BSc (Hons) Real Estate and Property Development at University of Portsmouth

Graduate from this Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' accredited property development degree with the commercial, managerial and technical skills needed to launch your career in real estate. Our foundation course in Engineering and Technology with Foundation Year is designed to develop the vital underpinning skills in maths, science and technology needed for studying at degree level. From this course you can progress onto a variety of degrees including computing, engineering, mathematic and physics.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years sandwich with work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich/placement option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. Modules include Sustainable Building Futures; Law, Economics and Accounting in The Built Environment; Professional and Digital Skills for Surveying and Real Estate; Measurement, Value and Building Safety Fundamentals; Property Development - Professional Skills and Applied Project; Valuation and Commercial Property Management; Planning Procedures and Practice; Property Investment and Development; Urban Regeneration; Building Information Modelling.

Career pathways

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.

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