This course is accredited by the RICS and gives you the required knowledge and skills for a successful career in the property market
Overview
The MSc Real Estate Management & Investment degree is a carefully considered programme which meets current industry demands and develops graduates who have the knowledge and skills required to enter the property industry as valuers, agents, property consultants, managers, and developers.
Working with industry practitioners, the MSc Real Estate Management & Investment course will allow you to gain knowledge of the wide range of principles that underpin property investment assets such as: Building Economics, Property Law, Real Estate Valuation, Property Asset Management, Property Investment Analysis, and the principles of Sustainable Urban Property Development and the skills to apply these effectively. You will complete the course with a Masters Dissertation on a relevant topic. More information about the individual modules can be found below and on the module catalogue.
Graduate prospects are good and recent graduates have gone on to work for the likes of: Ryden, Savills, Shepherd Surveyors, DM Hall, Cushman and Wakefield, Montagu Evans, Valuation Office Agency, Lothian Valuation Joint Board, and Taylor Wimpey Homes.
Course details
The core material is delivered through our virtual learning environment, Moodle, with core course material developed by professionally qualified academic staff and industrial specialists.
You will develop your ability to analyse, assess and synthesize solutions to problems and gain an understanding of the business drivers and constraints that influence these solutions. Your written communication skills will also be developed, giving you the confidence you need to interact with clients and fellow industry professionals.
Careers
Chartered Surveyors with a degree in Real Estate Surveying apply their specialist skills in the fields of:
Development appraisal
Investment appraisal
Valuation
Agency (buying and selling land and property)
Property management
Private practice real estate consultancies
Commercial and residential surveying firms
Property companies
Financial institutions and local and central government
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September 2025
Edinburgh Napier University
Sighthill Campus,
Sighthill Court,
Edinburgh,
EH11 4BN, SCOTLAND, England
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September 2025