NMITE has just become the UKs only fully accelerated higher education institution. With the BSc Construction Management degree now joining its suite of fast-track degrees, every NMITE programme is designed to get students career-ready (and fast!)
Joining the existing Integrated Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Autonomous Robotics accelerated programmes (three years for an MEng and two years for a BEng), the Construction Management BSc (Hons) degree now offers students the opportunity to become a work-ready, modern construction professional in just two years.
This comes into effect for September 2026 entry has been created in part in response to employers who prioritise capability and work-readiness and have previously expressed interest in offering jobs to NMITE students after just two years of study. Since accepting its first students in 2021 and now having successfully launched two cohorts of graduates into the workforce, NMITE confirms that it has always been the plan for all NMITE degrees to be accelerated and that it has used what it has learnt since launching the NMITE flagship product, the MEng in Integrated Engineering, to inform this decision.
“By ensuring all our degree programmes are accelerated, we are “meeting the moment” for UK students, addressing concerns that higher education in the UK takes too long and costs too much while reinforcing NMITE’s ethos of widening access to higher education” explains James Newby, President & Chief Executive. “NMITE has built its reputation on being able to do things fast, reacting to national requirements. Our new Autonomous Robotics aka ‘drones’ degree is a good, recent example of how NMITE addresses our sovereign capability. From the autumn, we will be able to create more graduates using our existing resources, having a positive impact on these students and their future life chances, including our construction students who will have a route to professional status in just two years.”
The degree is focused around hands-on learning, industry experience, and a commitment to sustainability. One employer who agrees that NMITE is helping to solve the skills shortage in engineering is Balfour Beatty, the leading infrastructure group, which has already recruited four NMITE graduates. Tom Newton, Engineering & Design Director said “As Balfour Beatty we have worked with NMITE over the last 3 years to accelerate graduates into the industry. NMITE's unique accelerated degree produces work ready graduates in 2 years rather than 3. This not only means they are ready to build critical infrastructure early, but that they have the right behaviours, mindset and skills to work in a project team.”
NMITE, which works on a 46 week, 9 – 5 system, (rather than adding an extra term in the summer) explains that each module includes a full week of reflection but stresses that the degree is focused on work preparedness and skills rather than reflection for the sake of it. “An accelerated degree is not driven by efficiency; indeed, it is much costlier in terms of staff time, but NMITE is an institution proudly built around its pedagogy.”
