MSc in Real Estate Investment Finance
Headington, United Kingdom
DURATION
18 up to 60 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2024
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
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Introduction
Designed for professionals from across real estate, finance and business sectors, this course will extend your expertise in real estate as a financial asset in the investment market.
This course is tailored to offer you a flexible and innovative way to study from home. You’ll develop and expand your knowledge of the practices that underpin the sector by studying:
- The Real Estate Investment Market
- Applied Real Estate Valuation
- Real Estate Investment and Finance
- Legal and Regulatory Considerations.
You’ll learn by studying and applying your learning to scenarios that are rooted in real-world examples and led by industry developments. You’ll be challenged to think critically and develop robust expertise that can be applied across the industry. Throughout your studies, you’ll have lots of opportunities to develop your network and connect with professionals across the globe.
The structure of the course enables you to start at any of the four entry points throughout the year. Each module is organised to allow you to work at your own pace and keep track of your learning.
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Curriculum
Study modules
The Real Estate Investment Market (30 credits)
This module aims to provide an understanding of the fundamentals and principles of the real estate investment market via six learning packages:
- Real estate assets, drivers and cycles
- Investment strategies and models
- Real estate lifecycles
- Real estate sectors and risks
- Real estate management – asset, fund and portfolio
- Real estate stakeholders
Applied Real Estate Valuation (30 credits)
This module compares and contrasts the perspectives of real estate valuer and capital market valuation when doing a valuation of real estate via the following learning packages:
- Valuation concepts and the appraisal process
- Valuation standards
- Valuation techniques
- Valuation modelling
- Sustainability and property valuations
- Due diligence
Real Estate Finance and Investment (30 credits)
This module provides the framework for developing an understanding of the financial and business context in which a real estate organisation functions. The learning packages include:
- Financial reporting and the property business
- Sources and costs of capital
- Investment appraisal and management of risk
- The property market and the capital markets
- Property-backed securities
- Property taxation
Legal and Regulatory Considerations (30 credits)
This module brings together a number of regulatory and tax principles, as well as issues that are implicit in many of the topics covered in the other modules via the following learning packages:
- Business legal structures
- Property rights and land laws
- Financial services regulatory framework
- Regulating the raising of finance
- Regulation of foreign investment and unlisted real estate funds
- Corporate social responsibility and the control of money laundering and corrupt practices
Applied Research Methods (10 credits)
This module is only compulsory for students studying for the full MSc. Through the development of research skills, this module complements the overall MSc programme by providing students with the opportunity to draw on all of the core modules to inform and direct the choice of dissertation subject.
Final project
Compulsory modules
Dissertation (50 credits)
The aim of the dissertation is to enable students to carry out and write up an extended piece of research focused on their chosen area. Students are encouraged to undertake research in an area of interest to their employers where appropriate.
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Career Opportunities
This programme has been designed for real estate professionals across all sectors, as well as fund managers and investment bankers who would like to gain a better understanding of real estate as a financial asset in an investment portfolio.
The MSc REIF is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so after the MSc, graduates are entitled to apply for the RICS graduate pathway to membership.
“I now have a deeper understanding of concepts that are applied in day-to-day work. Furthermore, the course allows me to come up with certain out-of-box solutions in certain situations and to generate additional value for my clients.”
Ivana Gazivoda Vucinic, REIF student
“The course offers a balanced and detailed insight into real estate investment finance and will be a real advantage for me in my role as a Senior Relationship Manager having exposure to a wide range of clients and property portfolios.”
Mark Allen, REIF student