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Real estate is more than just buildings - it is a complex asset that requires a wide range of specialist knowledge, from planning to financing and management. On the Diplom degree course in Housing and Real Estate Management at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, you will combine economic, construction and legal skills to create a sought-after profile. This interdisciplinary focus makes you the ideal interface between clients, architects, civil engineers, specialist planners and banks. You will become familiar with the entire life cycle of properties and buildings and will later be able to work flexibly in a wide variety of areas of the real estate industry.
The degree program offers you a unique combination of different departments, making you a versatile specialist:
Particularly attractive: the diploma course combines practical laboratory work with up-to-date theory and prepares you ideally for the demands of the real estate industry. The broad overview of various service sectors forms a perfect springboard for your later professional specialization and opens up numerous career paths for you.
Optional variant with KIAdirekt
What's special: This course is optionally available as a cooperative KIAdirekt course. This means you work in a company (the cooperation partner) and earn money. The KIAdirekt variant at our university is explained in more detail here.
| Faculty: | Economic Sciences and Industrial Engineering |
| Location: | Zittau |
| Degree: | Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur/-in (FH) |
| Standard period of study: | 8 semesters |
| ECTS points: | 240 |
| Teaching language: | German |
| Enrolment for: | Winter semester |
| Application: 1.5. to 30.09. | Start of studies: October |
| Admission restriction: | admission-free (without NC) Details |
| No pre-study internship | to the student advisory service |
| Accreditation status: | in preparation |
The Diplom degree course in Housing and Real Estate Management is spread over eight semesters. In the first semesters, you will acquire basic knowledge in the three pillars of the course: Real estate law, business administration and economics, and construction technology. You will then deepen this basic knowledge with real estate business and specialist knowledge.
The fifth semester is designed as an internship semester and allows you to apply your acquired knowledge in professional practice and make valuable contacts. In the higher semesters, modules such as facility management, real estate valuation and management of housing companies are added. Practical projects and a business simulation game round off your studies before you write and defend your Diplom thesis in the eighth semester. The practical classes / courses in our modern laboratories, such as for CAD, building physics or geoinformation systems, ensure that you not only acquire theoretical knowledge, but also master its application.
For the KIAdirekt variant, practical phases are completed in the company during the lecture-free period.
Project development
You analyze real estate markets, identify promising locations and develop economically successful concepts for new construction projects. You calculate costs, coordinate all parties involved and monitor implementation through to completion and marketing.
Real estate valuation
You determine the market value of land and buildings using recognized methods. You analyze property data, take market developments into account and prepare well-founded appraisals for transactions, financing or tax purposes.
Facility Management
You will take responsibility for the optimal management of buildings and technical facilities. You will develop maintenance concepts, coordinate service providers and ensure cost-effective operation while maintaining the value of the property.
Real estate management
You assess real estate as collateral for financing at banks, develop customized financing models and support customers with construction projects. You analyze market risks and prepare decision papers for lending.
Housing cooperatives
You are responsible for the management and development of the real estate portfolio. You look after members, plan modernizations, manage service providers and ensure sustainable portfolio development while taking social and economic goals into account.
Real estate agent
You mediate between buyers and sellers or tenants and landlords. You evaluate properties, create informative exposés, carry out viewings and negotiate contract conditions, taking legal and economic aspects into account.
You will find even more opportunities with us in other related degree programs:
Not sure yet? If you have any questions, please contact our student advisory service. We are at your side when it comes to choosing a course.
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Studying with us is different. Above all, better. Why? We have a family atmosphere. There are small study groups and the lecturers are always there for you. There is a close connection to practice in all degree courses. And finding affordable accommodation is no problem here.
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