Overview

Built for you

The built environment encompasses all human-made surroundings across the world and is a diverse and exciting sector with a vibrant choice of careers, from construction, property, and land surveying to name a few. A career in the built environment comes with fantastic career prospects, the opportunity to learn a broad set of skills and the potential to work all over the world.

There are so many good reasons to take up study in the built environment, but you don’t need to study a full degree to enhance your skillset and gain knowledge – you can specialise in one of our exciting courses.

64 courses

in surveying, real estate and construction

Our courses

Built for every level

Whether you’re just entering the built environment or you’re a skilled practitioner looking to excel in your career, we have courses to suit you. Keep reading below to find out why our courses might be for you and discover all of the courses we offer from level 5 to level 7 study.

Level 5

Ideal for those with experience in the built environment

Construction Technology 3
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This course develops your knowledge of the theory and practice of building technology and sustainability for complex projects. It includes consideration of a range of complexities due to the site, the environment, construction or unusual situations.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Construction Technology 3
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Design and Environmental Science
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This course covers key aspects of the theory and practice of design for buildings and the relation of the building to the study of the environment. It applies the building, environment and technology theories covered in previous courses to normal design situations.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Design and Environmental Science
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Economics for the Built Environment
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This course covers the application of basic economic theory to the four dimensions of property and construction sector activity: the market dimension, the public policy dimension, the temporal dimension and the spatial dimension.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Economics for the Built Environment
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Design Economics and Cost Planning
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This course aims to provide you with an appreciation of construction costs and their control from inception to completion of a project. It considers what affects the cost of a building, and how the costs of the development can be controlled at the pre-contract stage of the project.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Design Economics and Cost Planning
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Building Structures
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This course covers key aspects of the theory and practice of building structures. It builds on the structural elements within the preceding construction technology modules. It enables students to analyse, interpret, apply and communicate information regarding the structural systems of buildings in a professional manner, such as understanding design calculations for building control.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Building Structures
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Valuation - The Five Methods
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This course sets property valuation in the broad economic and financial context and examines the purpose of property valuations. It considers the stakeholders in the valuation process and regulatory, ethical and sustainability issues.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Valuation – The Five Methods
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Valuation – Context and Principles
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This course examines the traditional property valuation methods: comparative, investment, residual, profits and cost-based. There is also an introduction to modern methods of valuation. The course is primarily based on calculation and analysis that aims to develop the skills required to undertake valuations of the most common property types, namely residential, offices, retail and industrial.
Level 5 - Undergraduate
Valuation – Context and Principles
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Level 6

Ideal for more experienced practitioners

Integrated Design Project
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This course enables you to consolidate your knowledge and skills gained from the previous courses, whilst working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary groups, within a project scenario.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Integrated Design Project
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Public Safety in Buildings
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A core skill for building control surveyors is the ability to assess the use of a building or venue for public events to ensure the safety of those attending. This course looks at safety in buildings and venues such as sports grounds, licenced premises and concert venues.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Public Safety in Buildings
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Building Surveying Practice
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This course focuses on building surveying practice. Legislation is based on England and Wales. The course will enhance your ability to recognise, analyse and remedy building maintenance issues and develop your ability to apply building surveying practice, maintenance and adaptation to different situations.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Building Surveying Practice
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Maintenance Management
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This course aims to develop understanding of, and practice in, the skills associated with managing, planning and controlling the maintenance of buildings.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Maintenance Management
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Construction Project Management
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This course explores a range of strategic and operational issues in construction project management. The construction project manager (CPM) plays a key role at all stages of the construction process for diverse client organisations that operate in a dynamic environment.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Construction Project Management
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Professional Quantity Surveying Practice
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This course explores a range of issues and challenges within the quantity surveying profession in the UK and other parts of the world.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Professional Quantity Surveying Practice
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Applied Valuation
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This course covers the application of valuation principles to more complex situations and introduces more sophisticated valuation concepts including discounted cash flow techniques and specialist valuation processes.
Level 6 - Undergraduate
Applied Valuation
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Level 7

For experienced practitioners ready to study at a postgraduate level

Management of Construction
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This course develops both the personnel and organisational issues of construction management, with a focus on the managers of construction projects.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Management of Construction
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Sustainable and Innovative Construction
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This course develops the principles of construction technology, including modern, innovative and traditional construction.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Sustainable and Innovative Construction
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Law for Surveyors
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This course introduces an overview of English law, the legal system and the law-making process. You will be introduced to the law of contracts, from their formation, acceptance and validity, through to termination and remedies for breach and the enforceability of exclusion clauses.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Law for Surveyors
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Principles of Marketing
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This course considers the application of marketing within construction and real estate contexts. It highlights challenges posed by diverse business environments together with implications on marketing professional practice.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Principles of Marketing
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Management Finance and Science
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This course is concerned with understanding how quantitative concepts, methods and skills can help managers in their planning and decision-making process.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Management Finance and Science
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Maintenance Management (Postgraduate)
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The course develops the principles of law and practice appropriate to the effective and efficient management of commercial property both in the UK and globally.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Maintenance Management
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Planning and Development
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This course provides an introduction to planning law and the planning process relevant to property development.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Planning and Development
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Property Management
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The course develops the principles of law and practice appropriate to the effective and efficient management of commercial property both in the UK and globally.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Property Management
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Property Transactions
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This course introduces you to the practice of estate agency, focusing on the commercial property market in the UK.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Property Transactions
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Building Economics
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This course provides you with a comprehensive understanding of commercial aspects of a construction project during the pre-contract phase including costs, financing, value management and cost control and where applicable the profitability of development opportunities.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Building Economics
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Procurement and Tendering
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This course examines the principles and applications of project procurement. It also develops understanding of the effects of risk allocation on procurement choice and the impact this has on subsequent phases of the project cycle.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Procurement and Tendering
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Analysis and Adaptation of Buildings
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This course investigates the wider context and technical issues regarding both the analysis and adaptation of existing buildings.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Analysis and Adaptation of Buildings
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Applied Valuation (Postgraduate)
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This course aims to advance the knowledge, understanding, research and analytical skills so that you are able to undertake complex and specialist valuations in both a UK and international context.
Level 7 - Postgraduate
Applied Valuation (Postgraduate)
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5 reasons to upskill

Built for the future

You want to get ahead

You might want to develop your knowledge in a specific area to be more competitive in your career

You want to specialise

Perhaps you would like to focus on a specific area without committing to a full undergraduate or postgraduate degree

You have less time

Maybe you don’t have the time for a full degree programme. You can still enhance your knowledge and skills without changing your lifestyle

You want to switch roles

You want to change your role at work, but you need knowledge and skills in a specific area to progress

You want to try before you commit

Or maybe you would like to see what it’s like to study online and at an undergraduate or postgraduate level without studying a full degree programme

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