Real Estate Management BSc (Hons)

Potential career paths include:

• Property valuer – assess the value of land and buildings for purposes such as sale, investment, lending or asset management.
• Property or asset manager – help manage property assets, leases and performance on behalf of owners and organisations.
• Commercial property agent – work with clients on the acquisition, disposal and leasing of commercial property.
• Property developer – contribute to the planning, development and delivery of property projects.
• Property consultant – advise clients on property decisions, markets and opportunities.
• Graduate surveyor – build professional experience across areas such as valuation, agency, property management or development as you work towards your chosen career path.

Kingston graduates have gone on to work for organisations including Savills, Sotheby’s Realty, Lambert Smith Hampton, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Aviva Investors, Colliers International, Berkeley Homes, Knight Frank, MB Associates and Winkworth.

You’ll have opportunities to meet employers and property professionals before you graduate through careers events, guest talks and professional networking.

Recent activity has included sessions with Savills and Vistry Group covering graduate careers and recruitment, as well as professional-practice events with representatives from the London Borough of Camden, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of London Corporation.

This RICS-accredited degree provides a recognised route towards chartered surveyor status.

After graduating, you can progress towards qualification as a chartered surveyor through one of the available RICS pathways, subject to successful completion of the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), the final assessment interview and other RICS requirements, such as the ethics module.

Kingston’s Real Estate course follows the Commercial Real Estate pathway.

You’ll take part in an Assessment Centre Experience, giving you the chance to experience a typical graduate recruitment process and receive tailored feedback. You’ll:

• develop your understanding of the jobs market, current opportunities and different recruitment processes
• learn how to identify roles that suit your skills and ambitions
• receive personalised feedback to help you improve and progress
• access additional webinars covering employer expectations, best practice and practical recruitment advice.

When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of academic staff who will provide academic guidance, support you throughout your time at Kingston and show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer at Kingston University. 

Your workload is based on the number of credits for your course.

A typical undergraduate degree is worth 360 credits. One credit represents around 10 hours of learning and study, so you'll complete approximately 3,600 hours of academic activity across the duration of your course. This calculation is based on a standard three-year undergraduate degree and does not include any foundation year or placement year that may form part of your course.

For this course, the study time is typically split across:

• 20% scheduled learning and teaching activities
• 80% guided independent study

The exact balance may vary depending on the modules you take.

Scheduled learning and teaching activities are mostly delivered in person on campus. Up to 20% of these hours may be delivered online. The exact proportion varies by course and year of study and will be shown in your timetable.

To complete your degree, you must pass a given number of credits. The number of credits you need for this course is detailed in the course specification.

You will be assessed through a range of methods across your modules, as detailed in the relevant module descriptors.

For this course, the assessment is typically made up of:

• 100% coursework
• 0% examinations

Coursework may include essays, presentations, reports, portfolios, practical projects, in-class tests, oral vivas, laboratory logs and other assignments.

Examinations are completed at a specified time under supervised conditions.

The exact balance between coursework and examinations may vary depending on the modules you take, and will be detailed in module documentations. 

Your individualised timetable is normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student friendly as possible, scheduled learning and teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9am and 6pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.

Our libraries have an extensive collection of books and journals, as well as open-access computers and laptops available to rent. However, you may want to buy your own computer or personal copies of key textbooks. Textbooks may range from £50 to £250 per year. And a personal computer can range from £100 to £3,000 depending on your course requirements.

While most coursework is submitted online, some modules may require printed copies. You may want to allocate up to £100 per year for hard-copies of your coursework. It’s worth noting that 3D printing is never compulsory. So if you choose to use our 3D printers, you’ll need to pay for the material. This ranges from 3p per gram to 40p per gram.

Kingston University will pay for all compulsory field trips. Fees for optional trips can range from £30 to £350 per trip.

Your tuition fees don’t cover travel costs. To save on travel costs, you can use our intersite bus service. This route links the campuses and halls of residence with local train stations - Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames and Norbiton.

If you choose to do a placement year, travel costs will vary depending on your location. These costs could be up to £2,000. 

Real estate management is about how land and property are valued, developed, invested in and managed. It combines knowledge of buildings and property with finance, law, planning and investment.

At Kingston, you’ll study areas including valuation, investment, development, property and asset management, agency, planning and law.

Property management usually focuses on the day-to-day management of buildings, including leases, tenants and property performance.

Real estate management is broader. It can include valuation, investment, development, agency and asset management as well as property management. Kingston’s degree gives you the chance to explore these different areas before deciding where you may want to specialise.

Yes. Kingston’s Real Estate Management BSc (Hons) is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The degree provides a recognised route towards Chartered Surveyor status and Kingston’s course follows the Commercial Real Estate pathway.

RICS is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the professional body for people working across land, property, construction and infrastructure.

Studying an RICS-accredited degree gives you a recognised academic route towards becoming a Chartered Surveyor. You will still need to complete the relevant professional requirements after graduation before achieving chartered status.

One route is to complete an RICS-accredited degree such as Kingston’s Real Estate Management BSc (Hons).

After graduating, you can work towards qualification as a Chartered Surveyor through one of the available RICS pathways. This is subject to successfully completing the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), the final assessment interview and other RICS requirements, such as the ethics module.

A Real Estate Management degree can lead to careers across valuation, property and asset management, investment, development, agency, surveying and property consultancy.

Potential roles include graduate surveyor, property valuer, commercial property agent, property or asset manager, property consultant and roles within property development.

Yes. You can add a professional placement year between Year 2 and your final year.

It gives you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in a professional setting, gain real estate industry experience, build your network and strengthen your CV before you graduate. You can also choose to study abroad or combine study abroad with a work placement.

For the Real Estate Management BSc (Hons), the current entry requirement for 2027 is 104–112 UCAS tariff points, with at least two A levels or an accepted equivalent qualification.

The degree with a foundation year currently requires 64 UCAS tariff points. Check the entry requirements on this page before applying, as requirements can change.

Real estate is the broader field covering how land and property are valued, invested in, owned, managed and developed.

Property development is one part of real estate and focuses on creating or improving property, from assessing an opportunity and navigating planning through to delivering a development. At Kingston, you’ll study development alongside areas such as valuation, investment, planning, law and asset management.

Property valuation is the process of estimating what land or property is worth for purposes such as buying, selling, investment or lending.

At Kingston, you’ll learn the principles and methods used to value property before progressing to more advanced valuation and investment appraisal as your degree develops.