Construction Economics and Management MSc/PG Dip

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

The MSc in Construction Economics and Management equips graduates with the skills to become senior managers, policy advisers and decision-makers in any branch of the construction industry. It can also provide teachers and researchers in these subject areas with professional academic development.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

The career options for graduates are varied, and many students go on to work for construction, engineering and design enterprises, professional consultants and commercial research organisations, and client enterprises with significant project portfolios such as retailers or banks. Graduates are keenly recruited by many of the UK's very best construction-sector firms. The MSc can be used as a foundation for MPhil/PhD research.

UCL's minimum qualifications are a lower second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. However, there is a heavy demand for places on this programme and in practice a significantly higher standard will be required unless the applicant can offer professional qualifications or five years of more of relevant practical experience.

RICS Project Management pathway

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Subjects

  • Economics
  • Construction
  • Construction Training
  • Managing Construction
  • Managing Data
  • Enterprise-Project Relationship
  • Social networks
  • Construction Booms
  • Construction Design
  • Economics of Labour

Course programme

This RICS accredited programme aims to develop students' knowledge and skills under two mutually supporting themes, for which the School of Construction & Project Management has an international reputation:

  • the economics and finance of construction at project, firm and industry levels
  • the management of construction projects and enterprises.

Construction is taken in its widest sense to include design, infrastructure and the supply chain.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core modules (60 credits), four optional/elective modules (60 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma, four core modules, four optional modules (120 credits, full-time nine months) is offered.

Core modules
  • The Economics of Construction: Economics, Sectors and Industries
  • The Economic Institutions of the Construction Industry
  • The Management of Construction Projects
  • The Management of Construction Enterprises
Optional modules

Optional module choices will include:

  • Construction Booms and Slumps
  • Construction Clients and the Market for Contracts
  • Economics of Appraisal of Construction Projects: Leading Issues
  • Economics of Speculative Construction Development
  • Construction Industry Development
  • Managing Professional Practice
  • Relationships between Firms
  • Capturing and Delivering Value
  • The Construction Firm: Contractors and Subcontractors
  • Marketing and Project Business Development
  • Managing Change in Organisations
  • Environmental Sustainability in the Construction Sector
  • Integrating Project Information Systems with Building Information Modelling
  • Managing Construction
  • Managing the Enterprise-Project Relationship
  • Organisations and People in Projects
  • Social Networks in Project and Enterprise Organisations

Students choose at least one

Students choose at least two

The fourth optional module is selected from the remaining choices displayed above.

Dissertation/report

All MSc students submit a 10,000-word dissertation related to the main themes of the programme, under the guidance of an individual supervisor.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars and group work on case studies, exercises and problems. Lectures include industry guest speakers. Assessment is through written examination, term papers and the dissertation.

Fieldwork

Fieldwork contributes to primary research for the dissertation

Additional information

Fee - £23,740 (FT)

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