Real Estate Management with Professional Placement Year

Reasons to choose Kingston

• This degree is fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). This accreditation ensures that the course meets the highest professional standards and is recognised in the industry, which is crucial if you aim to become a chartered surveyor.

• We are ranked No.1 in London and No.4 in the UK for Land and Property Management (The Times Good University Guide 2026).

• The course covers a wide range of topics, including valuation, law, estate agency, asset management, economics, planning and development, business management, and accounting principles. This broad approach prepares you for various aspects of real estate professions.

• Taught at the triple-accredited Kingston Business School, reflecting the entrepreneurial nature of real estate.

• We put a special emphasis on the importance of sustainability and responsible management in real estate, reflecting current industry trends and future challenges.

• Our strong links with industry professionals, firms, and our local community means that we are able to provide excellent networking and employment opportunities.

• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

About this course
Knowledge of real estate is fundamental in understanding the properties we live in, work in, and spend our leisure time in. If you’re interested in becoming a real estate professional or chartered surveyor, this course is ideal.

Centred around the property life cycle, you'll study valuation, law, estate agency and asset management, as well as economics, planning and development, business management and accounting principles.

You’ll be taught by an excellent team of chartered surveyors, lawyers, and experienced academics with extensive experience operating in the UK and overseas markets. Your studies will reflect the need for responsibly managed and sustainable environments.

Through connections and close links to industry professionals and firms, this course ensures you can hit the ground running when you start a work placement or graduate job.

Professional Placement Year
This course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.

Future Skills
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities
You’ll graduate ready for a career as a real estate professional, manager, valuation surveyor, agency or investment agent, or another general practice specialisation.

Example modules

• Real Estate Economics, Valuation and Appraisal
• Property Agency: Law and Practice
• Planning, Land Use and Development

To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment typically comprises exams (e.g. tests or exams), practical (e.g. presentations, performance), and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).