The Master in Real Estate Studies offers a unique one-year full-time academic programme to prepare you to provide innovative real estate solutions for inclusive, liveable and sustainable places.
Are you ready to make an impact in the dynamic world of real estate? Current societal challenges urge for real estate professionals who are trained in integrating financial, economic, geographic and spatial planning principles while understanding local institutional contexts. Our programme emphasizes the importance of stakeholder engagement, moving beyond just bricks and mortar to focus on the households and firms that shape real estate markets.
We seek committed applicants who recently finished their bachelor programme in the field of Social Sciences who want to make an impact in the world, and who want to apply their intellectual gifts to contribute to the real estate industry. You will be joining a diverse group of students and professionals who all share a passion for scientific rigour applied to solve complex societal issues in academic fields that impact the real estate industry.
We are proud to observe that our alumni work as real estate developers, managers, valuers, consultants, financiers, local policy makers, et cetera, holding positions of leadership in the real estate industry worldwide. Since 2016, the MSc. RES has a professional accreditation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors underscoring our commitment to excellence.
MSc. RES is a selective master. See more information about the admission and selection procedure here.
If you are looking to do a two-year programme and are interested in undertaking research, you can combine MSc. RES with our top rated Research Master in Spatial Sciences.
I completed the master in Real Estate Studies at the University of Groningen in January of 2014. Before starting my master I studied Real Estate Management at the Hanzehogeschool. After my studies I started working at the international Real Estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield, I've been employed here for the last five years.
During the master programme in Real Estate Studies you will learn to approach real estate and the environment from an academic perspective. What I found interesting was learning to approach the practice of real estate from a theoretical viewpoint. Doing this allows you to find explanations for how we deal with questions regarding real etate issues. As a result of this approach you can see that many topics can be reduced to a number of basic theories which are still very relevant in practice when entering the real estate work force as a professional.
After graduating in January 2014, I immediately started working at the taxation department of Cushman & Wakefield in Amsterdam. I started out as a trainee to learn more about the necessary job skills. Next to this, personal development was an important aspect of the training. After 2,5 years I was ready to start at a more commercial function, so I switched to the Office Agency team at Cushman & Wakefield in which I advise occupants and owners when renting, buying and selling office real estate.
Looking back at the previous five years, I can conclude that I have strongly developed myself as a real estate professional regarding both job specific as well as personal skills. A personal highlight was winning the Real Estate Young Talent Award 2018. This is a yearly award in which five young professionals are nominated by an expert jury. After participating in public debates, writing blogs and gathering online votes I was the happy winner of this prize.
All in all this master programme has provided a strong and stable basis for a successful career in the Real Estate business.
- Tim de Vries
This infographic shows in which workfield alumni of the master's programme ended up, and is based on alumni who graduated between 2022 and 2024. As is visible, the majority of the alumni have found a job relevant to their field of study within 6 months since graduating.
