REALM is all about making the best land use decisions, ensuring the most effective and most economical use of a wide range of rural assets or resources to achieve a clients’ or business’ objectives.
Resources typically include land, infrastructure, buildings and equipment but they also include the management of a clients financial, physical and natural resources. Rural Practice Chartered Surveyors play a vital role in managing the countryside whilst helping rural businesses to thrive.
This RICS-accredited programme is ideal for aspiring rural practice chartered surveyors, and those with an interest in land, property and estate management, agriculture, valuation, planning and diversification, sustainability and renewable energy.
Some REALM graduates will progress to Registered Valuer Status and secure employment in the provision of valuations, professional services and in some instances, auctioneering services.
Modules you will undertake cover a broad range of knowledge and skills, including Valuation with Land and Property Economics, Introduction to Agricultural Production Systems, Farming and Management of the Natural Environment, Planning and Development and Farm Business Management and Investment..
These, coupled with your year in industry, will leave you inspired and equipped to take on any number of exciting roles across the rural sector, whether as an independent consultant, estate manager, or as part of a national/global company or Government department.
The Harper Advantage
- Access to a qualified, professional and experienced teaching team incorporating Rural Practice Chartered Surveyors with experience in professional practice.
- A full placement year in industry as part of your degree, enabling you to put knowledge into practice, develop your network and discover your future ambitions
- Professional Accreditation: This degree course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the Rural Surveying Pathway
- More than 15 competitive scholarships open to students on Land and Property Management routes
Learn more
For more information about our approaches to teaching and learning please watch A message from the LPM Course Teaching Team.
For information on careers in Rural Chartered Surveying visit the Grow Your Future website.
