Entry requirementsStandard Entry Applicants will normally be required to have an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent to this UK level achievement). Additional evidence of other attainment/relevant work experience may be sought to support an application. Full membership of a relevant professional body will be accepted in lieu of an undergraduate degree. Where English is not the applicant's first language, applicants must have a good level of ability in listening, writing and communication in English measured as an 6.5 IELTS score in each aspect or an equivalent test score achieved within two years prior to entry to the programme. This requirement will be waived where the applicant's first degree is taught in English.
Academic titleInternational Real Estate Management (MSc)
Course descriptionCOURSE INFORMATION Real Estate professionals advise multi-national companies, major financial institutions, property companies, banks, governments and other public sector organisations around the world. This may be transactional business advise on the purchase, sale, leasing and acquisition of commercial real estate or it may be professional advisory services including management of real estate portfolios to maximise the value of real estate as an asset class. They are able to creatively apply technical, legal and economic knowledge to deliver stakeholders property objectives and meet current business needs and future strategy.
This programme provides an intensive postgraduate educational opportunity for able and motivated graduates who are wishing to be real estate professionals making a career in property and who hold a good undergraduate honours degree in any discipline , normally in a subject other that real estate management.
Students will have studied non-cognate subjects in their first degree (business, economics, construction based subjects are frequent examples), will have developed an interest in property either through their studies or through their employment experience, and recognise that the need to obtain a property focused Master's education to make an effective carer in the real estate profession.
The discipline is presented with an international perspective to reflect the increasingly strong role of property in today's global business economy and to be of relevant to a career working in multinational organisations, particularly in Europe, North America and the Far East. A mix of nationalities in the student cohort is particularly welcomed for enriching the overall international learning experience and to encourage understanding of the similarities and difference between national real estate markets.
MODULE INFORMATION
Year 1 Modules
BE0981 Sustainable Real Estate (CORE, 10 Credits)
BE0998 Appraisal and Development of Real Estate (CORE, 20 Credits)
BE1000 Real Estate Asset Management (CORE, 20 Credits)
BE1001 Real Estate Law (CORE, 10 Credits)
BE1002 Real Estate Markets and Finance (CORE, 20 Credits)
BE1004 Urban Planning for Real Estate (CORE, 10 Credits)
BE1005 Organisational Development and Strategic Management (CORE, 20 Credits)
BE1099 Applied Research Methods (Real Estate) (CORE, 10 Credits)
COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT
The main means of assessment is by coursework. Modules will be assessed by a variety of methods of coursework to reflect the vocational and international perspective of the programme.
ACCREDITATION
The School is of the Built Environment entered into a partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in recognition of teaching quality, graduates employability, research and student entrance grades.
Graduates of this programme will have the necessary qualifications to register for the Assessment Professional Competence for the relevant faculty of the RICS.