Building Surveying

With BSc Building Surveying you will analyse building performance and material lifecycles to establish the cause and effect of building defects.

Why choose BSc Building Surveying at Reading? We're one of the UK's top-ranking universities for teaching and research in the built environment: 3rd for Building in the Complete University Guide, 2024, and 6th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2024.

This course is designed to prepare you for a successful career in building surveying. You will benefit from the Department's strong links with industry and the surveying profession.

Placements
You can carry out a paid industrial training placement, lasting a year or a shorter period. This experience not only provides you with an insight into industry, but is also a valuable opportunity to get to know a range of industry professionals.
Placements can be located anywhere in the UK, and sometimes take place abroad. Firms offering places to our students in the past include Deloitte, Faithful and Gould, Lambert Smith Hampton, Rider Levett Bucknall, and Savills.

Scholarships
As part of the cohort joining the BSc Building Surveying course in 2025, you may have the opportunity to secure an annual £1,000 scholarship for each of the three years of the undergraduate degree (subject to conditions).

For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/Subject-area/surveying-and-construction-ug/bsc-building-surveying.