Master of Science in Real Estate, Finance and Hotel Development

Your two semesters of study on our London campus will allow you to look in depth at the world of real estate investment, with a specific focus on hotel development and asset management. Other topics include private equity, financial modelling and mergers & acquisitions.

The expert Glion faculty will be supplemented by active market practitioners, alongside top academics from renowned institutions. The program also incorporates a Real Estate Challenge (see separate tab).

To complete your academic program, you can choose between a Business Research Project or a professional internship, providing you with vital, real-world experience.

ACADEMIC CATALOG

This highly specialized degree opens doors to careers in many areas of real estate finance and hospitality development. Specific destinations for graduates include:

• Real estate brokerage/advisory
• Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
• Asset management company
• Bank/fund
• Hotel development company

With personalized support and advice from our Career Services team throughout your studies, you will develop the tools to build a lifetime of professional achievement – from creating the perfect CV to devising strategies for successful job hunting.

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The Real Estate Challenge will mobilize your in-class learning and allow you to discover what will be expected of you as an industry professional.

Your challenge is to screen and conduct the due diligence on a selection of real-life hotel and real estate assets. You will then design asset-level strategies to reach investors’ objectives, and structure the portfolio into a fund, for which you must write the prospectus.

The project will culminate in a final presentation to an investment committee comprised of industry professionals.

Put your learning into practice, and expand your professional network, during the program’s international field trip.

This will give you the opportunity to explore an international real estate market close-up, through a specially-curated program of visits and assignments.

Our dedicated Career Services & Industry Relations team will give you the resources, techniques and tools to achieve your professional objectives as a Master’s graduate.

We offer every student highly personalized career services, from advice on writing the perfect CV to finding the right roles to match their skills and interests.

Team members act as your personal career counselors; working tirelessly to develop an ever-growing list of premium quality industry partners, so you have access to the very best career opportunities.

Next intakes
September 2024 & March 2025

Age Requirements
21 years at the start of the program.

Education
Bachelor-level undergraduate degree* in a relevant field (business, finance or hospitality preferred). Subjects taken in your undergraduate such as Accounting and Finance will be reviewed by the school prior acceptance.

Minimum English Language Entry Requirements

If English is not your first language, or if you have not spent the last two years studying in an institution where English is the primary language of instruction, please enclose a copy of one of the following:

∙ IELTS: overall 6.0 and min. 5.5 in every sub-component**

∙ TOEFL: Internet-based 80 or paper-based 550

∙ First Cambridge Exam: Grade A

∙ Cambridge Advanced Exam: Grade C

∙ Duolingo: min. overall score of 115 points and min. 105 in every subcomponent

∙ Non-EU or EEA passport holders will need to undertake IELTS UKVI: 6.0 overall and min. 5.5 in every sub-component

* If a degree/transcript is not in English (for UK) or English, French, German or Italian (for Switzerland), an official certified/translated copy in English will be required.

** Only tests taken/issued in an official IELTS testing center are accepted.

Note: All English certificates must have been issued in the 12 months prior to program start.

If your English level does not meet the levels indicated above, Glion offers an Intensive Hospitality English Language Program (IHELP). Please contact us for more information.