Life in Real Estate & Planning

A thriving community

As part of the School of Real Estate & Planning you will belong to a diverse and friendly community, working alongside and making friends with a fascinating group of people from across the UK and all around the world.

We are proud of our determined and highly successful approach. Through the provision of high quality degree programmes, world-class facilities and the expertise and support of our staff we will inspire you to share our ambitious ethos and maximise your potential.

Our staff are on-hand to offer help and support. They are easily contactable during regular office hours, by telephone or email.

Networking

Networking and social interaction are vital business skills. Our current students are members of a wide range of student societies and groups. In addition to the sporting and social societies run by the University and the Students' Union, you can join those directly aligned to your degree course. These groups provide an ideal opportunity to meet like-minded students from various departments and a wide range of backgrounds.

The Reading Real Estate Foundation has a thriving Student Society which organises events for current real estate and planning students throughout the year, these include an evening lectures series, an annual student ball and regular sporting fixtures.

Facilities and Resources

In addition to the facilities offered by the University, we fund a professionally staffed Academic Resource Centre (ARC). Here we keep copies of all course reading material together with key texts and current journals. We also have a comprehensive collection of property market reports and structure and development plans and offer free access to relevant online databases.

Real Estate & Planning students have exclusive access to two computer labs which are equipped with more than 40 networked PCs running Windows XP Pro, Office 2007 and relevant specialist software packages. Our Henley Business School building is fully wi-fi enabled so you can use your laptop in classrooms, the ARC and the informal study areas throughout building.