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Programme: BScHons Construction Management

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Code Faculty Department
12242018 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Department: Construction Economics
Credits Duration NQF level
Minimum duration of study: 1 year Total credits: 124 NQF level:  08

Programme information

Consult General Regulations G.16 to G.29 and G.54.

A student is required to attend lectures diligently, but in addition the student must complete a compulsory non-credit bearing module (CWE 700) comprising a minimum of 240 hours of temporary employment with a suitable employer in the construction industry/built environment (registered quantity surveyor, contractor, developer, property owner, etc.). As proof of the practical experience the student must submit an approved log book signed by the employer.

Admission requirements

  1. BSc (Construction Management) degree or equivalent three-year BSc degree at NQF level 7 (or NQF level 6 for qualifications obtained before 2009) from an accredited institution.

Note: An equivalent qualification is regarded as one that the South African Council for the Construction and Project Management Professions regards as acceptable for registration as a candidate construction manager or candidate project manager and for eventual registration as a professional construction manager or professional project manager

Additional requirements

Selection is based on an applicant's academic record and experience.  Applicants may be required to attend an interview and/or write an entrance examination.

Examinations and pass requirements

A minimum semester/year mark of 40% is required in order to be admitted to the examination in a specific module. In addition, all other examination admission requirements, applicable to the relevant module, must have been met. To pass a module a final mark of 50% is required.

Supplementary examinations
No supplementary examinations are granted at postgraduate level.

Special examinations
No special examinations are granted at postgraduate level.

The degree is awarded when all prescribed modules have been passed.

Pass with distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction if students registered for the degree for the first time, complete the degree within the minimum prescribed time and pass all modules with a weighted average of 75%.

Minimum credits: 124

Core modules


The information published here is subject to change and may be amended after the publication of this information. The General Regulations (G Regulations) apply to all faculties of the University of Pretoria. It is expected of students to familiarise themselves well with these regulations as well as with the information contained in the General Rules section. Ignorance concerning these regulations and rules will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression.

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