MSc/PgDip Quantity Surveying (Mechanical and Electrical)
- Alternative start dates available
- Distance Learning
- International students can apply
Full-time study is delivered by a variety of learning and teaching methods. Lectures introduce new material and provide the core knowledge-base for each module. Tutorials offer the opportunity for discussion and debate with personalised instruction from tutors. Project work is an important aspect of the course enabling you to initiate and control research or other techniques to develop solutions to prescribed tasks. Throughout the course expert guest lecturers in various fields are invited to deliver lectures.
Distance Learning uses an internet based learning environment backed up by intensive tutor support. Weekly online tutorials are led by tutors with student interaction. Our online repository of learning material enables you to undertake self-directed study at your own convenience. Learning is driven by real-world problems aligned to your workplace and job role.
Assessment
You will be assessed through:
- Written coursework (100%)
- Continuous informal assessment by your tutors
*Certain modules for full-time students have a small amount of assessment through presentations
Staff Profile
Dr Bingu Ingirige
Course Director: MSc Quantity Surveying
Bingu is the director of the postgraduate quantity surveying discipline at the University of Salford, covering MSc Quantity Surveying and MSc Quantity Surveying (Mechanical and Electrical). He also lectures on the MSc Project Management in Construction course.
Bingu’s specific expertise is in the area of process and project systems. He is currently the principle researcher for DEFENCES: a project exploring ‘Developing Flood Expert Knowledge in ChartrED Surveyors’. He is an active researcher and has published in the areas of knowledge management, project collaboration, Intranets / extranets, SME capacity building, knowledge transfer, post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation, community development, disaster management, resilience and adaptive capacities of SME’s.
Bingu is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is also a member of the Centre for Disaster Resilience.