Aims and Characteristics
Aims & Learning Outcomes
The aim of the BRE Scheme is to provide an academic platform to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in the fields of building and real estate through experience of real-world methods and practices. Graduates possess intellectual, vocational, and practical skills relevant to building and real estate and demonstrate independent thinking, curiosity, confidence, and professionalism.
Programme Characteristics
Applicants to the BRE Scheme may choose from the following three programmes:
BSc (Hons) in Building Engineering and Management
This programme provides students with a rich education in building engineering and construction management. Our graduates are in great demand in the professional building and construction management sectors because they are well prepared to adapt to the changing needs of the construction industry and possess the expertise necessary to plan, coordinate, supervise, and control the multiple complex processes involved in building projects.
BSc (Hons) in Property Management
This programme equips graduates to provide strategic business solutions for corporations and institutions that capitalise on real estate as a business asset, deploying real estate to enhance business value and competitiveness, optimise corporate resources, improve users’ experiences, and prepare for the trends of tomorrow. This is a professional education programme with a global and practical vision. Offering a wide range of subjects related to building and real estate, the programme provides an interdisciplinary education in property and housing management and facilities and real estate asset management.
BSc (Hons) in Surveying
This programme nurtures future professionals in the fields of building surveying, general practice surveying (real estate), planning and development, property and facility management, and quantity surveying (construction economics). Graduates possess the knowledge and skills necessary to lead strategy making in the land, property, and construction sectors.
Characteristics of Scheme Based Admission
Students admitted to the BSc (Hons) Scheme in Building and Real Estate will complete a common first year curriculum. The decision to admit a student to a specific award will be made by the Department based on student’s preference, GPA result, and/or interview performance. Students are required to indicate their priority on the preferred programmes / majors in the second semester of year 1 study for consideration and approval.
Curriculum
Year 1 is the common first year of the Scheme. Students are introduced to basic knowledge of and the latest issues relating to the construction and real estate industry.
Year 2: the curriculum covers the disciplines of economics and finance, law, technology, building engineering, real estate, property management, and housing and facilities management.
Years 3 and 4: the curriculum focuses on problem identification, problem solving, and decision making in the key areas addressed by the programme.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected September 2023
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ST305, 3/F, Ng Wing Hong Building,
Hung Hom,
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon
If you have obtained HKDSE results as well as other qualifications (e.g. associate degree, higher diploma, diploma, certificate, etc.), either of which alone is sufficient to qualify you for consideration for admission to our schemes / programmes, you can apply either through JUPAS on the basis of HKDSE results or directly to PolyU on the basis of other qualifications. However, you can only choose to apply through one of these two routes for schemes / programmes offered under JUPAS in the same academic year. If you apply through JUPAS and to PolyU concurrently, your direct application to PolyU will NOT be considered.
GCE A-level / International A-level: GCE Advanced Level or International Advanced Level with passes in 3 AL, OR 2 AL and 2 AS subjects
International Baccalaureate (IB): A minimum score of 24 with at least grade 4 in 2 Higher Level subjects.
Non-local applicants are required to meet the following English language requirement:
A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 for the Internet-based test or 550 for the paper-based test; OR
An overall Band Score of 6 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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