Construction Project Management
Play your part in the infrastructure of tomorrow. Great project managers are needed on construction projects of all sizes – from skyscrapers to small residential developments. This double-accredited degree will give you the core skills needed to build your career in construction.
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Key Course Details
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UCAS Code
K220
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Start Date
September
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Location
Pontypridd
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Campus Code
A
Fees
Home students
£9,535*
International students
£16,200*
- Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
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UCAS Code
K221
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Start Date
September
-
Location
Pontypridd
-
Campus Code
A
Fees
Home students
£9,535*
International students
£16,200*
- Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
Hone your skills as a construction project manager, learning how to be the bridge between client and contractor and deliver projects on time and budget.
DESIGNED FOR
With urban landscapes rapidly evolving, skilled construction project managers are more crucial than ever. This dynamic field is perfect for problem-solvers with a passion for leadership and innovation. Your first year will give you a broad introduction to the industry before you specialise in project management as the course progresses.
Accredited By
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Association for Project Management (APM)
Career Paths
- Project manager
- Site manager
- Consultant
- Planner or scheduler
- Health and safety manager
- Quantity or building surveyor
Skills Taught
- Project planning and management
- Cost estimating and budgeting
- Construction law, contracts and dispute resolution
- Construction technology and software skills
- Leadership, communication and teamwork
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Course Highlights
Module Overview
You’ll learn everything you need to know for a career in construction project management – from lean construction techniques to industry-standard project management processes. Develop your critical thinking as you apply what you learn with assessments based on real-life scenarios.
Year One
Built Environment Law
Built Environment Economics
Built Environment Principles
Digital Technologies
Development and Society
Construction Technology
Year Two
Management of Buildings
Tendering and Costing
Contract Management Practice
BIM & Data Management
Project Management and Professional Practice
Advanced Construction Technology
Year Three
Built Environment Dissertation
Construction Management
Commercial Management and Enterprise
Sustainability and Decarbonisation for the Built Environment
Project Management in Practice
Your first year is shared with our other built environment courses – quantity surveying, building surveying and real estate. Together you’ll learn construction fundamentals and visit sites to see how what you’ve learnt translates into real-world practice.
Built Environment Law
Learn about the wide range of laws applicable to the UK construction industry and the built environment.
Built Environment Economics
Get to grips with the numbers behind the construction industry. Understand general and built environment economy; develop your understanding of economic theory.
Built Environment Principles
Explore the core concepts to align foundational knowledge with professional roles in building surveying, construction project management, quantity surveying, and real estate.
Digital Technologies
Use a 3D laser scanner, laser measurer, drone and VR headsets as you survey, draw, measure and analyse.
Development and Society
Discover how space and the built environment evolve over time. Consider how development is constrained and challenged through social, political and geographical processes.
Construction Technology
Your introduction to the function, performance fundamentals and common construction techniques used for the major components of domestic dwellings.
You’ll start to specialise in project management as you build on what you’ve learned. Enjoy site visits, including two large construction sites on campus, and see your theory in action. At the end of the common first year, if you want to specialise in a different area, you can move across.
Management of Buildings
Grasp the principles involved in the management of commercial and domestic buildings, covering legislation, safety in surveying, and the various types of surveying.
Tendering and Costing
Build your knowledge of tendering and estimating; basic rate build-ups and composite rate calculations relating to projects.
Contract Management Practice
Develop your understanding of contract administration procedures during pre and post-contract stages.
BIM & Data Management
Use building information modelling (BIM) software on a simulated project through all stages – from design, through construction to occupancy.
Project Management and Professional Practice
Learn about project management and professional practice, through real project scenarios and simulated problems.
Advanced Construction Technology
Understand how construction technology is used, performance fundamentals, and common construction techniques for major components of commercial high-rise buildings.
In your final year, you'll refine your skills, develop your dissertation, and work towards graduating with the technical expertise to work towards an APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status and RICS Chartership.
Built Environment Dissertation
Go deep into your research in this double credit module and follow your interests to produce a dissertation relevant to construction project management.
Construction Management
Focus on managing health and safety, site logistics and planning how to run a construction site, embedding the legislation which underpins this.
Commercial Management and Enterprise
Take on an industry-linked commercial management challenge to hone your management and business skills.
Sustainability and Decarbonisation for the Built Environment
Develop your awareness of the critical issues involved within environmental sustainability and the built environment.
Project Management in Practice
Learn about managing the needs of your various stakeholders, including construction clients, and how to manage them over the full project lifecycle.
Course Highlights
How you’ll learn
You’ll learn from construction industry professionals who now work at the university and bring their real-world experience to the classroom. Expect a mixture of lectures, guest visits, group work and workshops.
Site visits bring theory to life, and you’ll be expected to work independently to prepare for classes and complete project work. We believe in helping you develop skills like analytical decision-making and problem-solving through practical activities, not just by reading about them. So you’ll get plenty of hands-on experience on this course.
Assessments take the form of exams, coursework and problem-based exercises using real-life scenarios.
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Teaching staff
Our teaching team is made up of many former industry professionals who help bring concepts to life through real examples from their careers. You’ll learn from experienced construction project managers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, architects and solicitors, all who work hard to make the course theory as relevant as possible to today’s industry needs.
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Placements and work experience
Practical experience is critical when working in construction and we build this into the curriculum from the start. We’ll take you to on-site visits so you can see things in action. And our black book of industry contacts sees students get experience on a variety of sites.
You can do a year in industry between your second and third year to further improve your job prospects, gathering relevant experience and making valuable connections. A dedicated careers placement partner can support you to source these opportunities as well as summer placements.
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Facilities
You’ll have access to industry-standard technology and software in our dedicated computing labs. Think Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Autodesk QTO, CostX, Synchro, and Navisworks.
You can also take advantage of our latest digital technology including VR equipment, drones and thermal imaging cameras – all of which are increasingly used within real estate.
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Accredited
RICS is a globally recognised and highly regarded professional body that promotes positive change in the built and natural environments.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
UCAS points: 96 (or above)
Typical qualification requirements:
- A Level: CCC
- BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma Merit Merit Merit
- Welsh BACC: Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Grade C and CC at A Level with a relevant art and design subject.
- Access to HE: Pass the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 96 UCAS tariff points.
- T Level: Pass (C and above)
Additional requirements include:
The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C or Grade 4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.
International applications welcomed:
We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages.
English language requirements
International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.
Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.
If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.
If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
We're here to help
Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Fees and Funding
£9,535
per year*£16,200
per year*£16,200
per year*Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
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University Quality Assurance
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
How to apply
All applications for full-time undergraduate courses or foundation degrees should be made via UCAS. Take the next step: Apply through UCAS. You can apply to us directly for all part-time undergraduate courses, if you’re seeking advanced entry or you’re an international student. To apply directly, please choose the application form below for your preferred start date and mode of study (full-time or part-time.)
- September 2025 Full-time
- September 2025 Sandwich
- September 2025 Part-time
- September 2026 Part-time
- September 2026 Sandwich
- September 2026 Full-time
Advanced entry
If you already have a relevant qualification or experience related to the course you're applying for, you may be eligible to start at a later stage of the course. For example, students from partner colleges can ‘top up’ their qualifications to a degree by joining us in Year Two or Year Three of a course. This process is known as ‘advanced entry’, you can apply directly to the University for 'advanced entry' using the application forms provided above.
International admissions
International applicants can apply to us directly. If the University has an in-country team in your region, your application will be assigned to them for assistance.
Work, earn and learn!
This course is also available through Network75, a combined work and study route.
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