Program Overview

BSc Real Estate with Foundation

The BSc Real Estate with Foundation degree provides an understanding of the breadth and depth of the property sector, allowing students to make specialist choices later in the course. This four-year program includes a foundation year that leads directly into the three-year BSc Real Estate course.

Overview

Our BSc Real Estate with Foundation degree gives students an understanding of the property sector and allows them to make specialist choices later in the course. The four-year program includes a foundation year that leads directly into the three-year BSc Real Estate course.

Foundation Year

The foundation year provides students with the skills and knowledge to succeed at university. It offers:

• Access to full range of facilities and resources
• Full integration into university life before degree year begins
• Experience of an academic environment and ability to work independently
• Specialist support and guidance

BSc Real Estate

After completing the foundation year, students progress to the BSc Real Estate program, which supports them in:

• Building a strong understanding of core subject areas: economics, finance, business management, planning, building, law, and valuation
• Applying learning to complex real-world problems

Shape Your Degree

All Real Estate and Planning degrees offer flexibility to transfer between courses, allowing students' academic journeys to evolve with their interests and goals. Course transfers are available after the first or second year for single-honours courses. Students can also transfer from a BSc to an MPlan and vice versa.

Learning

Foundation Year

Students develop core skills in academic study, writing, and research, statistics, and data science, and business and management theory through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical classes, and workshops.

BSc Real Estate

After the foundation year, the first two years introduce and develop core concepts and practical skills in Real Estate and Planning. Students learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, group work, tutorials, case studies, industry presentations, site visits, field trips, online learning, and independent study.

Entry Requirements

• A Level: CCC
• International Baccalaureate: 24 points overall
• GCSE: Maths and English Language or English Literature at grade C (4)
• BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM
• English language requirements: IELTS 6.5 overall, with no component below 5.5

Structure

The program consists of a foundation year followed by three years of BSc Real Estate study. Compulsory and optional modules are available throughout the program.

Compulsory Modules

• Foundation Statistics and Data Science
• Study for Success
• An Introduction to Business and Management
• Foundation in Academic Skills
• Introduction to Data Analysis
• Introductory Economics for Business and Finance
• Property, Law, Rights, and Institutions
• Real Estate Valuation 1
• Contemporary Issues in Real Estate and Planning
• Ethics and Sustainable Development
• Real Estate and Urban Economics
• Real Estate Valuation 2
• Real Estate and Planning Law
• Real Estate Entrepreneurship and Technology
• Real Estate Finance and Investment
• Real Estate Valuation 3
• Development Appraisal and Finance
• Real Estate Asset Management
• Project in Valuation and Asset Management

Optional Modules

• Planning Theory and Practice
• Climate Change and Finance
• Introduction to the Management of Information Systems
• Comparative International Management
• Rural Property Law and Valuation
• Understanding Leadership
• Trends in Finance
• Optional Language Module
• Work-Based Learning
• Development Process
• Housing Markets and Policy
• Urban Regeneration
• Dissertation in Real Estate and Planning
• New Directions in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Investment in Rural Assets
• International Real Estate
• Urban Design in the Development Process
• Real Estate Portfolio Management

Fees

• New UK/Republic of Ireland students: ｣5,760 for 2026/27 Foundation year, then rising to standard course fees
• New international students: ｣23,000 for 2026/27 Foundation year, then rising to standard course fees

Careers

A Real Estate and Planning degree from Henley Business School can open up a wide range of employment opportunities. Graduates have gone on to work at high-profile organizations, including Savills, Knight Frank, and Deloitte Real Estate. Typical job titles held by graduates include Rural Surveyor, Planning Consultant, Graduate Surveyor, Investment Banker, and Financial Analyst.

Career Development

Students receive one-to-one industry mentoring and have access to an annual Real Estate and Planning Careers Fair and an evening lecture series. The university also offers a professional Careers Development Adviser to help with career development, CV preparation, applications, and the interview process. Students can undertake a work-based learning module to gain credits towards their degree from relevant work experience.