Business: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, M.S.

As a student in the School of Business, you will find yourself inspired by peers, staff, alumni, business leaders, and world-renowned faculty who are focused, collaborative, and engaged in every aspect of the student experience. You will join a highly ranked program that equips you to meet both academic and career challenges. Employers value School of Business graduates because of the comprehensive preparation this learning environment provides. Graduates possess highly sought-after general management and specialized expertise in business.The Global Real Estate Master (M.S.) Program at the Wisconsin School of Business equips students with leading-edge knowledge, valuable analytical skills, and real-world insights they need to accelerate their global real estate careers.Designed specifically for non-U.S. graduate-level students and alumni from top international business schools, this semester-long program blends rigorous classroom instruction with engaging, interactive learning experiences outside the classroom.GREM graduates benefit from rapid career advancement, increased earning potential, and a lifelong professional network of trusted peers.GREM: An Innovative International Real Estate ProgramThe Wisconsin Global Real Estate Master degree is one of the few of its kind in the world, delivering five foundational courses that will broaden your knowledge base, sharpen your real estate expertise, and build your industry connections. You’ll also participate in an engaging study tour of a major U.S. real estate market, where you’ll gain first-hand knowledge from industry leaders.The Wisconsin Advantage: You’re Launchpad for SuccessIn the Wisconsin Global Real Estate Master program, you’ll learn from leading scholars in the field, in one of the oldest and most prestigious real estate programs in the United States. You’ll also make vital industry connections and build your professional network. And that’s just the beginning.Learning outcomesGather process and analyze market, linkage and macroeconomic data for the purpose of forecasting real estate trends, communicating the big picture and making prudent investment decisions.Understand how to optimally source capital to execute on growth and development opportunities, prepare for and manage the crises and contingencies that pervade real estate ventures, and improve efficiencies in the operation of revenue generating properties.Apply appropriate structures, techniques, and processes to manage or lead a real estate group or enterprise.Recognize, measure, and create value in real estate in the strict respect of all ethical and legal norms and with full awareness of their responsibility to the communities, investors, public policy makers and users they aspire to serve as real estate professionals.Develop a deeper network with local, regional and international professionals to gather market data, perspectives, investment ideas and employment leads.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school. A minimum undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 credit hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. The Graduate School will take into consideration different grade scales from institutions that do not have 4.00 scales (e.g., institutions outside the United States of America).