BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management (REALM)

REALM is all about making the best – most effective and most economical – use of a wide range of rural assets to achieve business objectives.

Assets include land, infrastructure, buildings, equipment and more, with vast opportunities for REALM professionals to play a vital role in managing the countryside whilst helping rural businesses to thrive.

This RICS-accredited programme is ideal for aspiring rural practice chartered surveyors, and those with an interest in estate management, agriculture, diversification, sustainability and renewable energy.

Some REALM graduates will progress to Registered Valuer Status and secure employment in the provision of valuations, professional services and in some instances, auctioneering services.

Modules you will undertake cover a broad range of knowledge and skills, including Valuation and Estate Management; Animal Production (Land Management); Farming Systems and the Environment; Planning and Development and Farm Business Management.

These, coupled with your year in industry, will leave you inspired and equipped to take on any number of exciting roles across the rural sector, whether as an independent consultant or as part of a national/global company or Government department.

Careers

Rural practice chartered surveyors are to be found working in:

Professional firms providing a range of land management services

Central and local government, providing advice to farmers and landowners managing country parks and country smallholding estates

The management of rural land and property for bodies as diverse as the RSPB, English Nature, national parks and water and mineral companies

Traditional estates as resident land agents

Overseas for a firm of surveyors or advisers

Other careers graduates have chosen include: commodity trading, farm management, accountancy, and the armed services.