Real Estate with Foundation University of Reading

Overview

This Real Estate with Foundation BSc degree from the University of Reading four-year programme includes a foundation year that leads directly into the three-year BSc Real Estate course.

Foundation year

The foundation year will provide you with the skills and knowledge to succeed at university. You’ll develop core skills in academic study, writing and research.

Your learning will be delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical classes and workshops.

A foundation year is more than just a stepping-stone to a degree. You will also benefit from:

• access to our full range of facilities and resources
• full integration into university life, before your degree year begins
• experience of an academic environment, and the ability to work independently

• specialist support and guidance.

Career opportunities:

• We are widely acknowledged by the major employers as one of Europe’s leading providers of graduates in Real Estate and Planning.
• Our degrees open up a hugely diverse range of career opportunities employers include real estate advisers, property developers, planning consultancies and financial institutions. You could join our graduates who are deciding the future of the Olympic Park, working on the planning of a new city in China for 30 million people, working on renewable energy projects, running a multi-million-pound property fund investing in global real estate, working with local communities on inner city regeneration, making land purchase decision for HS2, re-developing Ascot racecourse or working with a Community Land Trust in the Rocky Mountains – to name just a few examples.
• Typical job titles of our graduates include graduate surveyors, investment bankers, financial analysts, rural surveyors and planning consultants.
• We have a professional careers development adviser to support you in identifying work placements, internships and permanent career opportunities. Through the Reading Real Estate Foundation (RREF) you can receive one-to-one industry mentoring, providing real insight into the profession. RREF also runs regular industry events, such as an annual Real Estate and Planning Careers Fair and an evening lecture series.