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This Honours Degree in Building Surveying trains students for entry into building surveying practice, and for providing a professional building surveying service.

While Building Surveyors are qualified to design and oversee the construction of new buildings, they specialise in the sustainable management, maintenance and upgrade of existing buildings, work that is necessary irrespective of economic conditions.

There is a growing demand for building surveying expertise. Environmental awareness, sustainability issues, economic restraint and building legislation dictate that increasing emphasis is placed on the effective utilisation of proposed and existing buildings. In particular, property owners, developers and purchasers are encouraged to more closely assess the life cycle performance of proposed and existing buildings and the possible reuse of existing buildings as an alternative to demolition and rebuilding.

The roles of the professions associated with the development and use of buildings are continually changing in response to changes in owner / user attitudes and needs, building technologies, legislation, the economic environment, work practices and information technology. In this regard, this Honours Degree course prepares graduates for a building surveying profession which, with its broad-based education and training encompassing physical and social sciences, is well placed to provide, directly and indirectly, an ever-increasing range of services to those seeking to develop and utilise building assets. It also benefits from a formal work preparation and placement module in stage 3, ensuring that students develop key technical and interpersonal skills and foster a commercial awareness prior to completing the course.

This course is unique in the Republic of Ireland in that it is the only such course that is specifically recognised in the Building Control Act 2007. It is also currently the ONLY Building Surveying course recognised by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) as meeting the education standard leading to recognition as Chartered Building Surveyor in this jurisdiction.

Graduates holding this qualification will also be recognised worldwide through the SCSI affiliation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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Application Process

Offer

14 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Careers and Employability is DkIT's dedicated careers and enterprise service. We're here to support students and graduates identify their career goals, plan for their future and achieve their full personal and professional potential.

Your Careers Team
DkIT’s Careers & Employability Centre works to ensure that graduates of DkIT are self-aware, self-resourceful and work ready. To do this, we work with students from first year through to graduation in the area of Employability skills and Student Work Placement.

So whether you’re a student unsure of your next steps or looking for help with a CV, a graduate seeking work or an employer with a great opportunity, please do speak with us.

Placement Student Information - What I need to know
Work Placement is a compulsory assessed module of your programme of study.
Placement is a vital aspect of your learning journey at DkIT with a range of benefits for you including:

Enhancing your third level study experience - experiential learning
Putting learning into practice – making sense of theory
Learning in “Real Time” - in a supportive, professional environment
Professional Skills Development
Personal Growth & Confidence
Motivates for remainder of study period
Test out career options
Contributing to the work of an organisation in your chosen area of study
Increases employability – through relevant work experience and references
Build contact base for future employment
Additional information is found below.

Work Placement — A Best Practice Guide for Students

Securing a Work Placement is similar to that of getting a job and therefore is a competitive process. Think about what an employer is looking for in a full time employee and how you can best match that criteria and add value to the organisation.
The list of resources below will be useful not only to your placement experience but also to your job hunting skills when you graduate.
Interviews
It is common practice that companies/ host sites will require students to attend interview to secure their placement. An interview can be a daunting experience for students but with focused preparation and research you can eliminate many of your concerns and fears.

Sample Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Guide

GradIreland — Graduate Job Interview Guide

PSW Opportunity

PSW is 2 years.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

English Requirements are:

Grade B2 equivalent on CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

have achieved the following grades in IELTS (or internationally-recognised equivalent English exam):

Level Required IELTS Qualification:

Foundation English IELTS 4.5

Pre-Sessional Foundation English IELTS 5.0

Bachelor (Ordinary) Degree (Level 7) IELTS 5.5

Bachelor (Honours) Degree (Level 8) IELTS 6.0

Master IELTS 6.5*

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Dundalk , Co. Louth ,Ireland

BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying