Real Estate and Property Development
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSc (Hons) | On-Campus | Full-time, Sandwich | 3 - 4 years | September | find out | find out |
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About Real Estate and Property Development, BSc (Hons) - at University of Portsmouth
Overview
This accredited BSc (Hons) Real Estate and Property Development degree course gives you the commercial, managerial, technical and creative skills you need to launch your career in real estate. Learn to meet the challenges of a fast-moving property industry, from the refurbishment of affordable housing to overseeing the construction of multi-million-pound developments.
In a new era of sustainability, this course will guide you through the fundamentals of viable developments. You'll also master your skills in computer-aided design (CAD) and evolve expert knowledge in the application of sustainable development, law for the built environment, property valuation, and property economics and investment.
Alongside developing entrepreneurial spirit, this course will focus on building your future networks within the property profession - seeing you cultivate connections with surveyors and engineers to build on projects as a team.
Course highlights
- Choose specialist modules that match your interests and career ambitions, such as heritage property conservation and management, international built environment fieldwork, project management and dispute resolution
- Get out of the classroom through on-site visits where you'll tour building
- Be inspired with visits from guest speakers with key industry experience, including property developers, land agents and course graduates – one industry contact gave a guest lecture on their experience working in the British Virgin Islands for AECOM
- Benefit from a course accredited by RICS with a partnership advisory panel who will work with staff and students to advise you on what is happening in the industry and provide you with the context to get your career-focused
- Join a course with networking at its core - with a construction society led by students, for students, to help build connections with other industry professionals
Careers and opportunities
Your future career will be in high demand after you graduate with the UK Government has committed to an overhaul of the planning system to deliver 1.5 million new homes to support housing supply.
95% of our course graduates are in work or further study 15 months after they graduate with alumni working all over the world including Australia and the Middle East - putting what they've learnt into practice.
Qualified chartered surveyors could see themselves earning over £42,000 in the industry with your degree and relevant work experience excelling you in a future career working in surveying, property law and sustainable building developments.
Graduate destinations
Our graduates have worked for companies such as:
- Savills
- Lambert Smith Hampton
- Countrywide
- Chichester District Council
- CBRE Group
What jobs can you do with a property development degree?
Graduates from this course have gone on to work in property development, surveying, project management and consultancy, in roles such as:
- property developer
- sustainable development consultant
- legal adviser and property lawyer
- chartered building surveyor
- real estate land and asset manager
- real estate consultant
- historic building conservationist
Ongoing career support – up to 5 years after you graduate
Get experience while you study, with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, and work experience.
Towards the end of your degree and for up to five years after graduation, you’ll receive one-to-one support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to help you find your perfect role.
Placement year (optional)
Taking an optional placement year gives you the experience you need to increase your chances of landing your perfect role after graduation. You could work in a paid role in a professional organisation (our students earn an average salary of £19,000 during their placements) or set up your own business, giving you the chance to grow your professional network and enhance your CV.
We'll give you all the support you need to find a placement that prepares you for your career, and we'll continue to mentor you throughout your placement.
You could also choose to set up your own business, or take a voluntary placement.
Potential roles
Previous students have taken placement roles such as:
- trainee building surveyor
- undergraduate planner/land negotiator
- project management placement
- property developer
- real estate evaluator
Potential destinations
They've completed placements at organisations including:
- Linden Homes
- Portsmouth City Council
- Savills
- Knight Frank
- Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
- Gatwick Airport Estates
Entry requirements for this course
Contact University of Portsmouth to find course entry requirements.
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