Quantity Surveying at Heriot-Watt University
Quantity Surveying (BSc (Hons), K241) at Heriot-Watt University asked for BCC - BBB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on hw.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~BBB
Selective120 points · around BBB
Published as BCC - BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check hw.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 120
The middle entrant had 144–159 points. At least 10% had fewer than the 120 asked.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, other higher education 15%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- K241 · K2 building and surveying
- Duration
- 3 - 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the purpose of graduate membership. More ↗
Accredited by the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM) for the purpose of eligibility for registration with that body. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 85%
10%
left higher education
UK 13%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course73%85%
Learning opportunities73%86%
Assessment and feedback73%84%
Academic support77%87%
Organisation and management63%84%
Learning resources94%89%
Student voice71%79%
15 final-year students · 56% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32.5k3 years£33.5k5 years£40.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 30 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
90% working10% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 83%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 90%
60%
use what they learned
UK 70%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- EH14 4AS
Subjects
quantity surveying architecture, building and planning
Campus
- Campus
- EdinburghCampus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Building at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heriot-Watt University | Quantity Surveying this course | BCC - BBB | 144–159 |
| Loughborough University | Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying BSc (Hons) | BBB - ABC | 128–143 |
| Oxford Brookes University | Real Estate BSc (Hons) | 120 points | 112–127 |
| Southampton, Solent University | Construction Project Management BSc | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Brighton | Building Surveying BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Reading | Building Surveying BSc (Hons) | BBB | 112–127 |
| University of Wales Trinity Saint David | Civil Engineering BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | — |
| University of West London | Building Surveying BSc (Hons) | 112 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Ulster University | Building Surveying BSc (Hons) | 112 - 117 points | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Building Surveying BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Aberdeen | Business Management and Real Estate MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
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