3 years full-time / 4 years full-time with integrated placement year
UCAS Code: K221
Typical offer level
A Level: BBC-BBB
BTEC National Diploma: DDD in relevant National Diploma
IB: 32 points
Specific subject requirements
A Level: A science or technical subject
General Studies accepted
GCSE: Maths Grade B and English Grade C
A suitable combination of two A Level and two AS Level subjects may be accepted
Tuition fees: £9,000 (£1,000 during placement year) for UK/EU students. (2013).
More on fees
Applicants receiving offers are invited to an open day.
Information on visas for international students
Subject content designed to meet the needs of the construction project industry
Aston's construction degrees are ranked 7th in the UK for Building and Construction by the Times Good University Guide rankings 2010
Accredited by the RICS
Common first year, providing the opportunity to transfer between degrees prior to second year.
Excellent paid professional placements and graduate employment prospects
Strong well-established links with industry
Our aim in creating this innovative suite of construction degrees is to provide you with the technical knowledge of materials and building processes, an understanding of logistics and planning together with the management and financial skills necessary for a challenging career in the construction industry.
Construction programmes at Aston University combine the management, economics, finance and decision making skills required by the professional construction and project manager with specialist modules in such aspects as health, safety and environmental management.
The skills necessary for the commercial manager and quantity surveyor to play an integral part in finance, planning and operation of major construction projects are developed during this degree. After the first year your studies will centre on finance, resource management and logistics, together with the necessary knowledge of the construction process. This breadth will give you a skills and knowledge base for a career in construction project management.
Aston's construction degrees are ranked 7th in the UK for Building and Construction by the Times Good University Guide rankings 2010
Year 1
The first year is identical for both construction degrees thereby providing you with the flexibility to switch between programmes prior to the second year if you so desire.
Modules Year 2
In the second year, the business, financial management, legal and planning aspects introduced in the first year are further developed as are the more technically oriented construction subjects.
Modules Year 3 - Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
The final year besides further enhancing and consolidating your management and technical capabilities provides you with the opportunity to explore in depth a construction-related topic of your choice.
Modules Options - choose one:
We employ a wide variety of teaching and learning styles on our degrees, and we place particular emphasis on project based learning and hands on experience. Visiting lecturers from the construction industry bring real life experience to your learning.
Assessment is through a combination of project work, case studies, practical reports and coursework (approx. 50%), and exams (approx. 50%). Your final degree classification is not only based on your final year studies, but also on your second, and if relevant, your sandwich year.
For further information, see the programme specification (PDF).
If you choose our four year sandwich programme your third year is spent in a paid industrial placement of direct relevance to your studies. The value a placement adds is immense – you will grow in knowledge, experience, confidence and maturity, and gain organisational and time management skills.
Our experienced staff will help you find a suitable placement with companies such as Carillion, Balfour Beatty Construction, Interserve, Shepherd Construction, Mace, EC Harris and AYH.
Find out more about placement years at Aston.
Our programmes are fully recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) through its partnership agreement with the University. Graduates are therefore eligible to enter the RICS’s Assessment of Professional Competence training scheme.
There is always a demand for competent construction and project managers without whom the infrastructure, so necessary to today’s society, could not exist. When you graduate you will possess the necessary skills to work for civil engineering contractors, building and project management companies, local government and in the service industries. The management, transferable and technical skills developed during your studies will also be attractive to other professions and there is significant potential for successful careers in such diverse fields as finance, logistics and general management.
Construction modules not only adopt the most appropriate approach in order to provide you with the best learning opportunity for that particular subject, but are also designed so that you to develop your presentation, report writing, teamwork and decision making abilities – life skills all employees demand. You can also obtain one-to-one support in all aspects of study and communication skills through the University’s Learning Development Centre.
The School maintains extensive networked computing facilities with 24-hour access via smart-card. A range of software is available, including CAD packages and office productivity applications. Professional and friendly computing staff are on hand to assist with problems. We also have dedicated environmental and concrete laboratories, together with a well stocked store for surveying instruments.
Dr Peter Hedges
He obtained his first degree from Cambridge University, and his PhD whilst lecturing at Aston. He worked for a number of years in the water industry before joining Aston University, and is a Chartered Engineer, and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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