Real Estate

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Course summary
- Learn the skills you’ll need for a successful career in real estate.

- Benefit from an interdisciplinary, international applied-learning project.

- Gain a qualification accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

- Learn from industry-trained academics, leading firms and successful graduates.

This course combines a unique blend of academic learning and practical application. You’ll graduate with the ability to meet the professional and ethical standards required by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You’ll study areas including economics & the built environment, property law & professional context, valuation, evaluating building condition, advanced valuation & development and corporate real estate asset management. You’ll also complete a dissertation – an in-depth research project requiring a critical and evaluative approach to professional practice and theory, supported by an allocated dissertation supervisor.

You learn through

- lectures

- seminars

- presentations

- site visits

- coursework

- examinations

- phase tests

- reports

- group projects

- presentations

- dissertation

- an international applied project

**Applied learning
Live projects**

The course includes practical, client-focused projects where you’ll visit existing buildings and sites, and complete technical and professional tasks. These are opportunities for you to apply creative solutions that draw on your developing knowledge.

Field trips

During your international applied project, you’ll work with other students of the built environment programme. This will increase your understanding of other roles within the profession, helping you practise the day-to-day interactions of a chartered surveyor. Here you’ll also develop the essential skills and knowledge of a professional practitioner.