Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Real Estate] From University of Westminster

Real estate is a dynamic profession; every company and every person requires somewhere to work and somewhere to live, and as property costs are often the second highest expenditure on a company's balance sheet, a good understanding of property is essential for every business.

As real estate is not taught at school, students have a wide variety of A Levels and qualifications. The most important requirements are an analytical mind, a clear motivation towards the course and the desire to develop an enjoyable and potentially high-earning career.

Our Real Estate BSc Honours course provides a professionally oriented education, producing graduates capable of dealing with all aspects of property and development. The learning and teaching of the course consists of a variety of formats including lectures, seminars, presentations, group work and visiting lectures. The range of assessment methods includes exams, essays and group and individual project work and presentations.

Careers

The course prepares you for a professional career as a chartered surveyor, valuer or property adviser in either the residential or commercial property sector, and our graduates have a high employment rate. Recent graduates have been employed by large and small property advisors, property companies, local authorities, developers, health trusts, investment firms, landed estates, and many others. Employers include:

• Cushman and Wakefield
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• C B Richard Ellis
• Savills
• Vail Williams
• Bedford Estates
• Greenwich Hospital Trust
• Capita Symonds

The course aims to create graduates who are critical and creative thinkers, literate and effective communicators, entrepreneurial, global in outlook and engaged in communities, and socially, ethically and environmentally aware.

The BSc Real Estate course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and the course is mapped to both the Residential and the Commercial Practice pathways, increasing your employment potential.

The course ensures that you are exposed to the full range of appraisal and planning techniques, and prepares you for a professional career as a planning and development surveyor/planner with an emphasis on planning and property development.

Our graduates go on to develop careers as chartered surveyors and/or town planners for a range of organisations, including property companies, real estate advisers, developers, central and local government, and large corporations both in the UK and internationally. Many also go on to postgraduate study and research.