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Programme Highlights:
Expected Duration
1 year
Fees
Self-funded:
HK$250,080
HK$250,080
Expected Programme Start Date
September 2025
Application Deadline
Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 02, 2025
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 02, 2025
Description
Full Time (one year)
Expected Duration
2 years
Fees
Self-funded:
HK$250,080
HK$250,080
Expected Programme Start Date
September 2025
Application Deadline
Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 02, 2025
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 02, 2025
Description
Part Time (usually two to three years, with classes on evenings and Saturdays)
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Overview
The MSc(Real Estate) programme approaches real estate from a business and economic perspective. The aims of the programme are threefold. The first aim is to introduce students to real estate assets and markets, within the overall framework of law, institutions, and urban economies. The second aim is to provide students with the theoretical insight and analytical skills to identify and evaluate real estate investment opportunities in both private and public sectors, including land development, asset management, financial market transactions, and innovative land conversion ventures. The third aim is to equip students with the necessary management skills to understand and participate in functional and general management of enterprises active in real estate markets.
Each student must complete:
- 12 courses including prescribed and elective courses; or
- 10 courses including prescribed and elective courses plus a dissertation.
The prescribed courses are:
- Real Estate Management;
- Law for the Real Estate and Construction Industry;
- Real Estate Investment;
- Project Workshop (RE) or Dissertation;
- Property Valuation – Principles and Practices;
- Institutional Analysis for Urban Studies;
- Real Estate Development; and
- Real Estate Finance
A range of elective courses can be chosen according to the choice of the following pathways:
- MSc(Real Estate)
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in Real Estate Investment and Finance
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in Real Estate Analysis and Research
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in International Real Estate
Study Roadmap
Notes:
(1) Except those who have taken at least one complete introductory economics course at their undergraduate studies, or equivalent courses, students will be required to take RECO6003 Economics for Professionals or RECO6016 Land Economics as a pre-requisite for some of the prescribed courses.
(2) The programme content is subject to the final approval from the University.
MSc(Real Estate) including its majors are recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) in both the General Practice Division and the Planning and Development Division.
Mode of Attendance
Full Time (one year)
Part Time (usually two to three years, with classes on evenings and Saturdays)
Each student must complete:
- 12 courses including prescribed and elective courses; or
- 10 courses including prescribed and elective courses plus a dissertation.
The prescribed courses are:
- Real Estate Management;
- Law for the Real Estate and Construction Industry;
- Real Estate Investment;
- Project Workshop (RE) or Dissertation;
- Property Valuation – Principles and Practices;
- Institutional Analysis for Urban Studies;
- Real Estate Development; and
- Real Estate Finance
A range of elective courses can be chosen according to the choice of the following pathways:
- MSc(Real Estate)
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in Real Estate Investment and Finance
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in Real Estate Analysis and Research
- MSc(Real Estate) majoring in International Real Estate
Study Roadmap
Notes:
(1) Except those who have taken at least one complete introductory economics course at their undergraduate studies, or equivalent courses, students will be required to take RECO6003 Economics for Professionals or RECO6016 Land Economics as a pre-requisite for some of the prescribed courses.
(2) The programme content is subject to the final approval from the University.
MSc(Real Estate) including its majors are recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) in both the General Practice Division and the Planning and Development Division.
Mode of Attendance
Full Time (one year)
Part Time (usually two to three years, with classes on evenings and Saturdays)
Entrance Requirements
To be eligible for admission to the programme, the applicant shall satisfy both the University Admission Requirements and the Programme Specific Requirements as listed below:
(a) comply with the University's General Regulations and the Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Curricula;
(b) hold a bachelor's degree of this University or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose; or
(c) hold a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong, of which the language of teaching and/or examination is not English. In this case, the applicant shall satisfy the University English language requirement applicable to high degrees, as prescribed under General Regulation G2(b); and
(d) pass the qualifying examination, if required.
(a) comply with the University's General Regulations and the Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Curricula;
(b) hold a bachelor's degree of this University or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose; or
(c) hold a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong, of which the language of teaching and/or examination is not English. In this case, the applicant shall satisfy the University English language requirement applicable to high degrees, as prescribed under General Regulation G2(b); and
(d) pass the qualifying examination, if required.
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Faculty
Faculty of Architecture
The Faculty of Architecture offers a comprehensive range of Taught Postgraduate Programmes in its three departments and one division, covering breadth and depth in the professional as well as academic research fields of Architecture, Real Estate and Construction, Urban Planning and Design, Landscape Architecture and Architectural Conservation. The majority of programmes offered are being professionally accredited by local and/or overseas professional bodies.
The following postgraduate programmes are currently offered by the Faculty of Architecture:
Master of Architecture,
Master of Architecture (Design),
Master of Housing Management,
Master of Landscape Architecture,
Master of Science in Advanced, Architectural Design,
Master of Science in Conservation,
Master of Science in Construction Project Management,
Master of Science in Digital Management of Built Assets,
Master of Science in Real Estate,
Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Design,
Master of Science in Urban Analytics,
Master of Science in Urban Design and Transport,
Master of Science in Urban Planning,
Master of Urban Design,
Master of Urban Studies and Housing Management,
Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture
The following postgraduate programmes are currently offered by the Faculty of Architecture:
Master of Architecture,
Master of Architecture (Design),
Master of Housing Management,
Master of Landscape Architecture,
Master of Science in Advanced, Architectural Design,
Master of Science in Conservation,
Master of Science in Construction Project Management,
Master of Science in Digital Management of Built Assets,
Master of Science in Real Estate,
Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Design,
Master of Science in Urban Analytics,
Master of Science in Urban Design and Transport,
Master of Science in Urban Planning,
Master of Urban Design,
Master of Urban Studies and Housing Management,
Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture
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Contacts
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3917 8628
2559 9457
