The field of real estate covers the production of the built environment for human settlement. It focuses upon the design, development, financing and marketing of structures that serve the requirements of society. These include buildings for shelter, commerce, recreation and social services as well as the physical infrastructure that supports the buildings and the activities. The real estate industry is rapidly moving from essentially responding to client requirements for structures to providing business solutions and sustainable communities. This makes real estate a key sector of the economy.

The Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW (www.fbe.unsw.edu.au) offers a Real Estate program designed to meet the needs of those who wish to work at the cutting edge of these changes. Additionally, within the Real Estate program, a specialisation is offered in Facilities Management. This area of Real Estate requires a strategic approach to asset management that integrates financial, information, human resource and technical perspectives. Facilities Management is not only growing rapidly but also responding to the need for business to view their real estate as vital to their core business objectives.

Teaching in these subject areas at UNSW is designed to serve the needs of professionals operating in a corporate and international setting, and also provides valuable education to those seeking a broader base to careers in architecture and landscape architecture, construction, engineering, urban planning and law.

Studying Real Estate at UNSW

Study in the discipline of Real Estate (including the Facilities Management specialisation) is offered at postgraduate level within FBE at UNSW.