Construction Management HNC

What is special about this course?

Buildings are about so much more than bricks and mortar. Consider how they live, breathe, and behave, on our HNC Construction Management course, as you take an active role in exploring the science, technology, and teamwork behind modern construction. Get hands on with building technology, practise precise site surveying, test materials and renewable systems, design with AutoCAD, create prototypes through 3D printing, and learn to coordinate people and resources to keep projects moving.

Dive into construction by doing it! Survey real sites, model ideas, make components, and manage project scenarios that mirror industry practice. Each task builds the skills you need to design, construct, and oversee the places that shape daily life, with learning that stays practical, immersive, and enjoyable throughout.

Join a programme that has supported Scotland’s construction sector for more than two decades by helping our students move into roles in project management, surveying, architectural technology, civil engineering, and planning. Whether you’re starting fresh or developing existing experience, there are clear pathways laid out for you to pursue further qualifications and progress in your profession. Many of our past students have progressed on to studying architecture, project management, civil engineering, and environmental engineering, going on to shape the industry as chartered quantity surveyors, building surveyors, contracts managers, clerks of works, estimators, buyers, site managers, lecturers, and many more.

Bring your unique potential to our experienced team and let us help you realise it. Graduate ready to influence the industry: the rest becomes your success story.

Special features

• This course is the ideal stepping-stone into a variety of HND Construction courses
• If you are already working in the industry, you can study by day-release or evening classes

Accommodation

We offer modern student accommodation at a number of our locations.

Entry requirements

• 1 Scottish Higher at grade C or above, preferably Maths, Graphic Communication or a science subject OR
• 1 A level at grade D or above, preferably Maths, Physics or Graphical Communication OR
• Alternatively, NC/NQ in a construction-related subject or the completion of a Foundation Apprenticeship Civil Engineering
• Prospective students without the standard entry requirements as listed above are encouraged to apply, appropriate construction-related experience will be taken into consideration
• You may be required to attend an interview

Access routes

• NQ Advanced Certificate Building Crafts
• Advanced Certificate Carpentry and Joinery
• Advanced Certificate Bricklaying
• SVQ Carpentry and Joinery
• SVQ Bricklayer

Year 1 - HNC

Mandatory units are:

• Construction management: graded unit 1
• Construction materials and specification
• Construction site surveying A
• Construction technology: industrial/commercial superstructure
• Construction technology: substructure
• Site administration
• Standard forms of construction contracts

Option units may include:

• Architectural design sketching and drawing
• Building services: an introduction
• CAD 2D1
• Construction planning
• Construction technical communication skills
• Construction technology: domestic construction
• Estimating
• Financial studies for the construction industry
• Health and safety in construction
• Managing construction organisations
• Personnel development planning 
• Quality in construction
• Structural mechanics

Option units available may vary depending on study location, for more information contact your chosen campus.

Fees

Scottish

For students normally domiciled in Scotland, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

This includes

• EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status in the UK,
• EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK
• EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Rest of UK students

For students normally domiciled in the rest of the UK (England, Wales and N. Ireland, including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and with a term time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

Fees are payable in advance each academic year unless otherwise agreed.

There are a number of funding options available to UK students to help you pay for your studies and your cost of living while studying.

International students

For students who do not normally reside in the UK, including EU/EEA and Swiss nationals without settled or pre-settled status in the UK, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

This includes EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are not self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Part-time study is not open to international student requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study in the UK.

Funding

Students may be able to apply to the UHI Scholarship Fund.  For all the information and how to apply please use the following link Funding - Scholarships, Bursaries, Awards and Discretionary Funds - UHI Scholarship Fund.

UHI has a number of scholarships, bursaries, awards, and discretionary fund opportunities available to new and current students. Please use the A-Z of funds or use the filter to see which ones may be relevant to you. All students are welcome to apply.

Further information on funding your studies is also available, please see the attached link or contact the relevant UHI partner.