Real Estate MSc

Northumbria University

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

University Rank:#550

Duration2 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 22,350 / year(s)

Real Estate MSc

About

Why study Real Estate?

Do you ever look at a building or an empty plot of land and wonder how it can be used more profitably? Can you imagine using your entrepreneurial passion to meet the property demands of investors, tenants, communities, and global populations? Are you ready to use your resourcefulness to help landlords and occupiers reimagine their properties in response to the challenges of Covid and the new world of work? If you enjoy using creativity to solve complex problems and dream of a high earning career in Real Estate, then this course is for you.

What can I expect from this course?

Developed and delivered in collaboration with world-leading researchers, internationally recognised real estate firms, practitioners and professional bodies, the course offers a fast-track route into the surveying and built environment professions. You will work on real-life assessments and projects to gain cutting-edge knowledge and professional skills.

You are welcome to join this change direction Masters degree from any discipline or academic background. The course is geared towards professionals or graduates who are keen to gain Chartered Surveyor status or pursue a fast-track route into the property and construction industry.

In the second year, for one semester, you’ll undertake study in another country or join a research group. This valuable experience will enhance your employability and further develop your theoretical and practical skills.

During your time on the MSc Real Estate, you will cover a range of practical real estate topics, which includes:

Client Project Opportunity; Our Advanced Practice programmes are designed to provide opportunities to work within industry, but please note that industry contact and real experience will be provided through our award-winning live projects and consultancy work on authentic problems. Placements within external organisations will NOT be provided as part of this programme.
Research; If you take this option, you will be assigned to our Architecture and Built Environment Research Group. There is every possibility that you may contribute to published research and therefore you may be named as part of the research team, which would be a great start to a research career.

How will this course prepare me for a career in real estate?

The practical based learning and hands-on experience ensures that you will be fully competent and ready for the world of work upon graduation. The commercial and professional partnerships at the heart of this Masters course give you the opportunity to immediately network with industry contacts, learn from sector experts and have access to the latest professional development opportunities.

Accredited by the RICS, the MSc Real Estate provides all of the academic theory and professional knowledge you need to become a built environment professional. We consistently ensure that over 95% of our students are employed within 6 months of the course ending and most before this. Of these students, 85% are employed within the top 20 recognised international real estate firms. A median starting salary for graduate surveyors working in the built environment is around £26,900, going up to £48,000 once fully qualified.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements 2025/26

Standard Entry

Applicants should normally have:

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in any subject.

International qualifications:

If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English language requirements:

International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications

Career

With a long history, well established links in the property industry and excellent graduate employment rates, this RICS-accredited Real Estate MSc is perfectly placed to help launch your career.

An MSc in Real Estate at Northumbria has excellent rates of employment and opportunity, with 95% of our students being employed within 6 months of the course ending and most securing a job before this. This is undoubtedly due to our long established relationships with employers in the global real estate industry, including Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, JLL, Savills, Knight Frank, Avison Young and Santander

Working with these employers throughout your course will give you invaluable sector knowledge and connections that will benefit your career in the future. A host of career paths will be available to you which will utilise the RICS competencies that you have gained throughout all of your modules. The kind of roles you can expect to be prepared for include; surveying roles in commercial real estate, valuation, corporate real estate, planning and development, investment and finance, urban planning, banking and investment sector, project management, construction and town and city management.

Our current graduates work for corporate financial institutions, government organisations, local authorities, government and private clients across the UK and further afield in roles such as surveying, investment, property valuation, planning and development, and property management.

The RICS states: Your wage as a surveyor will depend on factors such as your qualifications, level of experience, the sector you work in and your specialism, location and employer. However, the average surveyor salary in the UK stands at £37,022 as of June 2022. Trainees and graduate surveyors can expect between £15,000 and £27,000 depending on experience. For example, the average graduate surveyor salary in 2022 was £26,5652, while it was £21,921 for the average trainee.

Fee Information

Real Estate MSc

Northumbria University

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne