MSc Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying

The Quantity Surveying course offered by Heriot-Watt University is a postgraduate programme designed to equip students with a deep understanding of the managerial procedures, and the skills needed to interpret contracts and statistics, and manage construction projects. The whole course is essentially career-oriented, underpinned by a commitment to providing industry-relevant education in quantity surveying and commercial management.Course Content: This course includes a mix of lectures, tutorials, and workshops with interesting assessment tasks such as reports, financial analyses, literature reviews, and portfolio development. The course will cover topics such as Contract Administration, Value and Risk Management, and Building Information Modelling for Quantity Surveyors.Key Modules: The core modules include Construction Practice and Information Technology, Contract Administration, Construction Technology, Economics, Contractual Claims, Value and Risk Management, Dispute Resolution, Construction Financial Management, and Building Information Modelling for Quantity Surveyors.Accreditations: The Quantity Surveying course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM).Future Careers: This course will equip students to be successful quantity surveyors and commercial managers. Their skills will be able to add value to any construction project. The programme's graduates have gone on to lead successful careers in various roles in the built environment sector, including roles in quantity surveying, building surveying, property and construction.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.