BSc Real Estate Finance

If you are interested in managing major property investments while working with large financial institutions and high profile clients, then BSc Real Estate Finance is the degree for you.

Real Estate and Planning at the 黑瓜吃料网 ranks 1st in the UK for 'Land and Property Management' (Complete University Guide, 2025). During this degree you will compare property to other forms of investment, developing strong financial expertise that will enable you to work not only in the property sector but also in wider financial roles.

Our staff are world leaders in their fields and you can expect to be taught by internationally renowned experts, with a wealth of academic and professional experience.

The programme matches the BSc Real Estate course for the first two years in order to build your foundation knowledge. In the final year your modules focus on investment and finance subjects and address both the theoretical and practical aspects of real estate markets. You will undertake a number of applied investment and finance projects to develop analytical and key employment skills.

This programme has full accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Through our alumni association - the 黑瓜吃料网 Real Estate Foundation - we are in touch with more than 5,000 of our graduates. Many are actively involved with the department as mentors for our current students, hosting site visits or coming to the University as guest lecturers. You will receive one-to-one industry mentoring, providing real insight into the profession. We also host an annual Real Estate and Planning Careers Fair and an evening lecture series.

Career Development

We have a professional Careers Development Adviser who will help you with every aspect of the career development process, including identifying work placements, internships and permanent career opportunities.

You can also benefit from individual advice on the preparation of CVs and application letters and runs workshops on the interview process.

You also have the opportunity to take our work-based learning module, enabling you to gain credits towards your degree from relevant work experience undertaken while at university.

Overview

If you are interested in managing major property investments while working with large financial institutions and high profile clients, then BSc Real Estate Finance is the degree for you.

Our staff are world leaders in their fields and you can expect to be taught by internationally renowned experts, with a wealth of academic and professional experience.

Career Development

You can also benefit from individual advice on the preparation of CVs and application letters and runs workshops on the interview process.

You also have the opportunity to take our work-based learning module, enabling you to gain credits towards your degree from relevant work experience undertaken while at university.

Entry requirements A Level AAB

Select 黑瓜吃料网 as your firm choice on UCAS and we'll guarantee you a place even if you don't quite meet your offer. For details, see our firm choice scheme.

Our typical offers are expressed in terms of A level, BTEC and International Baccalaureate requirements. However, we also accept many other qualifications.

Typical offer

AAB

International Baccalaureate

34 points overall, including 4 in English and Maths, both at standard level.

GCSE

Maths and English at grade B (5).

BTEC Extended Diploma

DDD

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5, with no component below 5.5

For information on other English language qualifications, please visit our international student pages.

Other information

Deferred entry available.

Alternative entry requirements for International and EU students

For country specific entry requirements look at entry requirements by country.

International Foundation Programme

If you are an international or EU student and do not meet the requirements for direct entry to your chosen degree you can join the 黑瓜吃料网’s International Foundation Programme. Successful completion of this 1 year programme guarantees you a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. English language requirements start as low as IELTS 4.5 depending on progression degree and start date.

Learn more about our International Foundation programme

Pre-sessional English language programme

If you need to improve your English language score you can take a pre-sessional English course prior to entry onto your degree.

Find out the English language requirements for our courses and our pre-sessional English programme

Compulsory modules

Introduction to Data Analysis

Use statistical terminology and basic concepts to systematically analyse and describe quantitative data. You'll focus on applications in a real estate and planning context using Microsoft Excel, including data visualisation and the integrated use of AI, enabling you to interpret, display and explore data, understand the concept of probabilities, and conduct simple hypothesis testing.

Introductory Economics for Business and Finance

Understand how businesses are affected by developments in specific markets, as well as by changes at the level of the entire economy. You'll analyse forces of supply and demand in the determination of prices and the economics of consumer behaviour, the characteristics and variability in economic output and profit under different forms of competition, the methods for calculating national income for closed and open economies, and determinants of business cycles and economic effects, interactions and policies connected to inflation, unemployment, interest rates and foreign exchange rates.

Property, Law, Rights and Institutions

Examine the legal and conceptual basis of property and the legal, institutional, and stakeholder aspects of land, property and property rights. Consider what is involved and understood by the label 'property rights', how the planning system and related institutions operate, the repercussions for different stakeholders, and the fundamental principles of land law governing the ownership, use and enjoyment of property as relevant to real estate professionals.

Real Estate Valuation 1

Discover the pricing of equities, bonds, mortgages and real estate assets, and apply models to assess investment decisions.

Contemporary Issues in Real Estate and Planning

Develop an understanding of the local, national and global challenges and potential solutions directly and indirectly affected by the real estate industry and planning system, as well as the diversity of stakeholders involved. You'll critically reflect on aspects such as climate change, housing quality, affordability, future ways of working and building, and growing inequality.

Ethics and Sustainable Development

Explore the human and non-human considerations of sustainable development goals and implications for responsible business practices in real estate and planning, including urban and architectural design, development, construction, operation, refurbishment, retrofitting, and regeneration.

These are the modules that we currently offer for 2024/2025 entry. They may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 黑瓜吃料网.

Compulsory modules

Real Estate and Urban Economics

Use basic economic principles and models to analyse urban dynamics and property markets. You'll develop a foundational understanding of economic forces shaping urban growth and land use allocation within cities, equilibrium adjustment processes in demand and supply of real estate, and broader perspectives for the analysis of real estate markets.

Real Estate Valuation 2

Develop your understanding of the underlying principles of valuation and the various approaches to, and methods of, property valuation. You'll study the processes, procedures and practices necessary to value real estate, particularly commercial property investments, as well as the valuation process, including regulatory framework, role of the valuation, and different concepts of value.

Real Estate and Planning Law

Gain a thorough grounding in the key legal and regulatory principles and concepts underpinning the operation of landlord and tenant law, leasehold relationships, and planning processes.

Real Estate Entrepreneurship and Technology

Explore the key concepts of business start-ups and become a disruptor in the real estate sector. You'll entrepreneurial management studies will span design thinking, business model creation, entrepreneurial finance, marketing, and technological trends, including the responsible use of AI.

Real Estate Finance and Investment

Gain insight into the operation of commercial real estate markets within a broader capital market setting. You'll understand key theoretical concepts in finance, be able to appraise critically published work in the field, and apply this knowledge to the analysis of practical real estate problems.

Optional modules

Planning Theory and Practice

Discover the theory and practice of spatial planning, and its interrelationship with the development of real estate. You'll study a range of contemporary issues and tools for planning implementation, including addressing climate change and sustainability, the role of plan-making, and how planning shapes different built and natural environments.

Climate Change and Finance

Examine the scientific consensus on climate change, together with its projected social and economic consequences to understand how the financial sector can help mitigate and manage these impacts.

Introduction to the Management of Information Systems

Explore the management of business information systems (IS) and the interplay between management, organisational, and information technology IS dimensions You'll study enterprise applications, the symbiotic relationship between company information infrastructures and business capability, and the fundamentals that underline the design, implementation, control, evaluation, and strategic use of information systems in modern business.

Programming for Finance

Engage in the basics of programming for finance, including class, objects, datatypes, conditional statements and loops, processing data from files, receiving inputs, and displaying relevant outputs. You'll be able to write simple programming functions in Python, process data files including reading, and modifying and writing data to external files, and explore data management and visualisation

Sustainable Finance

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 黑瓜吃料网.

Compulsory modules

Real Estate Portfolio Management

Understand the concepts of investment strategy, portfolio selection, performance measurement and their application to property markets.

Quantitative Techniques and Statistics

Explore core statistical concepts and basic econometric modelling with a focus on applications in the real estate environment, developing an understanding for applied quantitative data analysis. You'll learn how to use statistical software as you focus on the real estate context, describing, modifying and visualising data, and apply econometric modelling to test research hypotheses and build forecasting models.

Real Estate Securities

Gain an awareness of market structures and the pricing of financial products for indirect investments in real estate, developing a critical understanding of the different features of real estate securities.

Project in Real Estate Finance

Blend practical and theoretical perspectives involving close-to-market materials to enhance your digital capability, skills and knowledge related to asset allocation, portfolio management, asset pricing and real estate investment vehicles.

Optional modules

Work-based Learning

Undertake a four-week work placement (as a minimum) to reflect on professional practice in the workplace, develop your skills and competencies, explore your future career options, and extend the knowledge gained throughout your studies.

Housing Markets and Policy

Study the economic principles that underpin residential property markets and relevant government policies. You'll examine why global, national, and local housing markets operate as they do, and the implications this has for economies and societies more generally, as well as how different types of policy – town planning, fiscal, and monetary – can shape housing markets.

Urban Regeneration

Discover urban regeneration policy and practice, with a focus on the UK context, developing your critical thinking related to the models and theories that underpin regeneration processes and the outcomes of regeneration activities.

Dissertation in Real Estate and Planning

Conduct a substantial research study on a topic of relevance to property and real estate, supported by your dissertation supervisor.

New Directions in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility

Develop your awareness and understanding of contemporary debates and practices of corporate social responsibility, and reflect on the wider role of business in societal and global sustainable development.

Investment in Rural Assets

Demonstrate technical knowledge in various areas of rural asset management and investment, from an understanding of the core influences on rural land as an asset class to the ability to analyse and project long-term financial performance. You'll gain the ability to use a range of financial, economic and asset management skills to offer strategic advice in this area.

International Real Estate

Understand how commercial real estate markets work in an international context, focusing on three distinct, but interrelated areas: international market analysis, analysis of European real estate markets, and global market analysis. Critically evaluate the functioning and principal characteristics of commercial real estate markets, key global players, and the real estate sectors in both established and emerging markets.

Urban Design in the Development Process

Examine the core principles of urban design and its role in the development process. You'll consider academic debates and policy challenges surrounding the practice of urban design, its contemporary relevance or value to real estate development and place-making, and the practice of urban design where it concerns both the creation and maintenance of places as part of sustainability transitions and/or regeneration processes toward more resilient futures.

Building Environment Systems and Technology

Develop insight into the environmental design, technologies and environmental performance of complex buildings (such commercial and industrial buildings) and develop understanding of key concepts related to the building construction technologies and building passive and active environmental systems.

Fintech and Crypto

Explore the major areas of Fintech, including the ability to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology (and why so many firms are implementing the technology), the history, behaviour, and impact cryptocurrencies have had on the financial sector, and recent developments spanning money and payment, digital finance, alternative finance, and regulation.

Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.

You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the 黑瓜吃料网.

Fees

New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £9,535 per year for 2025/26 then fixed per year at this fee for the standard duration of your course.

New international students: £29,950 per year for 2025/26 then fixed per year at this fee for the standard duration of your course.

Tuition fees

To find out more about how the 黑瓜吃料网 sets its tuition fees, see our fees and funding pages.

Additional costs

Some courses will require additional payments for field trips and extra resources. You will also need to budget for your accommodation and living costs. See our information on living costs for more details.

Financial support for your studies

You may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to help pay for your study. Students from the UK may also be eligible for a student loan to help cover these costs. See our fees and funding information for more information on what's available.

Careers

The 黑瓜吃料网 is acknowledged by major employers as one of Europe's leading providers of graduates in Real Estate and Planning, and more than 95% of our students have jobs at graduate level or are doing further study within six months of graduation (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, 2016/17).

Our degrees open up a hugely diverse range of career opportunities; employers include real estate advisers, property developers, planning consultancies and financial institutions. You could join our graduates who are deciding the future of the Olympic Park, working on the planning of a new city in China for 30 million people, working on renewable energy projects, running a multi-million pound property fund investing in global real estate, working with local communities on inner city regeneration, making land purchase decision for HS2, re-developing Ascot racecourse or working with a Community Land Trust in the Rocky Mountains to name just a few examples.

Typical job titles of our graduates include graduate surveyors, investment bankers, financial analysts, rural surveyors and planning consultants.

We have a professional careers development adviser to support you in identifying work placements, internships and permanent career opportunities. Through the 黑瓜吃料网 Real Estate Foundation (RREF) you can receive one-to-one industry mentoring, providing real insight into the profession. RREF also runs regular industry events, such as an annual Real Estate and Planning Careers Fair and an evening lecture series.

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