BSc (Hons) Real Estate

at Royal Agricultural University

Each module is worth a specified number of credits. Each credit equates to 10 hours of total study time. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity.

Full-time students normally take modules worth 60 credits per 15 week semester but this can vary depending on your elective choice. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for your degree is based on marks obtained for modules taken at level 5 and level 6 (weighted 30:70 accordingly).

The modules available for this course are as follows: 

Year one

• 1014 Building Technology

• 1015 Law 1

• 1016 Valuation 1

• 1033 Business Finance

• 1320 Fundamentals of Land and Property

• 1321 Land and Property Economics 

• 1322 Property Markets Transactions and Analysis

• 1400 Developing Academic Skills

Year two

• 2030 Law 2

• 2037 Valuation 2

• 2066 Business and Property Finance and Taxation

• 2201 Property Management

• 2203 Property Agency and Marketing

• 2333 Planning Law and Practice

• 2334 Surveying, Inspection and Measurement

• 2337 Personal and Professional Skills and Employability

Year three

In the third year, you will complete a research dissertation on a subject of your choosing, and select two elective modules to suit your specialist areas of interest.

• 3025 Integrating Project

• 3026 Contemporary Issues in Property and Society

• 3027 Practice Management

• 3243 Statutory Valuation 

• 3300 Research Project / Dissertation

Plus a choice of TWO electives selected from a broad range, including:

• 3007 Commercial Property Management

• 3081 Consumer Behaviour

• 3090 Forrestry and Woodland Management

• 3215 Advanced Residential Agency

• 3246 Development and Development Appraisal

The availability of electives to individual students will be dependent on timetabling considerations and on sufficient students electing to take part.

Typical offers

Required: GCSE minimum five GCSEs at Grade C/4 including English Language and Mathematics (or Maths Numeracy for Welsh applicants) plus satisfactory level 3 qualifications:

• A Level: (Example grades BCC) – minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points (points to be across three A Levels or equivalent qualifications)

• C&G Advanced Technical/BTEC - Level 3 Extended Diploma (1080) at Distinction-Merit-Merit

• C&G NPTC/C&G Advanced Technical/BTEC - Level 3 Diploma (720), Extended Certificate (360) and 90-Credit Diploma (540) acceptable when accompanied by other Level 3 qualifications

• International Baccalaureate: 26 points

• Access to Higher Education: 45 credits at level 3, of which minimum of 21 must be awarded at Distinction and 15 at Merit or higher. (Pass in Functional Skills level 2 are accepted in lieu of GCSE English & Mathematics)

Other level 3 qualifications will be considered.

Full-time  

UK    
£9,250 per year    

International
£13,500 per year

On completing the course, many of our graduates secure employment undertaking the two-year Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to qualify as Chartered Surveyors. The latest Department for Education data (Longitudinal Educational Outcomes June 2018) indicates that RAU graduates studying in Architecture, Building and Planning subjects are in work, ranking us 27th out of 62 universities.

Recent graduates have gone on to fulfil jobs within a range of companies:

• Bruton Knowles
• CBRE
• NHS Property Services
• Knight Frank
• Bidwells
• Dalcour Maclaren
• Marsh and Parsons
• Hamptons International
• Savills
• Valuation Office Agency
• Deloitte Real Estate
• Bidwells