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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM TITLE AND OVERVIEW
Columbia University GSAPP, Columbia
MSRED Program
PROGRAM CONTACT
INFORMATION
JESSICA STOCKTON KING
GSAPP-MSRED Program
411 Avery Hall MC 352
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3524
realestate@arch.columbia.edu
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/
programs/8-m-s-real-estatedevelopment
ANNUAL
TUITION AND FEES
For the 2021-2022 academic year,
tuition and fees total $99,614 for the
three-semester, one-year program.
More information may be found here:
https://www.arch. columbia.edu/
admissions/tuition-aid.
The Columbia MSRED Program is a one-year,
three-semester 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
and development, networking within their fulltime
cohort, and 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
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, the Architecture
of Development, Development Analysis: Urban
Planning, the Value of Design, 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 to
January 15 every year for a June start. The
Columbia MSRED Program has a summer start
for all incoming students, and it is a cohort
program. In order to apply, the online application
form, the $75 fee, all college and university
transcripts, three reference letters, a résumé or
CV, the GRE or GMAT, a personal statement, and
the TOEFL (for some international applicants) are
required. The GRE or GMAT requirement will be
waived for the 2021-2022 cycle.
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
The most common backgrounds are architecture,
finance, and real estate, but we have also had
people 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, Illinois, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin, and
international students from Argentina, Australia,
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China,
Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Greece,
Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Kenya, Mexico, Oman, Philippines, Russia, South
Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.A.E., and the
U.K. It is always a diverse class, and we have had
many student-led trips over the years to locations
outside the NYC area. Some recent student clubs
with MSRED members have included the Design
Driven Development club, the East 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 at
Columbia University's beautiful Morningside
Campus in New York City. Prospective students
are encouraged to sit in on a class or two, chat
with current students, and set up an appointment
with the MSRED Program office.
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