Course Overview

This course combines real estate surveying with valuation, planning, and development. It studies how commercial and residential property markets work and draws upon the economics of the real estate sector to gain knowledge of how they develop and the determinants of value. It also examines how urban planning regulates property development and real estate value as investments.

During your studies, you’ll learn about all aspects of property valuation, investment, development, property law, and property management; This shall help develop various technical, communicative, and interpersonal skills invaluable to your future career as a Chartered Surveyor.

A career as a surveyor may suit you if you are interested in property and people and want a professional role with plenty of variety and prospects.

The Honours degree in Real Estate Surveying is fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and is certified under the Commercial, Residential, and Valuation pathways. Graduate prospects are excellent, and recent graduates have gone on to work for the likes of JLL, Shepherd Surveyors, Ryden, Savills, Avison Young (GVA), DM Hall, Cushman and Wakefield, Montagu Evans, Valuation Office Agency, Lothian Valuation Joint Board, and Taylor Wimpey Homes.

General Eligibility

Our entry requirements indicate standard and Minimum qualifications with which we usually accept students. However, competition for places varies yearly, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.

This course is only available for entry into Years 1 and 2.

Minimum Year 1

SQA Higher

Standard Entry Requirement

BBCC

National 5 C in Maths (Lifeskills Maths and Application Maths are accepted) and English.

Minimum Offer Entry Requirement

CCCC

National 5 C in Maths(Lifeskills Maths and Application Maths are accepted) and English.

You may be given an adjusted offer of entry if you meet our specified minimum entry requirements within our widening participation criteria outlined in our Contextual Admissions Policy. Click here for further information about our entry requirements and admissions policies.

A Level

CCD

GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

Irish Leaving Certificate

Grades H3, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level.

Grade O4 at Ordinary Level in Maths and English is also required.

BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3

Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.

GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3

Minimum grades DD (Distinction, Distinction) in a related subject.

GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Award of Diploma with 26 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 5, 5, and 5.

Four points in SL Maths and English.

T-Level 

Pass, including GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

Minimum Year 2

SQA Advanced Higher

BBC 

National 5 C in Maths (Lifeskills Maths and Application Maths are accepted) and English 

A Level

BBB

GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

BTEC Extended Diploma Level 3

DDM (Distinction, Distinction, Merit) in a related subject.

GCSE Grade C/4 in Maths and English.

HNC

Pass in a related subject with B in the graded unit.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)

  6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

  TOEFL Internet-Based Test

  80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing

  Pearson’s Test of Academic English

  56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

  Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)

  ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component

  LanguageCert English language qualification

  B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills