Overview

Construction Law and Practice degree offered at 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.

There is also an MSc route available for this course.

You will:

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

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

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

Employment

On this course, you’ll gain the legal knowledge you’ll need to perform your current role more effectively or to move into a new role relating to construction law. Construction law and practice affects professionals throughout the construction industry.

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 2026-09-15 00:00:00

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More details

There’s no set deadline for UK students, but you should apply at least four weeks before the course starts. International Students: TBA.

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Civil Engineering & Construction Master of Laws (LLM) View 44 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

A second class undergraduate honours qualifying law degree, or
A recognised appropriate professional legal qualification
We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully.
The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

199080 GBP / year

≈ 199080 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

159300 GBP / year

≈ 159300 GBP / year

Additional Details

Tuition fee per 30 credits

Funding

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