Master in Facility and Real Estate Management
Deventer, Netherlands
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,850 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* €15,850 first year, € 2,500 following year
Key Summary
Introduction
Our society faces major challenges in terms of the sustainability of the built environment and the anticipation of disruptive technology. The increasingly dynamic market is less predictable. This calls for more agility in real estate planning and enables new business models to emerge to meet the need for flexibility, such as real estate-as-a-service and pay-per-use in facility management. We prepare future professionals for these complex strategic issues that require an interdisciplinary approach.
Saxion University offers this master's program in cooperation with the University of Greenwich. Upon graduation, you will obtain a Dutch MSc degree from Saxion University and an internationally recognized British MSc degree from the University of Greenwich.
Value Of Degree
The degrees show that you can work, think, and act at a master's level. The British degree also opens doors to an international working context. The appreciation of the degree is similar in The Netherlands.
The British degree is internationally recognized and has the same level as a master's degree in The Netherlands
The Dutch degree is accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). The British degree is accredited by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. This is the authority in the United Kingdom that grants degrees to institutions. The University of Greenwich is authorized to issue the MSc Facility and Real Estate Management.
Cooperation With the University Of Greenwich
This cooperation with the University of Greenwich means in practice that Saxion University is fully accountable and responsible for the programme. Saxion University decides about the curriculum, education, assessment, and facilities regarding the learning environment. The Dutch degree resides under Dutch Law for Higher Education and therefore uses European credits.
In setting up the curriculum, education, and assessment we align and work together with the University of Greenwich as they are accountable for the British degree. The British degree uses UK credits. This degree resides under British Law for Higher Education. Saxion University has a contractual agreement with the University of Greenwich that allows Saxion University to offer the British degree in The Netherlands.
No Pre-Master
You do not need a pre-master to enroll in this unique Master's program offered in collaboration with the University of Greenwich. You will receive your Master of Science, which is taught in English, in one year.
International Programme
The Master's degree program is fully aligned with the international professional field and is constantly updated to reflect recent academic insights. Upon completion, you will be fully equipped to support complex projects at an academic level.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
We are proud to offer scholarships to talented international students that apply for a bachelor or master Program at Saxion University of Applied Sciences.
Saxion Scholarships Program
Over the years we developed several scholarships that are available for talented international bachelor and master students from outside the EU/EEA.
- Orange Tulip Scholarship Program (OTS)
- Orange Knowledge Program (OKP)
- MENA Scholarship Program (MSP)
- Holland Scholarship (HS)
Other Scholarships
Further information on how and where to apply for a scholarship is available at the nearest Royal Netherlands Embassy, or from the Dutch Education Organization NUFFIC.
Curriculum
We see buildings as a strategic asset and part of the value chain of integrated facility management. The unique two-year master's degree programme at Saxion – in collaboration with the university of Greenwich – takes this as its basis. The English-language MSc in Facility and Real Estate Management enables you to support complex projects at an academic level. The degree programme is fully aligned with the professional field and is constantly updated to reflect recent academic insights.
Your Master of Science in One Year
The programme will be delivered in Deventer. It will commence with an introduction at the beginning of September, part of which will involve developing the academic approach needed to complete the programme. Towards the end of the year, you will work individually on your master thesis. The language of instruction is English, as are the literature and references used.
In this single year, we take you on a journey of nine modules and teach you in breadth and depth about how to integrate facility, real estate, and asset management. You finish the programme with a master's thesis. The nine modules are:
- Driving Your Professional and Academic Development
- Investment & Valuation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Workplace Strategy
- Data-Driven Fream
- Sustainable Building/Portfolio Management
- Leading Change in Fream
- Where Worlds Meet: Integrated Fream
- Academic Research Skills
- Master Thesis
Two Master Degrees
Upon Successful Completion of The Programme, You Will Receive Two Master's Degrees (double Degree):
- A Professional Master's Degree in Facility and Real Estate Management from Saxion (MSc)
- The British Master of Science Degree in Facility and Real Estate Management from The University of Greenwich (MSc)
We also offer stand-alone modules for professionals looking to develop and delve deeper into Facility and Real Estate.
Degree Programme Structure
The programme lasts for twelve months and comprises nine modules followed by a Master thesis:
- Driving your professional and academic development (5 ECTS)
- Investment & valuation (5 ECTS)
- Strategic sourcing (5 ECTS)
- Workplace strategy (5 ECTS)
- Data-driven fream (5 ECTS)
- Sustainable building/portfolio management (5 ECTS)
- Leading change in fream (5 ECTS)
- Where worlds meet: integrated fream (5 ECTS)
- Academic skills (5 ECTS)
- Master thesis (15 ECTS)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
With a Master of Science degree (MSc), you demonstrate an academic level of work and thinking. This is an important condition for progression to management positions at a strategic level.
Professional Development
The double degree also makes you an interesting candidate for positions in both large and multinational organizations. With this double MSc. degree you are demonstrably better qualified, and your career is likely to accelerate.
Job Opportunities
Alumni research shows that our full-time alumni find a job very quickly, a large part of which at one of the organizations that are members of our Master FREM Advisory Board, such as CBRE, JLL, TwynstraGudde, Hospitality Group, and CFP Green Buildings. Part-time students often take the next step in their careers before the end of their studies. Many of our international students find new career prospects in their home country whilst others pursue a career in the Netherlands by making use of the opportunity to extend their visa after graduation for 1 year (zoekjaar).