Building Surveying

Why study Building Surveying at Liverpool John Moores University?

• Fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

• Opportunity to undertake a year's industrial placement or study abroad

• Opportunity to participate in an exciting international experience studying a building surveying subject abroad

• 6 million investment in developing state-of-the-art teaching facilities

• Stepping stone to a varied career with UK and overseas employment opportunities

• LJMU ranked 16th in the UK for construction, surveying and planning courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)

• LJMU ranked 8th university in the UK for building degrees (The Times UK University Rankings 2025)

About your course
Completing the BSc (Hons) Building Surveying at Liverpool John Moores University will enable you to graduate as a fully accredited professional with relevant industry experience and excellent earning potential.

Traditionally, a building surveyors main area of expertise has been in property refurbishment and conservation, but nowadays they are also involved in building design, management, maintenance, and surveys the whole lifecycle of a building, in fact.

As such, they work with a range of people, from building owners and occupiers to builders, planners, lawyers and service engineers, so not only do they need to be technically competent but practical as well, and capable of giving advice on subjects as diverse as repair diagnosis to building design to legal representation in court.

The course is built around the following four themes together with work experience and project tasks that simulate real working practices, giving you the knowledge and practical skills to launch your career as a building surveyor:

• Technical knowledge such as building construction, building defects, science and materials

• Design practice which covers cad, refurbishment projects, sustainability projects, building conservation

• Management practice including construction site management, facilities and maintenance management business management

• Law including construction law, property law, health and safety law

The course also offers a sandwich route which involves a paid placement where you can apply what you have learnt at LJMU out in the workplace. Such experience will enhance both your professional skills development and your CV, boosting your employment prospects after graduation.

Students not undertaking a placement year are registered on the non-Sandwich version of the programme and will have the opportunity of an additional study year abroad following Level 5, providing students with an additional year of study at an approved overseas partner that will complement their programme at LJMU.

Additional course costs
There are no travel costs for day site visits. Optional residential study visits in the UK and abroad will have costs involved.

Please visit the Liverpool John Moores University website for detailed module information.

Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose, but will usually include a combination of exams and coursework.

All students perform differently depending on the type of assessment they are asked to do, and so a variety of assessment methods are used. These include exams (open and closed book), coursework (projects, technical reports, reviews, etc), and presentations (individual and group).

Your tutors will give prompt and constructive feedback via Canvas (our virtual learning environment), face-to-face or in writing.

This will help you to identify your strengths as well as the areas where you may need to put in more work.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of
• Building Engineers, Chartered Association of