CAO Code LY518

Letterkenny Campus

Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Quantity Surveying

4 years / Level 8 / Full-time / Work Placement

Is this course for me?

The professionally-accredited BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying at LYIT is tailored to meet the expectations and needs of employers. The programme offers students exciting paid placement opportunities where they gain invaluable 'hands' on experience.

Certain semesters of this course are taken in common with other courses.

Year One

SEMESTER	MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS	CONTACT HOURS
1	Mathematics 1	Mandatory	5	4
	Construction Technology 1	Mandatory	5	4
	Elementary CAD	Mandatory	5	4
	Technical Writing & Communication	Mandatory	5	3
	Quantity Surveying Skills 1	Mandatory	10	6
2	Land Surveying & GIS	Mandatory	5	4
	Measurement & Pre-contract Cost Planning	Mandatory	10	8
	Construction Technology 2	Mandatory	5	4
	Building Services 1	Mandatory	5	4
	Construction Detailing & BIM	Mandatory	5	4

Year Two

SEMESTER	MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS	CONTACT HOURS
3	Mechanical & Electrical Scheduling	Mandatory	5	4
	Advanced Construction Technology	Mandatory	5	5
	Building Contract Law	Mandatory	5	4
	Measurement & Estimating 1	Mandatory	10	6
	Tendering & Procurement	Mandatory	5	5
4	Building Services 2	Mandatory	5	4
	Site Organisation	Mandatory	5	4
	Measurement & Estimating 2	Mandatory	5	5
	Measurement Project	Mandatory	10	6
	Economics	Mandatory	5	5

Year Three

SEMESTER	MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS
5	Active Learning Diary & Professional Competencies	Mandatory	25
	Management Practice in the Built Environment	Mandatory	10
	Capstone Project	Mandatory	15
	Research Project	Mandatory	10

Year Four

SEMESTER	MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS	CONTACT HOURS
7	Financial Management	Mandatory	10	6
	Construction Law & Professional Ethics	Mandatory	5	4
	Measurement & Development Project 1	Mandatory	10	6
	Dissertation Proposal	Mandatory	5	4
8	Applied Contract Administration	Mandatory	5	4
	Dissertation	Mandatory	10	4
	Financial Information & Decision Making in Construction	Mandatory	5	4
	Measurement & Development Project 2	Mandatory	10	6

Professional Recognition

Professional accreditation opens doors to global opportunities. This course is accredited by the Society of Chartered Surveyor Ireland (SCSI) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Follow-on Courses

Follow up programmes elsewhere include:

Graduates from this programme may, with one further years work experience, apply to gain full membership of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI).
Master degrees in institutes and universities at home and abroad.

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

Leaving Certificate

Minimum Six O6/H7
Maths O6/H7
English or Irish O6/H7
At least two H5

Number of Places	24

Information for:

Student Experience

-- Dearbhla Walsh, Graduate Cost Manager/ Quantity Surveyor, Linesight, London.

I recently graduated with a BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree from LYIT. Upon graduation, I had the opportunity of job offers in Dublin and London. I decided to take the plunge and move to London to start my career in an Irish based construction firm.

The course content from LYIT has stood to me vastly and I believe the lecturers deserve a lot of credit for the time and effort they give to each of their students. They continuously look for ways to improve the Quantity Surveying course and listen to feedback from students. The course offers work experience in the third year. This offers the student an opportunity when they graduate to return to that company. Modules which covered cash flow projections, calculations of payments due to contractors and procurement advice; to name only a few, has helped me whilst being in the work environment on a day to day basis.

The Quantity Surveying course is accredited in the LYIT by the Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCSI) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) which has allowed me to continue my studies to gain chartership and complete my APCs in the UK. I am grateful for the support I encountered in LYIT and would highly recommend this course. The course itself is intense, but do keep in mind that all modules that are covered by the lecturing staff are needed when you enter the work environment - it is worth it in the end!

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

Professional Consultancy Practices
Building/Civil Engineering Contractors
Local Authorities
Government Departments
Utility Providers (e.g. Eircom, ESB)
Banks and Insurance companies
Property Developers
Manufacturers and Builders suppliers
Quantity Surveying

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

Construction Cost Manager
Estimator
Quantity Surveyor

Employer Testimonials

-- Brian Conway & Neil McBeth, Conway McBeth Ltd

Conway McBeth Ltd have benefitted greatly from the skills, dedication and hard work ethos of Placement Students from LYIT year after year, and are extremely proud to have two successful LYIT graduates in our team of Quantity Surveyors based in our offices in Dublin and Omagh. The LYIT placement students have already attained a superb base of practical, transferable skills, which we are delighted to flourish with on the job experience. We endeavour to involve the placement students in a wide varied range of projects, learning in house and on site, to make their experience with us not only educational, but also an enjoyable and exciting introduction to the working environment. We would have no hesitation in recommending LYIT placement students to other QS employers, and hope to avail of their skills for many years to come!

-- Laurence Kennedy, KCS Construction Consultants

KCS Construction Consultants are an Independent Construction Consultancy Practice specialising in Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Monitoring and Due Diligence Services. We are based in Letterkenny and Belfast and service many sectors of the construction industry throughout Ireland and the UK.

Since the practice was established in 2011, we have consistently employed graduates and placement year students from the Quantity Surveying course at LYIT and currently have former LYIT QS students at various levels within our firm from Placement year to Senior Surveyors. We have enjoyed great experience with employing the LYIT QS graduates and have found them to be well skilled and enthusiastic about their chosen field. We are a firm enjoying constant growth since inception and look forward to continuing our partnering with LYIT in providing employment opportunities for LYIT QS Graduates and Placement Students in the years ahead

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Key Information

Non Eu students will apply via https://noneuapply.lyit.ie/
There is a €20 application fee that all non eu students need to pay in order to submit their application .
All programmes will start in Sept 2022
Students can apply from Jan 2022 onwards

Click here for the Alternative to Work Placement

Fees

EU Fees: €3,000

Non-EU Fees: €10,500

Further Information

Department Administration: +353 (0)74 918 6406 / +353 (0)74 918 6410

Head of Department Anne Boner
Email: Anne.Boner@lyit.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)74 918 6403

School and Department
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering & Construction