Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying (JS3789)

Aims and Characteristics

All admitted students will embark on a Common Year One curriculum. Towards the end of year one, students can decide whether to continue with their initial choice or switch to another choice within the Faculty. Those who wish to change to another choice need to join a competitive process through a ranking assessment, which considers a combination of entrance qualification score, Year One GPA, and interview performance.

Programme Aims & Learning Outcomes

This challenging programme aims to develop well-rounded and flexible graduates with fundamental knowledge and practical skills in the interdisciplinary professions of land management, real estate development and construction project management. The Programme underpins surveying studies with the disciplines of economics and finance, law, management and technology, and cultivates a global mindset with international studies in the real estate and construction markets in China and overseas.

Students are well prepared to enter the professions of building surveying, general practice surveying (real estate), planning and development, property and facility management and quantity surveying (construction economics), and they have the full potential to take up leading and strategic roles in the professions and businesses of land, property and construction in future.

Programme Characteristics

This is a professional degree programme with global and practical perspectives. Students learn about economics, law, finance and investment, management and technology in the construction and real estate context. Problem identification, problem solving and decision making are the focuses of the programme.

Students have close contact with the industry through guest lectures, company visits and site visits. Students undertake group and individual practical projects throughout their studies.

Practical training / Internship (Work-Integrated Education) is a compulsory element of the curriculum. Students usually undertake internships during the summer period.

The Department maintains a mentorship scheme in which students are matched with senior figures in the construction and real estate industry to gain insights into professional practice.

The Department also operates a student exchange programme to provide students with opportunities to study abroad for one academic semester at universities in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, the mainland and elsewhere.