Construction Project Management
Play your part in the buildings and cities of tomorrow. Great project managers are needed on construction projects of all sizes – from skyscrapers to small residential developments. This accredited degree will give you the core skills needed to build your career in construction.
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UCAS Code
K201
Start Date
September 2026
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
Fees
Home students: £9,790*
International students: £17,200*
UCAS Code
K200
Start Date
September 2027
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
UCAS Code
K200
Start Date
September 2026
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
Fees
Home students: £9,790*
International students: £17,200*
UCAS Code
K201
Start Date
September 2027
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
UCAS Code
Start Date
September 2027
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
UCAS Code
Start Date
September 2026
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
Fees
Home students: £1,589*
UCAS Code
Start Date
September 2026
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
UCAS Code
Start Date
September 2027
Location
Pontypridd
Campus Code
A
UCAS Points
96
Course Overview
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.
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.
Accreditations and Recognitions
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Accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and an Association for Project Management (APM) Regonised Assessment. (this Recognised Assessment will enable successful students to apply for APM Chartered Project Professional via Pathway)
Why study this course?
What you'll study
In your first year, you’ll build foundations in construction, planning, law, technology and sustainability while developing technical and professional skills.
You’ll explore industry roles, regulations and how projects shape communities.
You’ll explore how the UK construction industry shapes the built environment while developing professional skills, ethical awareness, sustainability principles and digital know-how. You’ll investigate career roles and technologies like drones, laser scanning and VR.
You’ll learn how planning shapes development in the built environment, exploring planning permission, land use and stakeholder roles. The module also introduces urban regeneration, inclusive design and the legal principles guiding UK planning decisions.
You’ll gain an introduction to the economic and legal forces shaping the built environment, exploring market trends, valuation and investment basics alongside contracts, health and safety, and professional responsibilities guiding ethical construction practice.
You’ll explore how homes are designed and built, learning about construction methods, materials and building systems. The module develops your understanding of regulations, sustainability and detailing, while building practical drawing, CAD and technical communication skills.
In year two, you’ll develop technical, commercial and management expertise through core construction modules, while tailoring your interests through optional topics like sustainability, AI, analytics and experience, preparing for practice.
You’ll learn how commercial buildings are designed and constructed, exploring structural systems, materials and build sequencing. The module develops your digital modelling skills, introduces BIM workflows, and highlights sustainable, high-performance solutions for modern commercial projects.
You’ll learn how buildings are maintained, managed and repaired, developing skills in identifying defects, planning maintenance and understanding procurement and tendering. The module builds practical knowledge to support effective, value-focused construction projects.
You’ll gain hands-on experience planning and managing construction projects, using programming techniques, procurement strategies and site controls. The module prepares you to coordinate teams, resources and processes for project delivery.
You’ll develop essential knowledge of health and safety management, exploring legislation, risk assessment and safety culture. Through real-world scenarios and teamwork, you’ll learn how to promote safe, ethical and sustainable practice in professional environments.
You’ll explore how artificial intelligence works and how it’s used across industries. Through practical activities, you’ll apply AI techniques to real-world problems while considering the ethical, sustainable and responsible use of intelligent systems.
You’ll explore sustainability, the circular economy and carbon reduction, examining how organisations respond to climate challenges. You’ll also apply global frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and work towards Carbon Literacy certification with the Carbon Literacy Trust.
You’ll learn how to collect, analyse and interpret data to support decision-making. The module develops your statistical, visualisation and communication skills, helping you turn real-world datasets into meaningful insights for professional practice.
You’ll complete a short or summer optional placement, internship or civic project, gaining real-world experience. With university support, you’ll reflect on your learning, build professional skills and enhance your employability through practical industry or community engagement.
In your final year, you’ll integrate leadership, commercial and project expertise through management modules and a Built Environment independent project aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Tackle real construction challenges, developing skills in project planning, leadership, risk and stakeholder management. Through collaborative problem-solving, you’ll explore contract practice, building management and decision-making in complex project environments.
You’ll complete an independent research project on a real built environment challenge, developing investigation, analysis and project management skills. Your work will align with industry priorities and global goals such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
You’ll develop skills in managing projects, contracts and finances, exploring leadership, risk, procurement and dispute resolution. You’ll work with contracts such as NEC, JCT and FIDIC to support effective decision-making.
You’ll develop commercial and enterprise skills for built environment leadership, exploring innovation, ESG, net zero and governance. Through challenges, you’ll create a business proposal while strengthening financial and professional skills.
We regularly review our courses to keep pace with changing skills and employer needs. If a review leads to significant changes, we’ll contact you to explain what’s changing for the coming year.
Teaching and Assessment
You’ll learn by doing, tackling real construction projects, visiting live sites, and working alongside industry professionals.
Interactive lectures, hands-on workshops, and digital simulations like BIM and Virtual Reality bring theory to life. You’ll collaborate on problem-solving challenges, reflecting on your learning through dedicated reflection weeks and independent study. Guest lectures, employer-led workshops, and project mentoring connect you to the latest industry practice and trends. Blended learning tools give you flexibility to study your way, while a final research-based dissertation lets you investigate real-world construction challenges, developing the skills and confidence to excel in your career.
In year two, you'll personalise your modules choosing from areas including AI, Data Analytics, Project Management, Green Economy, or Health & Safety, allowing you to future-proof your career and stand out in front of employers.
You’ll be assessed through real-world tasks that mirror professional construction practice, from planning, cost management, and digital modelling to contract administration and site-based simulations. Written reports, case studies, and portfolios develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while group projects and presentations strengthen teamwork and communication.
Formative and summative feedback supports your growth, helping you refine your skills throughout the course. In your final year, a dissertation or work-based project lets you tackle a real construction challenge independently. All assessments are designed to align with professional standards, preparing you for a successful career.
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 undertake a 70-hour summer placement, internship or civic project through our Applied Professional Experience module, gaining real-world experience.
You can also complete 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.
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 the built environment.
From September 2026, our Computing, Engineering, Technology and Built Environment courses will move into their brand-new home: the Calon building.
This £60m investment will feature more than 40 new innovative teaching, learning and research spaces, including electronics and hydraulics labs, a flight simulator, a robotics lab, clean and industrial research spaces, collaborative teaching spaces, as well as virtual reality capability, and a range of exhibition spaces.
Calon will give you access to the technology, facilities and opportunities needed to shape the future.
Course Leader
Karen Le Feuvre
Karen Le Feuvre is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Course Leader for the RICS and APM-accredited BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management at the University of South Wales. Trained at the Welsh School of Architecture and a Chartered Architect since 1997, she has extensive professional experience in private practice in both the UK and Asia.
Her work spans projects from small-scale residential developments to multi-million-pound commercial schemes across sectors including defence, education, healthcare, and commercial development. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, she is committed to inclusive, industry-engaged education that bridges theory with real world professional practice.
Get a head-start on your chartered status and attract a higher salary, with a RICS accreditation.
''The Project Management Qualification is ideal for those who want to become a manager in the construction industry''
Mercedes Vaughan-Matthews, Construction Project Management Graduate
Entry Requirements
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.
How to applyContextual admissions policyAsk us a question96 UCAS points or above
Typical qualification requirements
A Level:
CCC
Welsh BACC:
Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Grade C and CC at A Level with a relevant art and design subject
BTEC:
BTEC Extended Diploma Merit Merit Merit
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.
International studentsPre-Sessional EnglishEnglish 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 4 overall and a minimum of 4 in each component 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.
Fees and Funding
per year
per 20 credits
Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).
*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.
Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy. We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.
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.
per year
Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).
*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.
Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy. We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.
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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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).
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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.
Applicants accepted through advanced entry may study a different combination of modules to those advertised, as they will be joining a course already in progress. You will be contacted and advised about these modules once your application has been processed and an offer made.
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.
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This course is also available through Network75, a combined work and study route, and as a Degree Apprenticeship.
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