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Real Estate at Heriot-Watt University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

MSc Real Estate allows you to understand the operation of real estate markets and gain experience of the techniques applied in them. During the master’s programme, you’ll gain a comprehensive foundational knowledge of real estate from a global syllabus related to and linked with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) core competencies. During the master’s programme, you’ll develop a thorough understanding, application and evaluation of valuation, investment and appraisal techniques.   As a graduate, you’ll be able to:

  • draw on a wide range of occupier, valuation, and investment appraisal techniques,
  • understand legal and planning frameworks in the context of the built environment,
  • comment on the economics and interplay with the real estate industry and professions,
  • have a critical and in-depth understanding of the nature of property investment decisions, including complex current and future issues at the forefront of both academic research and professional practice.
The career-focused degree is suitable for individuals from a wide range of academic backgrounds, looking to develop the skills and knowledge required for a wide range of professional careers within commercial real estate, investment or development. Your learning environment MSc Real Estate is taught though a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops including computing, debates, guest lectures and case study scenarios. The linking of theory and practice is prominent throughout this programme, as well as the focus on best practice. Learning is interactive, hands on and practical, combining educational and vocational aims. Outside of the classroom, you can get involved with the Heriot-Watt Student Union by participating in student groups, becoming an Academic Rep, and joining societies. Societies provide a great opportunity to meet likeminded people, get involved in regular social and networking events, and gain insights into career prospects.  Customise your learning You can choose whether to study the programme full-time or part-time at our Edinburgh campus. This flexibility allows you to fit your postgraduate studies around your lifestyle. The programme begins in September and will last 12 months full time or 24 months part time. Accreditation This programme is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) providing a fast-track pathway to becoming chartered. RICS accreditation demonstrates a globally recognised standard of real estate education.

Modules

You’ll take eight mandatory taught courses in semester one and semester two, and a research dissertation in semester three. Through your dissertation, you’ll undertake an extensive and specialised investigation on a topical issue within the field of real estate. You’ll be required to demonstrate your advanced understanding of the discipline in which the dissertation topic is located through effective formulation of a hypothesis, and the planning and execution of appropriate research to address the problem. You’ll do this effectively within the resources and time available thus increasing your analytical and organisational skills.

Assessment method

You will be assessed by coursework, exams, and your dissertation, and will receive support and feedback throughout the programme.  There is a focus on developing knowledge and skills relevant to professional practice which is assessed by a combination of individual reports, essays, and projects. The dissertation assesses higher level research skills, critical thinking and writing capabilities.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website.

English language requirements

Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not been educated previously in the English language must provide evidence of their English language ability to ensure they can cope with the demands of a Heriot-Watt programme taught and assessed in English. Further information about the English Language tests that we currently accept as proof of English Language ability including our own English Language programmes, can be viewed on our website.

HWU English Language Requirements

https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/entry/english-language-requirements.htm

Fees and funding

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Real Estate at Heriot-Watt University - UCAS