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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM CONTACT
INFORMATION
JESSICA STOCKTON KING
GSAPP-MSRED Program
411 Avery Hall MC 352
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3524
realestate@arch.columbia.edu
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/ programs/
8-m-s-real-estate-development
PROGRAM TITLE AND OVERVIEW
Columbia MSRED Program
The Columbia MSRED Program is a one-year, threesemester
program that combines the fundamental
skills of professional real estate with a holistic
approach to urban development as a creative act.
The program is cross-disciplinary, drawing on its
proximity to other modes of practice at the school, and
is grounded in the three core tenets of global urban
real estate development-the financial, the physical,
and the social-arming students with the full range
of professional and intellectual skills needed to tackle
the complex demands of global urban real estate
development. Many students are drawn to learning
from professors who work full time in the real estate
industry in New York City, creating a club around
affordable housing or design-driven development,
networking within their full-time cohort, setting up
building tours, and mentorship by engaged and
experienced alumni. The Columbia MSRED Program
was started in 1985, and you will find Columbia MSRED
alumni in every area of real estate development and real
estate finance.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ANNUAL TUITION AND FEES
For the 2022-2023 academic year,
tuition and fees add up to $102,706 for
the three-semester, one-year program.
More information may be found at
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/
admissions/tuition-aid.
Three consecutive semesters of full-time study
(summer, fall, and spring) are required, as well as a
minimum of 45 credits, though many students choose
to take more. Required classes include, but are not
limited to Real Estate Finance I, II, and II; Underwriting;
Construction Management and Technology; Real Estate
Law; Market Analysis; Site Planning and Development;
the Architecture of Development; Predevelopment and
Development; and Capstone.
Recent electives have included Development by Design,
Underwriting II, Private Equity Development: Hotels
Focus, Hotel Transactions, Public-Private Partnerships
in Real Estate Development, Architect and Developer
Dialogues, Affordable Housing Finance, Developing
Affordable Housing, Capital Markets: REIT Analysis,
Real Estate Portfolio Management, Fund Management
and Capital Raising, Construction Law, Advanced
Seminar in Commercial Leasing, International
REITs, Global Real Estate Investing, Comparative
Global Real Estate, Intro to PropTech VC, Risk and
Portfolio Management, Tax Issues in Acquisitions and
Development, Residential Development and Asset
Strategy, Residential Investment and Development,
Entrepreneurship in Buying and Selling Real Estate
Assets, the Real Estate Entrepreneur's Process, Asset
Management, Capital Markets: Debt, RE Transactions
Law, Real Estate PE: Acquisitions Analysis, Hotel
Development and Investment, RE Entrepreneurialism,
Building Adaptation and Reuse, Real Estate Economics
and Market Metrics, Project Management, RE Media
and Marketing, and Alternative and Distressed Investing
Strategies.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applications are accepted September 15-January 15
for every class, as well as dual-degree candidates. The
Columbia MSRED Program has a summer start for all
incoming students, and it is a cohort program. In order
to apply, please submit the online application form,
the $75 fee, all college and university transcripts, three
reference letters, a résumé or CV, a personal statement,
and the TOEFL (for some international applicants).
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
The most common backgrounds are architecture,
finance, and real estate, but we've also had students
with planning, construction management, legal,
consulting, and engineering backgrounds do well in
the program. This year we had domestic students
from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington state,
Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin, and international
students from Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia,
Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong,
India, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Paraguay,
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa,
South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United
Kingdom, and Vietnam. It is always a diverse class,
and we have had many student-led trips over the
years to locations outside the NYC area. Some of our
recent student clubs have included the Design-Driven
Development club, the Asia Real Estate club, the
International Real Estate club, LatinGSAPP, QSAPP,
the Real Estate Private Equity club, the Sustainable
Development club, and the Women in Real Estate
Development club.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM/
CAMPUS DETAILS
The Columbia MSRED Program is located in Avery Hall
at Columbia University's beautiful Morningside Campus
in NYC. Prospective students are encouraged to attend
our open house information session, chat with current
students, and reach out to the MSRED Program office.
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