This is a planning course with a difference. You will follow the BSc Real Estate degree for your first two years of study, and the Development and Planning specialism in your third year. In year four, you will be able to choose between an MSc or Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development. This focuses on policy and practice analysis, specialist options such as regeneration, and planning and development project work.

You’ll gain an awareness of the environmental and social issues crucial to the success of contemporary urban planning, and an ability to analyse the financial potential of development opportunities. This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The fourth year postgraduate qualification is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute.

100% of our graduates from the School of Real Estate and Planning are in work or further study within 15 months of graduating; of those in full-time employment, 98% were in graduate-level positions.

You could become a real estate adviser, property developer or planning consultant. Past graduates have helped decide the future of the Olympic Park, worked on the planning of a new city for 30 million people in China, and made land-purchase decisions for High Speed 2 (HS2).

Our professional careers development adviser will support you to identify work placements, internships and career opportunities. The Reading Real Estate Foundation offers one-to-one industry mentoring, and runs regular industry events, such as an annual Real Estate and Planning Careers Fair and an evening lecture series.