MSc in Real Estate
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 12,100 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* there is no application deadline for postgraduate courses
** home full-time: ยฃ12,100 | international full-time: ยฃ17,500
Key Summary
Introduction
Why choose this course?
This course is ideal if you want to work in the real estate sector, across a range of disciplines, in the UK or overseas.
You will be able to focus on areas of valuation, investment, asset management, lease consultancy, planning and development and be encouraged to develop research as well as technical, professional and practical skills.
You may pursue your individual interests through the design and completion of an independent research project.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This is one of the few real estate courses with a worldwide focus on valuation and investment.
- Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- The course culminates in the Kingston Real Estate Master's Conference. You may also take an optional residential trip to a European destination.*
- Kingston Business School is one of just five per cent of the world's business schools to hold accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
- Free car parking at the Kingston Hill campus is available for students of this course. The campus can also be easily accessed by public transport. Halls accommodation is just a walk away from the classrooms.
*Students may be required to cover additional costs, such as travel.
Accreditation
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
The course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Students will study 6 assessed modules which have been designed to ensure alignment with the business, ethics and technical competencies of the RICS's Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
Admissions
Curriculum
What you will study
This course will enable you to create key research and systematic aptitudes alongside your practical, technical and professional competencies.
You will study six modules. These have been intended to guarantee that they align with key competencies of the RICS's Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), yet at the same time enable you to pursue your particular interests through your research project. The project culminates in the unique master's conference. There will also be an opportunity to participate in an international residential field trip.
Flexibility within the curriculum will allow you to extend your insight within focused areas of valuation, property law, investment, asset management and/or spatial development.
Full-time
The full-time programme runs over one year and consists of six modules at 30 credit points each. Four modules are core, and two are chosen from a selection of elective modules.
Core modules
- Real Estate Fundamentals and Law
- Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation
- Research Principles and Application
- Research Project
Elective modules (choose 2)
- Land Use, Planning and Development
- Asset, Property and Facilities Management
- Property Investment Analysis and Funding
- Lease Consultancy - Agency, Tenancies and Dispute Resolution
- Statutory and Advanced Valuation Practice
Part-time
The programme consists of six modules at 30 credit points each. You will take two core modules and choose one elective module in Year 1. In Year 2 you will also take two core modules and choose one elective module. Four modules are core, and two are chosen from a selection of elective modules.
Year 1
- Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation
- Real Estate Fundamentals and Law
Year 2
- Research Principles and Application
- Research Project
Elective modules (choose 2)
- Land Use, Planning and Development
- Asset, Property and Facilities Management
- Property Investment Analysis and Funding
- Lease Consultancy - Agency, Tenancies and Dispute Resolution
- Statutory and Advanced Valuation Practice
Optional placement year
The professional placement year is optional. It takes place after the full-time year. It allows students to do a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The work placement is an assessed part of the course and is therefore covered by a Student Route visa. Find out more about the postgraduate work placement scheme.
Modules
- Professional Placement
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
After you graduate
Graduates attend the programme either because they are working in the real estate profession on a part time basis and wish to run their studies alongside their work placements or to gain the degree looking to seek a graduate position on successful completion.
Many students have already been accepted or gain positions on graduate entry schemes of UK or international surveying practices or real estate organisations. Graduates are typically sponsored to achieve their RICS qualification as a Chartered Surveyor.
Graduate destinations include working in diverse areas such as investment, agency, valuation, asset management, development, property finance and taxation.
Graduates have gone on to work for firms including CBRE, Cluttons, Cushman & Wakefield, Knight Frank, Jones Lang LaSalle, Land Securities, Knight Frank, Valuation Office Agency, KPMG, Deloitte AS, Asda Stores Ltd, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas Real Estate.