Civil Construction and Real Estate Management

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Civil Construction and Real Estate Management

The accredited professional master study programme “Civil Construction and Real Estate Management” is the final phase of professional higher education, which concludes the programme direction within the civil construction and real estate sector, offered by the Institute of Building Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Economics of the Faculty of Engineering and Management at Riga Technical University.
As the Institute of Building Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Economics of the Faculty of Engineering and Management (Riga Technical University) has a close cooperation with professional associations that are members of international organizations (associations) such as the International Real Estate Federation (hereinafter referred to as FIABCI) and European Council of Real Estate Professions (hereinafter referred to as CEPI), then the goals and objectives of the study programme are aligned with the professional requirements as outlined by these organisations in the world and in Europe. Already since 2006, the Institute of Building Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Economics of the Faculty of Engineering and Management at Riga Technical University is a member of FIABCI-International.
Developing a uniform platform for the level of professional skills required in the EU, the associations emphasize the need for the development of master study programmes for construction and real estate sectors to develop a uniform level of quality of education in Europe.
The professional master study programme “Civil Construction and Real Estate Management” is the only one of this kind in Latvia and the Baltic region; there are only some similar study programmes in the EU.
In English the study programme is being implemented only as full-time intramural studies.

Short about programme
Department
Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management
Programme type and level
Professional Master (Second Cycle) Studies
Study field
Management and Administration, Real Estate Management
Language
English
Study form
Full-time studies
Venue
Riga

1. version
Awarded degree and qualification
Professional master degree in civil construction and real estate management / real estate economist
Required previous education
Professional bachelor degree and/or sixth (fifth*) level professional qualification in the fields of management and administration, finances, banking and insurance, accounting and taxes, law, architecture and urban planning, construction and civil engineering, or comparable education
* The levels of professional qualification which are in force until 31 July 2022
Price per year
€ 3 070 - EU countries
€ 3 070 - Non EU countries
Credit point/ECTS amount
60/90
Duration of studies
Full-time studies - 1.5 years
Intake
Autumn / Spring

2. version
Awarded degree and qualification
Professional master degree in civil construction and real estate management / real estate economist
Required previous education
Bachelor degree of social science in economics, management, law or bachelor degree of engineering science in civil engineering
Price per year
€ 3 070 - EU countries
€ 3 070 - Non EU countries
Credit point/ECTS amount
100/150
Duration of studies
Full-time studies - 2.5 years
Intake
Autumn / Spring
Aim

The aim of the study programme is to educate entrepreneurs and managers, paying particular attention to the acquisition of high quality knowledge in the fields of civil construction and real estate development and management, to train specialists not only for scientific and pedagogical work but also for professional work at local governments, public bodies, financial and insurance fields, commercial companies, non-governmental, international and national organizations operating in the fields of civil construction and real estate.

Tasks

The tasks of the study programme are the following:
- to provide students with a wide range of professional, practical-oriented education, enabling them to easily adapt to the labour market, perform research and continue education at Doctoral studies;
- to provide students with a Bachelor academic degree of social sciences, with theoretical and practical training appropriate to the fifth level of professional qualifications, enabling them to obtain the qualification of an estate appraiser;
- to enable students obtaining the qualification directly related to their future work, to provide opportunities for acquiring theoretical knowledge and skills that would allow graduates to start practical activities upon completion of the study programme;
- to ensure acquisition of modern general knowledge, to develop economic thinking, to promote analytical capacities of students, to develop skills in addressing professional issues and tasks, developing projects that allow graduates to engage in solution of the national economy issues;
- to develop the teamwork capabilities for cooperating with professionals from different fields, to provide an opportunity to develop foreign language skills that would ensure the ability to cooperate with foreign counterparts.

Courses
Career

Graduates can work at municipalities, state institutions, financial and insurance firms, commercial companies, non-governmental, international and national organizations, which operate in the fields of civil construction and real estate.

Further

Upon completion of the professional master study programme “Civil Construction and Real Estate Management”, the graduates may continue their studies at the doctoral study programmes.

Specific conditions

a) professional bachelor degree and/or fifth level professional qualification in the fields of management and administration, finances, banking and insurance, accounting and taxes, law, architecture and urban planning, construction and civil engineering, or comparable education,
b) bachelor degree of social science in economics, management, law or bachelor degree of engineering science in civil engineering.