Urban Design & Planning Interdisciplinary Ph.D.

May 3, 2020

Graduate Certificates in Real Estate – Apply By 5/30

The College of Built Environments offers a Graduate Certificate in Real Estate (GCRE) and a Graduate Certificate in Housing Studies (GCHS), which are open to all graduate students. If you are interested in learning about real estate and housing production and consumption, consider applying for one of the two certificates. The application deadline is May 30th for both.

If you choose the GCRE you can begin your coursework by taking RE510 Introduction to Real Estate this autumn quarter or in the winter quarter along with RE513 Real Estate Finance & Investment. If you are interested in the GCHS, you can take RE563 Housing Markets and Policy or RE563 Affordable Housing in the autumn quarter.

The Graduate Certificate in Real Estate (GCRE) offers non-real estate UW graduate students an opportunity to learn the fundamental concepts and tools critical in the workings of real estate markets, while helping them understand how their own fields of study can be useful in real estate.

The Graduate Certificate in Housing Studies (GCHS) offers graduate students the opportunity to learn the fundamental concepts and tools essential to understanding housing production and consumption at a regional, national and global level

Minimum duration: 2 quarters (GCRE: winter and spring; GCHS: autumn and winter)

Number of courses: 4

-GCRE: R510 Introduction to Real Estate (offered autumn & winter quarters), RE513 Finance & Investment, RE516 Introduction to RE Economics & Market Analysis, and RE550 Real Estate Development;

-GCHS: RE 563 Housing Markets and Policy, RE564 Affordable Housing, RE597 Spatial Analysis of Real Estate and Housing Markets, RE 565 Advanced Housing Studies (substitutions with specific courses outline on the certificate website is offered below)

Eligibility: all UW graduate students enrolled in degree programs are eligible to pursue the certificates.

Application deadline: May 30th, 2020

Additional information can be obtained at:

For additional questions please contact Prof. Sofia Dermisi at sdermisi@uw.edu