Construction Project Management BSc (Hons)

Why choose this course?

• Construction project managers play a crucial role. They ensure projects are completed on time, to budget, to a specified quality and meet the client's needs.
• The demand for construction project managers is increasing as the construction industry continues to grow – there are more than two million people currently employed in the sector across the UK.
• If you are interested in becoming a construction project manager and ensuring the entire construction process goes smoothly and according to the plan, this course is ideal.
• This course is designed to equip graduates with the knowledge, skills and professional behaviours that are expected from them as a construction project manager, in addition to being effective in mitigating climate change impacts on construction and human society.

Reasons to choose Kingston University

• Combine construction management theory, planning, managing people, law and finance with real-world case studies and hand-on experience through on-site practical activities.
• Kingston University is ranked No.3 in London for Construction, Surveying and Planning (The Guardian University Guide 2024).
• Prepare for your future career construction surveying and civil engineering with a year's paid work placement, or gain valuable experience by studying abroad.

What you will study

• Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Year 1 introduces Navigate for Professional Engineers (a Future Skills module that aims to assist students in making the transition to Higher Education, develop strong foundations of self-awareness and self-motivation, and generate a sense of belonging to their course and Kingston University), sustainability, climate literacy, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), construction management practice, professional practice, construction technology and techniques, and construction law and its regulatory.

Core modules

• Navigate for Professional Engineers
• Sustainability for Professional Practice
• Introduction to Quantification of Construction Works
• Introduction to Law and Regulatory Context
• Principles of Construction Management Practice
• Introduction to Construction Technology

Year 2

• Year 2 includes Exploring Engineering Project Management – a Future Skills module which scaffolds Navigate from Year 1 and is skills-rich. It includes the development of team-working, interpersonal and interdisciplinary skills, critical self-reflection, communication and presentation skills, and the ability to organise, strategise and prioritise. You will also learn about digitisation in construction (i.e. using REVIT and BIM related software), construction technology including its environmental services, and business and legal principles including contract administration, planning, scheduling and cost planning.

Core modules

• Digital Technologies and Construction Modelling
• Procurement and Contract Administration
• Construction Technology and Environmental Services
• Exploring Engineering Project Management
• Construction, Planning, Scheduling and Control
• Design Appraisal and Cost Planning

Year 3/4

• Final year students will be guided to interact with professional and learning communities beyond the University and reflect on these interactions through Applied Business Management (a Future Skills module). Here, students will demonstrate the ability to apply their developing professional skills competencies in their chosen area and prepare themselves for employment and entrepreneurship.
• The final year involves the in-depth study and application of contractual procedures including health and safety and environmental law, site practice and management, Construction Information Management System as part of digitisation in construction, feasibility of project and managing collaborative workflows in a BIM environment. You will carry out an individual project focused on research into a specialised subject.

Core modules

• Applied Business Management
• Project Feasibility Studies
• Construction Information Management Systems
• Construction Law and Contract Practice
• Site Practice and Management
• Individual Project

Future Skills
Knowledge to give you the edge

• Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.
• As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.
• At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

After you graduate

• You'll graduate with technical and communication skills that are in demand in many sectors. Through Kingston University's links to industry, placements and positions may be offered following graduation.