First, we prepare you for your degree during the Foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. Then you can go on to do the full undergraduate degree. Surveyors are in high demand, and this course will give you the skills to take advantage of a worldwide employment market. We have excellent links with the industry and run a regular program of guest speakers. You’ll also visit significant projects in London – one of the world’s most active construction areas. You’ll undertake a 50-50 split of academic and practical work. This will involve fieldwork projects, residential schemes, and classroom and laboratory exercises. You’ll also be able to apply for student membership in the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors – an international qualifying body dedicated to the regulation, education, and training of surveyors working in civil engineering.
BSc (Hons) Surveying and Mapping Sciences (With Foundation Year)
Modules
Foundation Year(If Required)
- Found – all core
Year 1
- Year 1 – all core
Year 2
- Year 2 – all core
This course offers the opportunity for a year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year will take four years to complete your studies instead of three.
Year 3
- Year 3 – all core
Employability
This course has a superb record in getting graduates into employment. Likely UK destinations include the Highways Agency, Network Rail, Thames Water, and local authorities. The international emphasis on precision measurement of boundaries in property sales means surveyors are hugely valued worldwide. Many overseas students who graduate from this course return home to work in their government land survey departments. Other graduates have moved into UK companies specializing in surveying land for new houses or roads. The course is also a route into forensic surveying, which establishes precise data for use in court cases. You might be involved in checking measurements following a severe road accident or attending a serious crime scene, such as the aftermath of a bomb explosion. Your knowledge of hydrographic surveying will equip you for worldwide employment opportunities in offshore gas and oil exploration. These skills are also required for tasks such as searching for aircraft which have disappeared over the ocean. The search in the Pacific for a missing Malaysian Airlines plane in 2014 involved hydrographic surveyors. Recent UEL graduates in Surveying and Mapping Sciences have landed jobs with FUGRO, Plowman Craven, Ordnance Survey, Scopus, Survey Solutions, and Crossrail.
Key Facts
Requirements
- A Level- Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject.
- BTEC Extended Diploma or Diploma.
- International Diploma with 24 points, including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
- Overall IELTS score of 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking (or recognized equivalent).
Duration options
Full-time, four years
Part-time
Start date
September
Fees and Applying
EU/Home – Tuition Fees:
- Full-time: £9,250 UK
- Part-time: £2,310 UK
International –
- Tuition Fees: £13,080
