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School of Building and Land Management

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The SBLM currently offers education and training at the undergraduate degree level in Construction Engineering, Land Surveying & Geographic Information Sciences, Land Economy and Valuation Surveying, Real Estate Management & Valuation, Urban and Regional Planning, Quantity Surveying and Mining & Quarry Management. At the graduate level the School offers Master of Science Degrees in the Built Environment, Sustainable Energy & Climate Change, and Integrated Rural Development. Its research programmes are the MPhil/PhD in the Built Environment in any of the specialisation areas mentioned.
At present the school has over 600 students distributed among full-time, part-time and modular programmes. The programmes are designed to provide a range of manpower skills for national and regional needs.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Association of Land Economy and Valuation Surveyors (ALEVS)
- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- City and Guilds of London Institute (CGLI)
- Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE)
- Incorporated Master Builders Association (IMBA)
- Jamaica Geographic Information Society (JGIS)
- Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE)
- Jamaica Institution of Quantity Surveyors (JIQS)
- Land Surveyors' Association of Jamaica (LSAJ)
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Town and Country Planning Association of Jamaica (TCPAJ)
- Mining and Quarrying Association of Jamaica (MQAJ)
- Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
affiliates
- National Outdoor Advertising
Facilities & Resources
Our state-of-the-art facilities are designed to support hands-on learning, innovative research, and real-world applications. Below is a selection of the key resources available within the School of Building & Land Management to enhance your academic and professional journey.
Soils and Material Laboratory:
The Soils and Materials lab, also called the Construction Engineering Lab (CEL), serves over 200 students annually. Students taking materials science, and who are required to do labs as part of their course of study, all rely on this lab as it is the only one of its kind on the Campus. Specifically, students enrolled in the Construction Management, Structural Engineering, Mines and Quarry Management and Quantity Surveying courses of study offered by the SBLM all utilize this facility. Students from other academic units, namely the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies and School of Engineering also utilize the CEL for similar modules.
Specialized Computer Laboratories:
The School of Building and Land Management (SBLM) has three specialized computer labs: the AutoCAD lab, the Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) Lab and the Remote Sensing Lab. These labs are equipped with the required software for the delivery of modules to students taking disciplines in the built environment and other related courses of study at UTech, Ja. For example, students taking AutoCAD have access to AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D among other accessible software. The CAD lab serves over 200 built environment students annually. Students from the various colleges and faculties across the University also take AutoCAD as a University elective. The AutoCAD lab is also equipped for hybrid delivery and to provide students with a collaborative learning experience.
Similarly, the GIS and Remote Sensing laboratory facilitates teaching and learning in these areas. These labs mainly serve students taking the Land Surveying and Geographic Information Sciences course of study. These students learn how to collect, process and analyse GIS data for in course assignments and also in doing their final year research projects.
Surveying Equipment Store:
Annually, the surveying store serves over 70 students who are enrolled in Land Surveying and Geographic Information Sciences Courses of Study, and over 200 students from other SBLM disciplines, and from Faculties of Education and Liberal Studies, and Engineering and Computing. The store is equipped with specialized resources such as total stations, GNSS receivers, data collectors, drones, and other equipment and tools to support the delivery of surveying education.
Module Selection Guide
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Master of Science in Built Environment with a major in one of the following:
- Geomatics/Geographic Information Sciences
- Urban Design
- Construction Management
- Land Management
- Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning
- Bachelor of Science Construction Management (Post Diploma)
- Bachelor of Science in Land Surveying and Geographic Information Sciences
- Bachelor of Engineering in Construction Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying
- Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Management and Valuation
- Bachelor of Science in Mines and Quarry Management (NEW)
Associate Degrees
- Surveying and Geographic Information Technology (SGIT)
- Bachelor of Science Construction Management (Post Diploma)
- Bachelor of Engineering in Construction Engineering
- Diploma - Construction Management