Real estate
We have over 30 years experience teaching real estate courses. A number of our undergraduate and postgraduate real estate courses are accredited by professional bodies including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the National Association of Estate Agents.
Our teaching staff have extensive industry experience from across the range of professional disciplines associated with real estate, such as surveying and valuation, property law and planning.
We ensure our courses are constantly updated to reflect the changing needs of the world we live in. They provide you with essential subject knowledge as well as invaluable transferable skills demanded by employers, such as problem solving, communication and team working.
Read about our real estate research activities and expertise.
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This is a fast track conversion course for graduates from unrelated disciplines who want to become chartered surveyors. The course is also suitable if you are a professional working in a property or surveying role and want to improve your skills and career prospects in commercial property and the real estate profession.Real estate operates in a... More information
Postgraduate
Full-time, Part-time
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This course equips you for a career in the commercial real estate industry in the UK and overseas. You develop the knowledge and skills to value plan and develop manage acquire and dispose of real estate for occupiers and investment clients, in public and private organisations.Developing, redeveloping, refurbishing and investing in real... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code N230
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This is a versatile course which equips you for a career in either residential or commercial property sectors, in areas such as planning, development and management.The course covers a wide range of content, including property appraisal building studies sustainability for the built environment business planning law and economics. You... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code N237
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This course is primarily aimed at people already in employment within a range of property management, property development, valuation, appraisals or lettings roles. Many employers sponsor students to attend this course to develop a well qualified workforce. This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as... More information
This course is for graduates wanting to further develop their understanding of a particular subject and carry out research that will lead to a PhD.We provide comprehensive research training through our MRes Business. We also provide support from a supervisory team in areas linked to all our research centres. These include Centre for Individual... More information
Postgraduate
Full-time, Part-time
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This course is for facilities managers wanting to improve their skills and career prospects and for other graduates who want to enter the field.We designed it in collaboration with employers. It meets the needs of people who manage in-sourced or out-sourced facilities for their own organisation or provide facilities management services to other... More information
Postgraduate
Part-time
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This course is part of our built environment programme. It prepares you for management careers in the construction industry by providing the technical knowledge, initiative, personal and management skills the industry demands.You learn through lectures, seminars and tutorials. You work in practical laboratory classes and workshops, and take... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code K220
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This course is for managers or supervisors working in facilities management from backgrounds such as facilities management suppliers private finance initiatives local authorities higher education National Health Service government private organisations.It is delivered in two stages. The first stage is the Certificate in Facilities... More information
This course is the first stage of the undergraduate programme in facilities management. It is specifically designed to meet the needs of people working in facilities management in a supervisory or management position.The course is aimed at people starting a career in facilities management or wanting to gain a qualification which recognises and... More information
This is a one year top up course suitable for people who have completed the Foundation Degree in Facilities Management and wish to further their development and gain an honours degree.You complete a dissertation with support from an in depth module on research methods. The dissertation allows you to consolidate your previous learning and to... More information
Real estate research
We are part of the built environment department which achieved an excellent outcome from the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. 80 per cent of our research activity was rated as of international standard, 40 per cent of international excellence, and 5 per cent as world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
The excellence of the department's research is further emphasised by the many national and international awards received in recent years from key professional industry bodies and academic journals, in recognition of our innovation, authorship and dissemination.
Our research specialisms include
• contaminated land
• employability in the built environment
• environmental management and assessment
• facilities management
• natural resources
• planning law
• professionalism in surveying and the built environment
• property valuation and rating issues
• urban policy and sustainable development
Research-related activities include • government-assessed applied research • scholarship • PhD studentship programme • professional practice • networking and engagement with industry.