Architecture, Construction and Surveying - Online Learning

The BA Creative and Cultural Enterprise is an innovative one-year online course, designed to provide a degree-level qualification to those working within the creative and cultural industries. This includes cultural organisations such as museums and galleries, and creative practitioners, sole traders, SMEs and larger companies across the Creative Industries.

Consider BIM and its applications for the built environment. Explore BIM at the conceptual design stage; cross discipline design; shared BIM models; BIM during the construction stages; CDE, technical issues; virtual prototyping; BIM protocol; interoperability; building data storage and accessibility; smart data workflow: digital construction and transformation.

This module develops a strong understanding of contemporary built asset procurement and contractual practice, enabling students to evaluate how time, cost, quality, and risk shape project decisions. Learners explore traditional and modern procurement routes, assess contractual obligations and risks, and apply this knowledge to produce robust construction delivery strategies for complex project scenarios. 

This module provides a holistic understanding of project management from inception to completion and occupation, focusing on feasibility, ethics, leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. Students will evaluate the project life cycle, understand the Project Manager’s role, and develop the skills to produce a professional Project Management Plan for successful delivery.

Design management involves organising innovative activity and constructing frameworks within which design takes place. In that context, this course introduces to you design management as a process that encompasses creativity and innovation. With project management tools to equip professionals with the right range of skills to tackle design management projects.

The Professional Doctorate is a flexible, practice-based research degree designed for experienced professionals who want to make a meaningful impact in their field. Unlike a traditional PhD, this programme is tailored for working professionals who are ready to undertake rigorous research directly within their own professional context.

This fully accredited MSc Construction Project Management degree will develop your technical, managerial and interpersonal skills necessary for the management of complex construction projects. This industry-driven course equips you with the competencies needed to meet the challenges of today’s technologies, working relationships and project-related risks.

Build advanced research expertise and critical thinking skills in the built environment and construction project management. Designed for students and professionals who have completed the core CPM modules (120 credits), this module develops the ability to investigate current industry challenges, design robust methodologies, analyse evidence, and produce a professional research report that supports advanced study, consultancy, and evidence-based decision-making in practice.

Find out more about the Project Planning & Control CPD course with 30 Credits at SCQF level 11 delivered on campus by Robert Gordon University (RGU) - a top ranking university for graduate employment based in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Develop the expertise to identify, analyse, and control project risk in complex construction environments. This module explores modern risk management tools, probabilistic techniques, and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) integration, enabling students to make informed project decisions and deliver safer, more resilient outcomes through industry-relevant risk planning and professional presentation skills.

Your studies will include an introduction to sustainable development within the construction industry, in addition to a critical analysis of the challenges involved in developing and enhancing the built environment with responsibility to the local and global environment, society and communities.