Real Estate - Applied Research

Are you interested in the sourcing, financial analysis, execution of property acquisitions and developments? What are the strategies and decision-making processes for real estate investment, finance and development? How can you successfully manage a real estate portfolio? How do you underwrite and undertake the due diligence of various investment and development opportunities? Do you wish to have more experience and emphasis in conducting land and property research?



The MSc Real Estate (Applied Research) is designed for those graduates with a non-property related degree who wish to cross over to the real estate discipline. The programme is for anyone with an interest in the workings of real estate markets and property businesses. Core areas include development and investment appraisal, sustainability, asset management, valuation, international real estate and market analysis. The unique qualities of this programme provide students with the capacity, skills and knowledge to provide analytical solutions within the property business environment. The programme also develops applied land and property research skills and an appreciation of how research enquiry is used creatively to provide the advancement of knowledge in the real estate discipline.



Conversion Course

Are you looking to pivot your career or expand your expertise?



This programme provides the perfect opportunity to transfer your skills to a different sector with no need to have a background in the subject area.



The MSc Real Estate (Applied Research) programme is only available on a full time mode and offers one point of entry in each academic year: September. The degree will normally be completed across two academic year.

• Urban Development and Regeneration

• Real Estate Investment Analysis

• Real Estate Economics and Analysis

• Real Estate Valuation

• Real Estate Asset Management

• International Real Estate Portfolio Analysis

• Professional Practice and Ethics

• Sustainable Real Estate

• Applied Research (Land and Property)

(a) Applicants must have gained

a second class honours degree or better from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, or from a recognised national awarding body, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard;



or



an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification;



and



(b) provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent).



In exceptional circumstances, as an alternative to (a) (i) or (a) (ii) and/or (b), where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate qualities (including subject-specific outcomes, as determined by the Course Committee) may be considered as an alternative entrance route. Evidence used to demonstrate graduate qualities may not be used for exemption against modules within the programme.



English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants

The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement for Tier 4 visa purposes.



Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.

2 academic years.

Start Date: September 2025

Career options

Real estate professionals have a key role to play in advising multi-national companies, major financial institutions, property companies, banks, governments and other public sector organisations around the world. This may be transactional business advice on the purchase, sale, leasing and acquisition of commercial real estate or it may be professional advisory services including management of real estate portfolios to maximise the value of real estate as an asset class. Real estate players are able to creatively apply technical, legal and economic knowledge to deliver on a stakeholder’s property objectives and meet current business needs and future strategy.



Our MSc graduates enter a wide variety of employment including development and investment firms, banks and financial institutions, consultancy, agency, asset management, real estate research, education, housing management and the public sector.



The course also offers the opportunity to deepen student knowledge and developing research skills in the area of land and property with the support of the research expertise in the School. Graduates from the course also have opportunity to embark on further research at the Ph.D. level.