REALM is all about making the best – most effective and most economical – use of a wide range of rural assets to achieve business objectives.

Assets include land, infrastructure, buildings, equipment and more, with vast opportunities for REALM professionals to play a vital role in managing the countryside whilst helping rural businesses to thrive.

This RICS-accredited programme is ideal for aspiring rural practice chartered surveyors, and those with an interest in estate management, agriculture, diversification, sustainability and renewable energy.

Some REALM graduates will progress to Registered Valuer Status and secure employment in the provision of valuations, professional services and in some instances, auctioneering services.

Modules you will undertake cover a broad range of knowledge and skills, including Valuation and Estate Management; Animal Production (Land Management); Farming Systems and the Environment; Planning and Development and Farm Business Management.

These, coupled with your year in industry, will leave you inspired and equipped to take on any number of exciting roles across the rural sector, whether as an independent consultant or as part of a national/global company or Government department.

The Harper Advantage

• A full placement year in industry as part of your degree, enabling you to put knowledge into practice, develop your network and discover your future ambitions
• Professional Accreditation: This degree course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the Rural Surveying Pathway
• More than 15 competitive scholarships open to students on Land and Property Management routes

Learn more

For more information on the work undertaken by rural surveyors, please watch this RICS video.

For information on careers in Rural Chartered Surveying visit the Grow Your Future website.

4 years (full-time) including a one-year work placement. A three year programme is available for applicants with at least two years, full-time relevant work experience. Please contact Admissions for further information on this option.

Careers

Rural practice chartered surveyors are to be found working in:

• Professional firms providing a range of land management services
• Central and local government, providing advice to farmers and landowners managing country parks and country smallholding estates
• The management of rural land and property for bodies as diverse as the RSPB, English Nature, national parks and water and mineral companies
• Traditional estates as resident land agents
• Overseas for a firm of surveyors or advisers

Other careers graduates have chosen include: commodity trading, farm management, accountancy, and the armed services.