Course details

Postgraduate study has become increasingly important to develop your career, specialise in a particular field, and to gain a qualification that can enhance your employment prospects and professional development. This suite of programmes aims to create specialists capable of understanding inter-related issues of Quantity Surveying and Sustainability. The programme will enable the learner to specialise in one of three aspects of Quantity Surveying, namely, sustainable public building, sustainable civil engineering and sustainable mechanical & electrical engineering. Each programme create a progression opportunity, relevant professional institute membership and/or experiential learning gained from working within the built environment.

The programme focus can be summarised as:

‘the development of the learner as a post-graduate with a specialist understanding and competency in the theory, concepts and methodologies relating to the sustainability, technology, metrics, value, legal frameworks and management of complex built assets.’

The programme learning outcomes can be summarised as:

‘the acquisition by the quantity surveying post-graduate of a specialist understanding and competency in the theory, concepts and methodologies relating to the sustainability, technology, metrics, value, legal frameworks and management of complex built assets.’

The post-graduate will have a specialist knowledge and competency of quantity surveying applicable to one of the following built environment sectors: (i) Public Sector Building (ii) Civil Engineering (iii) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Programme Aims:

The aim of this programme is to enable learners to acquire a highly practical level 9 qualification in quantity surveying. The programme will enable the learner to specialise in one of three aspects of Quantity Surveying, namely, public sector building, civil engineering and mechanical & electrical engineering. The programme will create a progression opportunity for level 8 undergraduates and other learners with a mix of academic qualifications, relevant professional institute membership and experiential learning gained from working within the built environment.

MSc in Quantity Surveying (Sustainable Public Building)

Specialisation Modules

  • Project Management
  • Modules
  • Elective Modules
  • Research Modules

MSc in Quantity Surveying (Sustainable Civil Engineering)

  • Specialisation Modules
  • Project Management
  • Modules
  • Elective Modules
  • Research Modules

MSc in Quantity Surveying (Sustainable M&E Engineering)

  • Specialisation Modules
  • Project Management
  • Modules
  • Elective Modules
  • Research Modules
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Limerick Institute of Technology

Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is an institute of higher education in Limerick, a modern urban city in the Mid-Theyst region of Ireland and is one of 13 institutes that are members of the Institutes of Technology, Ireland (IOTI). LIT is the fTheirth largest IOT in Ireland, with more than 6000 full time and part time students and 500 staff.

The Institute has five campuses and a learning centre across Limerick city, Tipperary and Clare. The main campus is located at Moylish Park, with two city centre campuses in Clare Street and Georges Quay in Limerick city. LIT in Tipperary is based in two campuses -Thurles and Clonmel. The LIT Ennis Learning Centre is based in the museum in Ennis town centre.

LIT offers cTheirses at Level 6 (certificate) through to Level 10 (PhD) whilst also catering for craft apprentices and adult and continuing education.  LIT was awarded the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year in 2008 and 2013 by the Sunday Times University Guide. The guide is the definitive guide to higher education in Ireland and the UK.

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