A course designed for graduates with a non-property-related degree and existing practitioners who want to go on to become chartered surveyors, with added work experience.
Learn the relevant skills necessary for a successful career in real estate.
Benefit from an interdisciplinary, international field trip, included in your fees.
Undertake an additional work experience placement.
Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

An intellectually challenging and professionally relevant course, underpinned by academic and professional expertise, this degree combines a unique blend of academic rigour, practical application and professional development, providing the relevant skills necessary for those wishing to operate in the property industry. Graduate with the ability to meet the academic, professional and ethical standards required by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Live projects

The course includes practical, client-focused property projects. These involve you completing technical and professional tasks and applying creative solutions that draw on your developing knowledge. You also complete an individual in-depth dissertation that requires a critical and evaluative approach to professional practice and theory

Work placements

The work experience route involves a 12 month work placement. During your placement you improve your practical management skills and employability, gaining real experience in industry. 

Field trips

On the international field trip you work with students from across related subjects to increase understanding of the other roles in the profession that interact on a day-to-day basis and how the role of a Chartered Surveyor fits in with these roles. It also develops the skills and knowledge that are essential to becoming an effective professional practitioner.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Areas studied include economics and the built environment, property law and professional context, valuation, evaluating building condition, advanced valuation and development, corporate real estate asset management, applied research methods and dissertation, and international applied project.

You learn through

• lectures
• seminars
• presentations
• site visits
• coursework
• examinations
• phase tests
• reports
• group projects
• presentations
• dissertation

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Sanderson Weatherall
• Deloitte
• JLL
• CBRE
• GVA
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Lambert Smith Hampton
• Savills

Others have joined in-house corporate real estate departments, smaller independent professional firms and the public sector.

 

Minimum 2:2 degree or equivalent in any discipline.

We welcome applications from candidates who may not meet the exact academic entry requirements but have significant relevant experience, on application you will be referred to our course leader, who will evaluate your experience, this may involve an informal conversation either in person or by other media.

If English is not your first language you typically need an IELTS 6.5 overall score with a minimum of 6.0 in all other skills or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.5 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Important notice:

 

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

Year 1 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Advanced Valuation And Development	30	Coursework
Applied International Project	15	Coursework
Applied Research Methods And Dissertation	45	Coursework
Corporate Real Estate Asset Management	30	Coursework
Economics And The Built Environment	15	Exam
Evaluating Building Condition	15	Coursework
Property Law & Professional Context	15	Coursework
Valuation	15	Practical

 

 

 

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Postgraduate Placement