香港大学

Programme Aims and Features

The BSc Surveying Programme was the first fully integrated undergraduate surveying course world-wide and as such has led the way in terms of surveying education. It covers the full spectrum of real estate and construction businesses, including, for example, real estate development, construction project management, real estate finance and investment, facility management, urban planning, conservation, and urban renewal. A significant difference between this and more conventional courses is the greater emphasis on a comprehensive academic underpinning and perspective required by all real estate and construction professionals.

The programme promotes interdisciplinary learning. Our students undertake studies in the economic, law, management, technology and innovation, conservation, and research aspects of the entire land development cycle. The programme has two major components: the lecture courses and surveying studios. The lecture courses define the academic core of the programme whilst the studios provide an environment within which the interdisciplinary nature of the programme can be more fully explored and boundaries tested through an extensive use of real-life case studies and student centered project work.

The BSc(Surveying) programme allows students in their Third Year of Studies to take a credit bearing course, Professional Practice, which requires students to gain professional experience during their internship in companies within the real estate and construction (REC) sector. In addition, under normal circumstances, around 90% of our students would participate in a semester long exchange programme, visiting universities all around the world, exchanging REC knowledge and practices, and experiencing local culture. Since credits taken in the exchange programme can be transferred, students who participate in the overseas exchange can still graduate as scheduled. These provide experiential learning platforms for students to enhance their personal, academic and professional development.

Career Prospects

The programme qualifies graduates for a wide range of employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors. Public-sector employers include the Lands Department, Buildings Department, Rating and Valuation Department, Architectural Services Department, Housing Department, Hong Kong Housing Society and Urban Renewal Authority. Private-sector employers include developers, consultancy firms, property-investment companies, property-management companies, financial institutions and building contractors. Graduates who choose to pursue a professional career as a surveyor normally take on one or more of the followings:

• Building surveyors – concerned with project management and the supervision of both new developments and the redevelopment of existing property; life-cycle and maintenance management; and surveying existing buildings. They are also involved in the statutory control of real estate and infrastructural developments.
• General practice surveyors – concerned with management, development and valuation of land and real estate; the financial, economic and managerial aspects of real-estate investment; and the sale and lease of various types of property.
• Quantity surveyors – concerned with cost planning, cost control and financial management of construction projects. They are involved in cost estimation, tendering, procurement, claims and dispute resolution.
• Planning and development surveyors – concerned with the planning and development of real-estate development projects. They are involved in a variety of town-planning and land-use issues, project evaluation and economic feasibility, and development monitoring, mainly in the private sector.