Construction Management - MSc

Master

In Nottingham

£ 7,800 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    1 Year

Our MSc Construction Management course aims to provide you with a framework for understanding the role of the construction manager, and a key focus will be placed on the management of construction projects from the perspective of the construction contractor.

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Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Study at a top university for building and construction; NTU is ranked 7th in the UK for Building, a jump of ten places since 2016 (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2018).
Have the option of taking a one-month professional or industrial internship, which counts towards your Masters qualification.
Benefit from our team of expert academic staff who have established links to industry and significant experience of working in practice.
Hear from visiting industry and academic experts, some of whom are NTU alumni, who will be teaching parts of the modules, providing a ‘real life’ perspective on the topics you will be studying.
Study trips to live sites in the UK and abroad are included in your course fees, designed to help develop your understanding of theory in practice. Previous study trip destinations have included Berlin, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Dubai and Hong Kong.
Our flexible study options support part-time learners, who wish to balance employment with further study.

This course is aimed at professionals or graduates wishing to pursue a career managing construction projects. It’s suitable for professionals already working in the broad construction industries, who aspire to senior management positions. Additionally, this course is suitable for undergraduate (honours) students in related subject areas, looking to progress to study a managerial and technical programme.

2:2 honours degree in a construction-related subject; or,
Corporate membership of an appropriate construction industry-related professional body which has been approved for this purpose by the University, preferably alongside industry experience at managerial level, or
An alternative approved construction industry-related professional qualification, together with appropriate industrial experience at managerial level in the construction industry.

Our MSc Construction Management course has an outstanding reputation for producing employable graduates. The course provides you with an accredited route towards the professional qualifications of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES).
The RICS accreditation enables successful graduates entry to the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), the on-the-job training scheme that graduates need to complete to qualify as a chartered surveyor.

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Subjects

  • Risk
  • Construction Management
  • Systems
  • IT risk
  • Construction
  • Construction Training
  • Planning
  • Law for Construction
  • Construction manager
  • Safety Law

Course programme

Core module content

Law for Construction

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 26
Total non-contact hours: 124

  • This module will provide you with a framework for understanding legal processes and legal decision making in relation to the construction industry. This will provide you with a basis for understanding some key legal rights and responsibilities, and inform dispute resolution.
  • The module content includes: an introduction to the English legal systems and process, key elements of contract law pertinent to the role of the construction manager, a review of key torts, a review of health and safety law, and methods of dispute resolution, including courts, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and conciliation. You will also look at corporate social responsibility from a legal perspective, including Corporate Manslaughter legislation.
  • This module will be delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, and be assessed via coursework and an examination.
Construction Business and Enterprise

30 credit points
Total contact hours: 52
Total non-contact hours: 248

  • This module aims to introduce you to the construction industry as a business and enterprise, and will include an international study tour. You will study three main areas: economics and finance, organisations and human resources management and marketing.
  • You will develop a critical understanding of the complex economic and financial environments that construction organisations operate within, developing the necessary skills to analyse construction company accounts. The module will also introduce you to contemporary and emerging management theories and practices. You’ll appraise social, cultural, political and organisational differences, to identify how companies operate globally.
  • You will also evaluate current and evolving human resource management issues, and develop the skills to critically review the marketing of construction organisations.
  • This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminar groups and tutorials, and be assessed via coursework, a portfolio and an exam.
Collaborative Working

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 26
Total non-contact hours: 123

  • The aim of this module is to explore the business case and technological concepts for using collaborative working, and its associated information and communication technologies used on construction projects, supported by case studies from industry.
  • Module content will include demonstrations and on-the-job learning of collaborative working environments, with the key aim of the module to understand and utilise the benefits provided by collaborative working, on your projects.
  • You will study the history and background to collaborative working, and assess standards and collaborative procedures. You will also be exposed to a variety of collaborative working technologies, and look at the business implication of collaborative working, including risk analysis.
  • This module will be delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, and be assessed via coursework.
Advanced Construction Technology

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 26
Total non-contact hours: 124

  • This module aims to introduce you to the technological environments, in which the construction industry operates.

    You will critically review construction systems and methods of implementation, including characteristics, constraints and difficulties, that together form the criteria for the development and optimisation of various methodologies available.
  • You will explore and evaluate opportunities for the rationalisation of construction systems and production methods. The module will extend you knowledge of the relationship between construction projects and the environment, including the integration of environmental protection in the planning, implementation and life cycle of the construction product.
  • This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminar groups and tutorials, and assessed via a report and a presentation.
Planning and Managing Construction Work

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 26
Total non-contact hours: 124

  • This module will introduce you to project environments within the construction industry.This module aims to:
  • Critically evaluate the definition, planning and organisation of construction projects, including resource management and logistics.
  • Demonstrate competencies in the application of management to both the overall process of project management, and to specific stages within that process, including knowledge and understanding of planning techniques, such as critical path methodology, line of balance and critical chain analysis.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of cost and risk management applied to construction.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the use of information technology for project planning and risk management, including building information modelling.
  • This module will be delivered via lectures, workshops, seminar groups and tutorials, and be assessed via a portfolio.
Professional Practice and Procedure for Construction and Engineering Management

30 credit points
Total contact hours: 78
Total non-contact hours: 222

  • This module introduces you to project environments in which the international construction industry operates. The module will be based around studying a live construction project, working in teams to solve a series of problems relating to the management of construction projects in the national construction market.
  • Depending on the nature of the project selected, your teams may also be cross-disciplinary, including members from the MSc Project Management (Construction), MSc Quantity Surveying and MSc International Construction Management courses, with whom you may share some common lectures and workshops.
  • The module may also allow some personalisation of your studies, as you may be able to pursue topics or themes of your own interest and choosing within the assessment, pertinent to the management of construction engineering.
  • This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminar groups and tutorials, and assessed via project work, including a submission, a portfolio and a presentation.
Optional module

contentYou will choose to study either:Postgraduate Research Project

60 credit points
Total contact hours: 30
Total non-contact hours: 570

  • This module will introduce you to the methodology used in build environment research, the theory behind different research methods, and practical aspects of their implementation.
  • You will be required to define a research project, in agreement with your supervisor, examining the connections between theory and principle, business or industrial practice, and research in the context of your chosen course.
  • You will own and manage a significant independent academic inquiry that will be reported in the form of a postgraduate research project, poster presentation and journal paper in the publisher’s format of an appropriate peer-reviewed academic journal. You’ll be guided through the nature of academic postgraduate work, which will include specific exercises to develop your knowledge of research methodology.
  • This module will be delivered via lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, and assessed via a written submission. You’ll be supported throughout by regular meetings with your project supervisor to receive feedback.
Industrial or Professional Internship

60 credit points
Total contact hours: 16
Total non-contact hours: 584
Made up of internship (minimum 150 hours) and independent research (434 hours)

  • This module is internship-based, and will require you to draw upon, apply and further develop the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in other modules. You will complete a period of internship relevant to your course, and critically evaluate your professional practice and the development of your employability skills. Throughout your internship you will produce a critically reflective report, including a personal development plan.
  • Alongside your internship, you will undertake a Practice Research Enquiry, which will focus on knowledge and skills relevant to your own particular internship and programme.
  • Assessment will be via written reports and assessments, including your Practice Research Report, your internship log and diary, and a critical reflective commentary and evaluation.

Additional information

International Student Fee - £13,250 per year

Construction Management - MSc

£ 7,800 VAT inc.