BSc (Hons) Surveying and Mapping Sciences

Surveying involves the precise measurement of spatial data – information that’s crucial to a huge range of construction projects, on land and offshore. On large building projects, surveyors are the first on-site to establish the basic measurements and the last to leave, checking everything is in the right place. Surveyors are also in high demand, and this course will give you the skills to take advantage of a worldwide employment market. We have superb links with the industry and run a regular program of guest speakers. You’ll also visit major projects in London – one of the world’s most dynamic construction areas. You’ll undertake a 50-50 split of academic and practical work. This will involve fieldwork projects, including a residential scheme at the end of your first year, and classroom and laboratory exercises. You’ll also be able to apply for student membership of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors – an international qualifying body dedicated to the regulation, education, and training of surveyors working in civil engineering.

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 year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take 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 means it 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 emphasis placed internationally 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 serious 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 the fields of 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 gone on to land jobs with FUGRO, Plowman Craven, Ordnance Survey, Scopus, Survey Solutions, and Crossrail.