MSc Real Estate courses - delivered in central and eastern Europe

PG Cert Real Estate and Construction
PGDip/MSc Real Estate Construction and Development
PGDip/MSc Real Estate Investment and Management

Part-time, delivered in central and eastern Europe

Develop your skills and improve your career prospects locally and internationally.

These awards are designed to enhance your professional career and provide a deeper understanding and internationalisation of real estate and construction. They offer an efficient and effective route to professional status and membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The programmes are run as a partnership between Nottingham Trent University and Sheffield Hallam University, so are supported by experienced tutors from two UK universities which offer some of the longest established and largest built environment programmes in the UK.

We welcome graduates from related or unrelated disciplines who want to become real estate professionals. The courses provide an entry route to the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) of the RICS.

The courses suit professionals working in a wide variety of contexts including real estate consultants, construction and development companies, finance companies, banks and management consultants who have real estate consulting activities.

Nottingham Trent University is renowned for its commitment to learning and teaching and has considerable experience of offering education and training in the region. In particular the University was responsible for the developing, managing and part-delivering of the successful MSc Real Estate in Budapest, Hungary. This was the first RICS-accredited programme in the region. Nottingham Trent University also manages and delivers a masters programme in Germany and contributes to the teaching of a RICS-accredited course in Spain. In addition to the bespoke development of these programmes, valuation and investment training courses have been delivered to leading real estate consultants in the region.

About the courses

Two awards are offered. One focuses on real estate investment and management, the other on construction and development. There are common modules and independent modules and an interdisciplinary project to make sure that real-life approaches to major projects are embedded into the teaching philosophy.

The courses are designed in three stages:

1. Certificate
A common certificate for both awards builds on the foundation stage and examines economics of land use and construction and environment, sustainability and development from a ‘big picture’ perspective using case studies and examples from several different countries.

2. Diploma
Following a common research methods module (designed to encourage early engagement in thinking about your individual consultancy project) the routes split into two dedicated modules.

If you choose the construction and development route you take modules in project and cost management and development processes, procurement and value engineering.

If you choose the investment and management route you take modules in corporate, investment and asset management and valuation, investment and finance.

3. Masters
The Masters route begins with a dynamic interdisciplinary project where groups of students from both routes work in mixed teams on a complex ‘live’ development project in the UK.

Finally, you undertake an individual consultancy project designed to integrate work-based, professional and academic approaches. You complete this with the support of a dedicated supervisor.

Where will you study?

The course is hosted at locations in across central and eastern Europe that may include Prague, Warsaw and Berlin.

Workshops will be held over a Friday/Saturday/Sunday morning timetable.

What do you study?

Postgraduate Certificate in Construction and Real Estate (part-time)
Year one core modules

key local Issues in local property law, planning, economics and markets and construction law and practice (20 Credits)
economics of land use and construction (20 Credits)
environment, sustainability and development

MSc in Real Estate Construction and Development (part-time)
Year One core modules

key local Issues in local property law, planning, economics and markets and construction law and practice (20 Credits)
economics of land use and construction (20 Credits)
environment, sustainability and development
research and consultancy methods (20 credits)

Year Two core modules

project and cost management (20 credits)
development processes, procurement and value engineering (20 credits)
interdisciplinary project (held in the UK) (20 credits)
consultancy project (40 credits)

MSc in Real Estate Investment and Management (part-time)
Year One core modules

key local Issues in local property law, planning, economics and markets and construction law and practice (20 Credits)
economics of land use and construction (20 Credits)
environment, sustainability and development
research and consultancy methods (20 credits)

Year Two core modules

corporate asset and investment management (20 credits)
valuation, investment and finance (20 credits)
interdisciplinary project (held in the UK) (20 credits)
consultancy project (40 credits)

Professional accreditation

During the course you can be working towards your RICS APC and will be able to enter the final assessment immediately after you finish the course.

Getting a place

The entry requirements are:

A first degree or equivalent
English language qualification equivalent to:
- British Council International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) – 6.5
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - Pass
- Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)/Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (NEAB) University

Entrance test in English for Speakers of Other languages (UETESOL) - Pass

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score 550 (paper-based) or 213+ (computer-based)

If you do not have a formal academic qualification you will be considered and your experience mapped against appropriate academic benchmarks at undergraduate level.

You should be employed in a relevant area of real estate or construction.

Please complete an application form. Please see details below in the 'Applications' section.
You will be asked to participate in a telephone or face to face interview.

Attendance

The course is offered as a part-time course only and operates over two years.

You need to attend residential trips across central and eastern Europe and one week of study in the UK. You receive additional learning opportunities and support through the Blackboard™ virtual learning environment and by telephone.

Assessment

You are assessed through a variety of methods including examinations (seen), case studies, course work, presentations, practical assignments and simulations. You work on group-based assessments, including peer assessment, as well as on your own.

Further information

For further information please contact:

Steven Tyler MSc MBA BSc Ced FRICS
Principal lecturer
Nottingham Trent University
School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BU
UK

Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 2505 (direct line)
Fax: +44 (0)115 848 6507
Email

Course fee

The course fee is €12,000. This includes all teaching materials, delivery in Prague, UK accommodation during the inter-disciplinary project and a graduation ceremony and dinner. The fee is payable in three instalments.

Applications

Applications are made to Sheffield Hallam University. For an application form or details on enrolment procedures, please contact:

Postgraduate Programme Team
Faculty of Development and Society
Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus
Sheffield
S1 1WB
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)114 225 5555
Email