Real Estate and Property Management BSc (Hons) with foundation year

Course overview

Why you should study this course

Foundation year

• Supports you to gain the academic skills required for degree-level study.
• Provides a grounding in key areas of business and management.

Degree

Whether you want to set up your own business or work as an advisor to large multinational and multi-disciplinary businesses, this course will provide you with the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills. To help you do this, the course offers the following innovative features:

• development of professional practice and entrepreneurial skills
• focus on sustainability and regeneration
• Sigma Maths Support Centre and Centre for Academic Writing⁴
• you will have opportunities to develop the capabilities to work overseas, attend international field trips and study or work abroad for a year as part of your studies².

Careers and opportunities

On successful completion, you develop a comprehensive knowledge of:

• the legal and regulatory framework within which the real estate and property business operates
• economics and financial accounting procedures
• property appraisal, valuation and development from fundamentals to advanced levels
• building science, construction technology and materials
• real estate development and investment
• urban design and planning
• building pathology – gain a professional understanding of buildings over time
• advanced law with respect to landlord and tenants
• corporate real estate asset management
• commercial real estate management
• introduction to start-up in real estate and consultancy roles.

You will be able to:

• analyse, interpolate and present information
• analyse and solve financial and investment decision-making
• analyse data and information sources in the landed property sector
• develop financial models for investment and development
• undertake consultancy and business plan preparation
• asset management, advice and consultancy for corporate clients
• analyse and prepare investment and business opportunities for commercial clients.

Real estate management can offer stimulating and highly paid careers that span from appraisal and valuation of land and property to developing finance and investment models in a high-value business environment. You can go much further in the capacity of a consultant or an advisor for critical assets for corporate clients.

The course also introduces you to set up your own consultancy or property developer start-up, all underpinned within a solid legal framework. The industry’s much-needed soft skills are firmly embedded through a variety of media and experiential learning processes. This is a global profession and as such career prospects are worldwide.