Best Nigerian Universities Offering Quantity Surveying

This assessment by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on the overall standard of Nigerian universities offering Quantity Surveying as an academic course and degree.

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts. Quantity surveyors are responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects. They help to ensure that the construction project is completed within its projected budget. Quantity surveyors are also hired by contractors to help with the valuation of construction work for the contractor, help with bidding and project budgeting, and the submission of bills to the client.

BEST NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES OFFERING Quantity Surveying

This assessment on the quality of Nigerian universities offering Quantity Surveying as an academic course and degree is hinged on certain parameters or factors.

Factor 1: Accreditation

Indicator: Accreditation report by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria (NUC).

Source: Latest NUC Undergraduate Accreditation Result

This factor takes into consideration the qualifying elements for the course of Quantity Surveying: library strength; physical and technological infrastructure; number and quality of relevant staff; etc.

Thus, in this assessment of recommended universities (undergraduate), only universities with full accreditation have been provided.

Factor 2: Quality of Education

Indicator/Source:

a) The Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

b) NUC Ranking Of Universities In Nigeria

This factor takes into consideration: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer), etc.

Thus, in this assessment of recommended universities, only the best universities in Nigeria according to the latest indicator/source rankings are featured (note: for NUC, universities with a total of 300 points and above).

The recommended Nigerian universities have also been listed in the order of their performance in the rankings.

Factor 3: Job employability

Indicator: Most employable Nigerian universities

Source: The Nigerian Graduate Report 2018 by Stutern.

This factor will be recorded in percent as stated in the report of the source relied on.

Factor 4: Accessible information relevant about the Faculty.

Indicator and source: Online – website of the respective university/faculty

This factor takes into consideration course information available on the following: curriculum; names and contact of the faculty (email and/or phone number); profile/CV and contact of staff and management; number of total students; seminars, conferences, research; tuition and other relevant fees; internet safety of the website; etc.

This factor will be recorded as “Available”, “Good” and “Excellent” accordingly.

PositiveNaija Report
Universities	Job employability	Accessible information
University of Lagos (UNILAG)	58.13%	Good
Bayero University, Kano (BUK)	–	Good
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)	51.72%	Good
University of Benin (UNIBEN)	58.51%	Good
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)	60.22%	Good
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)	59.30%	Good
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU)	50.00%	Good

Research Credits

*This compilation was first researched, written, poster designed and last updated by Toju Micheal Ogbe – without interference or sponsorship by the featured universities.

*This research is open for/to suggestion, donation, sponsorship, collaboration, partnership or advertisement (+2349064503292).

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