Cut off Points Government : 50.6
Cut off Points Private Day : 45.7
Cut off Points Private Evening : 43.0
Academic year : 2015/2016
Number of Years: 4
Tution Ugandans: 1,155,000 ugx
Tution Internationals: 1,785,000 ugx
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROGRAMME
The construction industry in Uganda, involving building and civil engineering works, is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing sectors of the national economy. The industry has both direct and indirect impacts on other sectors of the national economy. Losses incurred in the industry due to unavailability of Quantity Surveyors and related skills drain the national economy to the tune of over US $ 200 million annually. This is an unsustainable
loss for the industry and country at large.
Moreover, lack of measurement professionals has been the underlying factor triggering several unbecoming practices and occurrences in the
construction industry such as: unending disputes, poor preparation of bills of quantities, lack of cost planning and value analysis, unethical procurement, absence of tender evaluation, poor valuation of work in progress, improper final accounts,
lack of cost advice and informationduring the construction process, and lack of technical auditing.
All these have had a devastating effect on the national economy and the social fabric. Further, the strategic plans of both the Faculty of Technology
and Makerere University emphasize the need for production of highly qualified human resources in existing, continuing and
emerging disciplines in order to contribute to national development.
Strengthening of courses within the quantity surveying undergraduate degree programme is in conformity with the strategic direction
of the University and the nation.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The objective of the quantity surveying undergraduate degree programme is to provide students with a sound theoretical and practical base to enable
them measure, value, cost and specify construction resources, and to become active players in the rational identification, utilization and control of resources within the construction industry.
Graduates of this programme are expected to gain employment in both the private and public sector. The major input of the revised programme is totrain quantity surveyors with sufficient skills for the public and private sectors: government ministries, local authorities, departments and parastatals, construction firms, and private consultancy firms offering quantity surveying services. The updated and diversified courses will cross?pollinate existing departments within the Faculty of Technology.
The short and medium term objectives are to:
• create indigenous capacity at Makerere University for training of quantity surveyors;
• reduce the human resource gap in the quantity surveying profession;
• incorporate modern methods of measurement, computerized billing, and alternative
construction
• improve the gender and generational imbalances in the profession.
The long?term objective is to contribute to poverty alleviation through training of cost management and control professionals for better and more rational use of resource within the onstruction industry in Uganda.
Laboratory and computer training in the curriculum provide hand?on opportunities to apply knowledge to solving practical
problems of engineering. There are also practical training components in the curriculum which introduce students to actual field practice.
Chase your dreams in heels of your course
Graduates of Quantity Surveying Find Employment in construction firms as they are trained to estimate costs for building projects ie coming up with a bill of quantities
