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Executive Education in Real Estate
Real Estate Economics
Graduates of this programme know one thing: the best investment is measured in square metres. This certificate programme turns you into an expert on every stage of a property's life cycle, while giving your personal leadership skills the finishing to
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- German
- face-to-face
- 50 ECTS
- 16 , 500 €
- Start on request
- 37 Präsenztage + 15 Online-Sessions
- Campus Rheingau
Your career move into the top tier of the real estate industry.
The part-time Real Estate Economics programme at EBS Universität is the leading executive education programme for industry leaders. Through practice-oriented modules, you gain university-level expertise, develop essential management and leadership skills, and qualify as an expert across the entire real estate life cycle. Benefit from outstanding teaching, internationally recognised standards, and a strong alumni network that opens new doors for you.
Excellent content – practical and comprehensive
For over 30 years, the part-time Real Estate Economics programme has been the gold standard for executive education in the real estate industry. Our aim: to develop you into a management and leadership figure with sound expertise and strategic vision.
With a unique combination of economic, legal and technical perspectives, we prepare you for the complex challenges of the real estate market.
The modules are structured to build you into an industry professional, step by step:
- Real estate fundamentals: from markets and investment appraisal to tenancy and construction law.
- Trends & technologies: ESG, sustainability, digitalisation, AI and data analytics.
- Project development: from planning and construction to marketing and redevelopment.
- Transactions: every facet of due diligence, investment strategy and tax structuring.
- Investment & financing: from conventional financing to international investment vehicles.
- Strategic real estate management: asset, portfolio and facility management, corporate real estate.
- Key skills: communication, negotiation, conflict resolution and cross-cultural competence.
Your additional benefits
- RICS accreditation: internationally recognised for more than 30 years.
- IMMOEBS alumni network: exclusive access to one of the largest and most influential networks in the real estate industry, with around 2,800 members.
- Leadership skills included: the "Key Skills for Real Estate Professionals" module strengthens your soft skills — from public speaking to negotiation.
Your Opportunities Going Forward
This part-time programme is a real estate-specific course covering every key aspect of property management. It is the perfect entry point for working in the real estate industry and related fields such as real estate financing, investment, asset management, project development, valuation and property administration, or for leading these areas at management level.
Successful graduates of the programme receive the university certificate Immobilienökonom (EBS).
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The Financial Times has ranked the leading providers of executive education for 2026. EBS Universität's Executive School achieved an outstanding position nationally among open programmes. Among the criteria in which the Executive School particularly excelled were graduate satisfaction, programme design and faculty. The Financial Times Ranking confirms the excellence of the Executive School's programmes and underlines our commitment to enabling successful careers through further education.
What You Ideally Bring With You
The intensive Real Estate Economics programme is aimed at those preparing to take on real estate-specific management responsibilities, or seeking to further qualify for them for example, graduates of universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational academies and other institutions in architecture, civil engineering, business administration and economics.
Basic Requirements
- Proof of a completed degree from a university, university of applied sciences or vocational academy, plus at least two years of professional experience
or
- Evidence of suitability through relevant professional experience or further training, preferably in real estate, together with proof of general or subject-restricted higher education entrance qualification
An Investment That Pays Off
The total cost of the part-time Real Estate Economics programme is 15,675 euros for registrations received up to eight weeks before the start date. After that, the total cost is 16,500 euros. Members of IMMOEBS e. V. and EBS Alumni e. V. receive a 10% discount.
This service is exempt from VAT pursuant to Section 4 No. 21 a) bb) of the German VAT Act (UStG).
Dr. Hauke Brede, CEO and Founder UP2INVEST GmbH
The executive education programmes of EBS REMI are a valuable reservoir from which the industry repeatedly draws outstanding young talent and senior leaders alike.
With this line-up of experts, any headhunter would be thrilled
Academic Director:
Prof. Jan Mutl, Ph.D.
Our Lecturers
- Dr. Georg Allendorf FRICS, Managing Director, Allendorf Consulting, Flörsheim-Dalsheim
- Dr. Julian Amann, Senior Project Manager, WOLF GmbH, Mainburg
Silvia Beck, Branch Manager, bulwiengesa AG, Frankfurt a. - Daniela Better-Gassner, Head of Agency, IC Kommunikation GmbH & Co. KG, Munich
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Beyerle, Chair of Real Estate Research, Hochschule Biberach
- Dr. Joshua Niclas Berg, LL.M. LL.M, Lawyer, P+P Pöllath + Partners Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater mbB, Frankfurt a.M.
- Dr. Martin Bünning, Partner, Reed Smith LLP, Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Damaske, Managing Director, Patrimo & Comp. GmbH, Hamburg - Derek Deinzer, Publicly Appointed and Sworn Expert, Eschmann Sachverständige, Darmstadt
- René Dubois, Partner, Dentons Europe (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG, Munich
- Birger Ehrenberg FRICS, Managing Partner, E/N/A EXPERTS GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz
- Prof. Dr. Frank Ehrenheim, Professor, THM University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen, Friedberg
- Tajo Friedemann, Sustainability Manager, Metropol Immobilien- und Beteiligungs GmbH, Cologne
- Thomas Günther, Partner, AGS Legal, Frankfurt a.M.
- Dr. Julia Haas, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater PartG mbB, Frankfurt a.M.
- Ralf Haase, Managing Director, RALF HAASE Personalberatung, Schwielowsee, OT Caputh
- Dr. Martin Hamer LL.M., Partner, Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP, Berlin
- Michael Hartmann, Coaching and Personal Development, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden
- Dr. Annette Heinz, Lawyer, Counsel, NEUWERK Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Hamburg
- Jens Hennes, Chief Executive Officer, Versorgungswerk der Apothekerkammer Nordrhein, Düsseldorf
- Klaus Hirt MRICS, Partner/Managing Director, Drees & Sommer SE, Frankfurt a.M.
- Christian Humbert, Senior ESG Manager, Branicks Onsite GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Stefan Jung, Managing Partner/Managing Director, Trias REF GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- David Ben Kaiser, LL.M., Lawyer, Partner, P+P Pöllath + Partners Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater mbB, Berlin
- Uwe B. Kaiser, HR COO Germany, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a.M.
- Broer Kalow, Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (FM UniImmo: Global)
- Dr. Till Kemper, M.A., Partner, HFK Rechtsanwälte Heiermann Franke Knipp und Partner mbB, Frankfurt a.M.
- Dr. Heiko Kirchhain, Specialist Real Estate, MEAG, Munich
Fabian Klingler, CEO – Chairman of the Board, abrdn Investments Deutschland AG, Frankfurt a.M. - Stefan Klug, Investment Director Germany, Mitiska-REIM, Klug
- Dr. Konstantin Kortmann, Country Leader Germany & Head of Markets Advisory, Jones Lang LaSalle SE, Frankfurt a.M.
- Tobias Kotz, Executive Director Client Relations and Capital Funding, Real I.S. AG, Munich
- Prof. Dr. Christian Koziol, Professor, University of Tübingen, Tübingen
- Caspar Kraushaar, Manager Development, ECE Work & Live GmbH & Co. KG
- Markus Kreuter, CEO, zinsbaustein.de, Berlin
Dr. Elmar Lang, Managing Director | Real Estate Transactions, Advisory & Software Services, Clairvoyant GmbH - Dr. phil. Katharina Maak-Castro, Lecturer, Cross-Cultural Trainer and Consultant, Berlin
- Dr. Frank J. Matzen MRICS, Director, Ernst & Young GmbH, Eschborn
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Nehm, Professor, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim, Mannheim
- Frank Noé, Partner Germany, BrickVest Ltd, Berlin
Johannes Nöldeke, Managing Director, INBRIGHT Industrial Investment GmbH, Berlin - Dr. Christian Oberst, Senior Economist, Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln), Cologne
- Prof. Dr. Daniel Piazolo FRICS, Professor, THM University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen, Friedberg
- Arthur Rehm, Founder & CIO, ROOMHERO GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Reichwein, Managing Director, Hines Immobilien GmbH, Frankfurt a.M. - Lars Reubekeul, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP, Munich
- Prof. Dr. Verena Rock MRICS, Professor, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, Aschaffenburg
- Viktor Scheiermann, Project Development / New-build Project Lead, BUWOG Bauträger GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Jürgen Scheins (He/Him), Managing Director, CBRE GmbH, Stuttgart
- Prof. Dr. Andre Schmutte, Professor, iMK/Institut für Managementkompetenz Munich, Munich
- Stefan Schorn, Senior Consultant, p.i.t. Organisationsberatung, Berlin
- Arne Schreier, Head of Project Development, d.i.i. Deutsche Invest Immobilien GmbH, Wiesbaden
- Detmar Schröder, Senior Manager, KPMG AG, Mainz
- Jakob Schulz, Independent Consultant for PropTech, Digitalisation and Strategic Business Direction, Frankfurt a.M.
- Dr. Jens Steinmüller, LL.M., Lawyer, Partner, P+P Pöllath + Partners Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater mbB, Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Frank Stellmann, Partner, GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Munich
- Dr. Nicolai C. Striewe MRICS, Managing Partner, Taurus Investment Holding (Deutschland) GmbH, Munich
- Michael Tegeder, Chief Financial Officer, Coreo AG, Frankfurt a.M.
Florian Vogt, Business Development / Asset Management Nursing Expert, Deutsche Wohnen SE, Berlin - Sven Vollenbruch, Vice President, Slate Management GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Prof. Justus Vollrath, Managing Director, Portfolio Management Consulting, Frankfurt a. M.
- Dr. Ulrich von Creytz, Managing Director, DWS Real Estate GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Stephen von der Brüggen, Managing Director/Head of Frankfurt, Art-Invest Real Estate Management GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt a.M.
- Carolyn von Monschaw, Managing Director, Gateway Gardens Projektentwicklungs-GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
- Simon M. Weiß, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Frankfurt a.M.
- Thomas Wünsche, Principal, Alpine Grove (Germany) GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
The most important year of your future life lasts just one year.
The total part-time programme runs for 12 months, comprising 37 on-campus days and 15 online sessions.
Module 1
Real Estate Fundamentals
- Introduction to the real estate industry
- Macroeconomic aspects of real estate
- National and international real estate markets
- Investment appraisal and introduction to cash flow modelling
- Tax aspects of real estate
- Architects', developers' and estate agents' law
- Private construction law
- Financial accounting
- Tenancy law
Module 2
Trends: Digitalisation, ESG, Technologies
- Introduction to sustainability - concepts, measurement, certification
- ESG as an investment strategy
- Strategic management - ESG implications
- Building technology innovation
- Data analytics for real estate - evaluating and measuring risk
- Digitalisation - AI fundamentals and applications
- Big data and real estate: market and property analysis
- Digital business models
- Sustainable finance - regulation, reporting, compliance
- Digital skills: advanced financial modelling in Excel, database management and Excel Power Query
Module 3
Real Estate Project Development
- Real estate project development
- Developer appraisal
- Spatial and urban planning
- Construction project planning and management
- Usage requirements and concepts for buildings
- Redevelopment within property management
- Building construction and quality assurance
- Construction cost estimation
- Real estate marketing
- Public planning and construction law
Module 4
Transactions
- Introduction to transaction management
- Financial due diligence
- Commercial due diligence
- Legal due diligence
- Technical and environmental due diligence
- Investment strategies
- Ethics and RICS
- Exit management
- Tax structuring of real estate investments
- Sale and purchase contract law
Module 5
Investment and Financing
- Fundamentals of real estate financing
- Project financing and financing negotiations
- Project financing and financing negotiations (MBS und Covered Bonds)
- Bond financing
- Fundamentals of capital markets law
- Mezzanine and real estate private equity financing
- Open-ended real estate funds
- Closed-end real estate funds
- Insurance companies, pension funds, occupational pension schemes and foundations
- Real estate stock corporations and REITs
- International investment vehicles and their taxation
Module 6
Strategic Real Estate Management
- Strategic corporate management
- Selected aspects of real estate accounting under HGB and IFRS
- Real estate asset management
- Corporate real estate management
- Quantitative portfolio management
- Qualitative portfolio management
- Case study: value-based management of properties and property portfolios
- Facility management
- Reporting im Rahmen des Objektmanagements
- Private real estate management
- Property management law
Module 7
Key Skills for Real Estate Professionals
- Communication
- Targeted negotiation skills
- Organizational behaviour
- HR and labour market strategy
- Team dynamics, team building and teamwork
- Mediation/conflict resolution
- Strategic corporate management
- Cross-cultural competence
Only those held to a high standard can set one
EBS's intensive Real Estate Economics programme has held continuous accreditation from the renowned Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for 30 years.
„The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors“ (RICS)
Good to Know
ECTS und Master-Anrechenbarkeit
The completed Real Estate Economics programme, including the dissertation, is equivalent to 50 ECTS credits.
Folgende Studienmodule innerhalb des Intensivstudiums „Immobilienökonomie“ sind mit je 6 ECTS-Punkten auf den "Master in Business (M.A.)" mit der Spezialisierung "Real Estate" anrechenbar.
The following modules within the intensive "Real Estate Economics" programme are each credited with 6 ECTS points towards the "Master in Business (M.A.)" with a specialisation in "Real Estate".
- Module 3: Real Estate Project Development
- Module 4: Transactions
- Module 5: Investment and Financing
- Module 6: Strategic Real Estate Management
Dates: If You Want to Plan Ahead
The demands of real estate economics are constantly evolving. That is why we have decided to redesign our 2026 course with a forward-looking focus on the latest trends and developments. Be ready for the future! Next course: 2027, to be announced.
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