Overview

This postgraduate course in Construction Law and Practice is designed to help you examine the responsibilities of employers, contractors and construction professionals together with the problems raised by the complexities of construction, design liability and insurance. You will explore construction contracts and the law underpinning them, together with a wide range of standard form contracts to assess and manage risk.

During your studies, you will also study the complex issues arising from the multiparty nature of the construction process and the particular challenges of international construction, together with the uncertainties that can arise from the passage of time and latent defects.

The full MSc award from University of Salford is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), allowing exemption from their academic entry requirements, as well as ensuring that you are educated to the highest industry standards.

You will:

Learn how to examine construction practice from a legal perspective, to include detailed consideration of construction contracts, tortious and multi-party liability, insurance, dispute resolution, procurement, and the environment

Learn how to conduct and communicate legal analysis with confidence and accuracy in relation to any aspect of mainstream professional construction practice

Be able to assist individuals in taking effective roles in specialist construction law departments or firms

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Common law underpinning construction contracts

Source, rationale and nature of key terms (Scope, cost, quality, time, variation)

Contract formation

Implication of terms

Mistake, frustration, breach, causation and loss

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Civil Engineering & Construction View 37 other Masters in Civil Engineering & Construction in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

This course is recommended for applicants looking to enhance current knowledge and gain specialism in the construction law and practice. Typically, you will have existing academic and/or professional background in the legal or built environment professions.

Tuition Fee

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International

1635 GBP/module

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1635 GBP per module during 24 months.
National

1635 GBP/module

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1635 GBP per module during 24 months.

£1,635per 30 credits

Funding

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