pursue a career in Quantity Surveying.

KEY DETAILS

A TOP-RATED UNIVERSITY FOR EMPLOYABILITY

STUDY OPTIONS Full-time START DATE September COURSE DURATION Full-time 1 year FUNDING Available, visit www.rgu.ac.uk/scholarships FINAL AWARD Graduate Diploma COURSE LEADER Simon McLean s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk T +44 (0)1224 263532 ACCREDITATION

FEES and further information Please visit www.rgu.ac.uk/surveyingdip APPLY ONLINE WWW.RGU.AC.UK/APPLYONLINE

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Graduate Diploma Surveying

For further information about the course, contact: Simon McClean Course Leader T: 01224263532 E: s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk Produced by The Gatehouse Design and Print Consultancy at Robert Gordon University • 41053SB Robert Gordon University, a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC013781

T: 01224 263532

s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

BENEFITS TO YOU

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

Whatever your first degree subject, the Graduate Diploma in Surveying allows you to gain a recognised qualification in quantity surveying in just one year.

Our Graduate Diploma in Surveying has been designed to enable those from a non-cognate degree backgrounds to fast-track to a professional career in surveying. As a student on this course you will:

• Understand the scientific, technological, professional, legal and management skills related to selected key areas of quantity surveying

Choosing to study our Graduate Diploma in Surveying puts you on the path to a professional career. This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), meaning that on graduation (once you’re in a trainee role with a surveying firm), you can enrol for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), the final step to becoming a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor.

The course has been developed in close collaboration with industry and professions to enable you to acquire and develop the knowledge and skills applicable to practise as a quantity surveyor. The course has been specifically designed for those from non-cognate disciplines such as the arts and business studies and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in either the built environment or of quantity surveying, allowing you to build upon your existing qualifications and academic ability.

The course has been structured to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge required by employers and the profession.

You will cover a wide range of specialist modules that concentrate on professional knowledge and the requirements of practice.

In this way you will be best equipped to acquire a professional qualification in the minimum possible time. You also have the flexibility of choosing the non-professionally accredited Graduate Certificate in Surveying route by completing eight modules, allowing you to tailor the course to your particular needs and commitments.

• Be able to gain a recognised surveying qualification in just one year with any an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

• Gain a professionally recognised qualification which will open up national and international opportunities.

• Open up excellent graduate employment opportunities in a range of sectors including the built environment, engineering and the Oil and Gas sector.

As part of Robert Gordon University we also have an outstanding employment rate for our postgraduate students at 96%* and have been named Best UK University for Employment**.

• Utilise skills in integrating knowledge drawn from different subject areas, and learn innovative thinking and problem solving, which can be applied to the discipline of quantity surveying • Develop initiative, creativity, interpersonal skills and a high level of independent critical judgement

COURSE CONTENT: • Construction Technology • Law and Procurement • Value and Cost Studies 1 • Mensuration and Measurement • Management for the Built Environment 2 • Value and Cost Studies 2 • Law and Construction Contracts • Procurement for the Built Environment 2 • Risk Management • Value and Cost Studies 3 • Construction Management • Advanced Construction Technology

*HESA 2010/11 **HESA 2012

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Surveying is a diverse and exciting career choice and is a well-paid profession, with chartered surveyors amongst the highest paid UK graduates. Graduates from this course can choose to work in a number of related fields including the built environment, civil and heavy engineering as well as the offshore and petrochemical industries. This course will enable you to pursue a career in quantity surveying or supply chain management.

I would definitely recommend it to others who are interested in pursuing a career in Quantity Surveying. I feel that the course gave me a firm grounding in all aspects of Quantity Surveying from a construction perspective, with much of it transferrable to the oil and gas sector which is where I find myself today.

Victoria Smith, Graduate

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

BENEFITS TO YOU

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

Whatever your first degree subject, the Graduate Diploma in Surveying allows you to gain a recognised qualification in quantity surveying in just one year.

Our Graduate Diploma in Surveying has been designed to enable those from a non-cognate degree backgrounds to fast-track to a professional career in surveying. As a student on this course you will:

• Understand the scientific, technological, professional, legal and management skills related to selected key areas of quantity surveying

Choosing to study our Graduate Diploma in Surveying puts you on the path to a professional career. This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), meaning that on graduation (once you’re in a trainee role with a surveying firm), you can enrol for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), the final step to becoming a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor.

The course has been developed in close collaboration with industry and professions to enable you to acquire and develop the knowledge and skills applicable to practise as a quantity surveyor. The course has been specifically designed for those from non-cognate disciplines such as the arts and business studies and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in either the built environment or of quantity surveying, allowing you to build upon your existing qualifications and academic ability.

The course has been structured to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge required by employers and the profession.

You will cover a wide range of specialist modules that concentrate on professional knowledge and the requirements of practice.

In this way you will be best equipped to acquire a professional qualification in the minimum possible time. You also have the flexibility of choosing the non-professionally accredited Graduate Certificate in Surveying route by completing eight modules, allowing you to tailor the course to your particular needs and commitments.

• Be able to gain a recognised surveying qualification in just one year with any an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

• Gain a professionally recognised qualification which will open up national and international opportunities.

• Open up excellent graduate employment opportunities in a range of sectors including the built environment, engineering and the Oil and Gas sector.

As part of Robert Gordon University we also have an outstanding employment rate for our postgraduate students at 96%* and have been named Best UK University for Employment**.

• Utilise skills in integrating knowledge drawn from different subject areas, and learn innovative thinking and problem solving, which can be applied to the discipline of quantity surveying • Develop initiative, creativity, interpersonal skills and a high level of independent critical judgement

COURSE CONTENT: • Construction Technology • Law and Procurement • Value and Cost Studies 1 • Mensuration and Measurement • Management for the Built Environment 2 • Value and Cost Studies 2 • Law and Construction Contracts • Procurement for the Built Environment 2 • Risk Management • Value and Cost Studies 3 • Construction Management • Advanced Construction Technology

*HESA 2010/11 **HESA 2012

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Surveying is a diverse and exciting career choice and is a well-paid profession, with chartered surveyors amongst the highest paid UK graduates. Graduates from this course can choose to work in a number of related fields including the built environment, civil and heavy engineering as well as the offshore and petrochemical industries. This course will enable you to pursue a career in quantity surveying or supply chain management.

I would definitely recommend it to others who are interested in pursuing a career in Quantity Surveying. I feel that the course gave me a firm grounding in all aspects of Quantity Surveying from a construction perspective, with much of it transferrable to the oil and gas sector which is where I find myself today.

Victoria Smith, Graduate

WHO SHOULD ATTEND The course is suitable for those who have an undergraduate degree from a noncognate degree background and would like to pursue a career in Quantity Surveying.

KEY DETAILS

A TOP-RATED UNIVERSITY FOR EMPLOYABILITY

STUDY OPTIONS Full-time START DATE September COURSE DURATION Full-time 1 year FUNDING Available, visit www.rgu.ac.uk/scholarships FINAL AWARD Graduate Diploma COURSE LEADER Simon McLean s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk T +44 (0)1224 263532 ACCREDITATION

FEES and further information Please visit www.rgu.ac.uk/surveyingdip APPLY ONLINE WWW.RGU.AC.UK/APPLYONLINE

Talk to Us

Graduate Diploma Surveying

For further information about the course, contact: Simon McClean Course Leader T: 01224263532 E: s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk Produced by The Gatehouse Design and Print Consultancy at Robert Gordon University • 41053SB Robert Gordon University, a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC013781

T: 01224 263532

s.mclean@rgu.ac.uk