The programme aims at providing its graduates with the required theoretical knowledge and practical training needed for a middle-level career path in estate management. Specifically, the programme equips students with the necessary skills and knowledge to:

  • Analyse and interpret the property market in the physical, legal, and socio-economic context in which it operates.
  • Collect and assess data for appraisal of land and buildings and their management.
  • Assist in the formulation and implementation of land policies and management.
  • To provide middle level manpower support for the real estate industry in areas pertaining to brokerage, construction, appraisal, and management.

Courses Under the Programme

The following courses are offered under the three–year HND Estate management programme:

FIRST YEAR
First Semester

  • Principle of Law & Equity                    
  • Elements of Central Government          
  • Principles of land Surveying I               
  • Land Economics          
  • Introduction to Valuation I                   
  • Introduction to Building Construction I
  • Communication Skills I            
  • Computer Literacy I                 

Second Semester

  • Contract & Tort
  • Elements of Local Government                        
  • Principles of Land Surveying II                         
  • Land Economics II                                                       
  • Introduction to Valuation II                              
  • Introduction to Building Construction II
  • Communication Skills II                                               
  • Computer Literacy II                            
  • African studies      

SECOND YEAR
First Semester

  • Law Relating to Estate Management I   
  • Principles and Practice of Valuation I                
  • Research Methods I                                                      
  • Building Superstructure                                   
  • Land Use Planning & Administration I              
  • Property Management I                        
  • Entrepreneurship                                                                   

Second Semester

  • Law Relating to Estate Management II  
  • Principles and Practice of Valuation II
  • Research Methods II
  • Building Finishes and Services                                 
  • Land Use Planning & Administration II
  • Property Management II                                               
  • Principles of Accounting I                                            
  • Rating and Taxation I                                                                       

THIRD YEAR
First Semester

  • Six Months Practical Training in industry                      
  • Project work     I                                                
  • Case study                                           

Second Semester

  • Customary Land Law                                                  
  • Investment Valuation                                                   
  • Rating & Taxation II                                                    
  • Contemporary Construction: Forms and Materials
  • Elements of Building Quantities                  
  • Property Management Practice             
  • Principles of Accounting II                                           
  • Project work  II                                 

Job Opportunities

  • Land sector agencies (usually engaged as Land Administrative Technicians, Stool Land Administrators and technical officers)
  • Estate Developer Traders and Investors (usually engage as estate officers, estate vendors, and Brokers)
  • Health Institutions (usually engaged as estate managers
  • Telecommunication Establishments (usually engaged as Site Acquisition Officers)
  • Financial Institutions (usually engaged as loans or mortgage officers
  • Insurance institutions (usually engage under the mortgage and estate unit)
  • Educational Institutions (secondary and tertiary levels)
  • District Assemblies
  • All corporate institutions/ organisations e.g. ECG, GHANA WATER, GHAPOHA, JUDICIAL SERVICE

Admission Entry Requirements

  • SSCE Candidates: Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects; English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies, plus any three (3) elective subjects (preference will be given to applicants with Economics, Geography or Mathematics).
     
  • WASSSCE Candidates: passes (A1-D7) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects; English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies plus a minimum of (C6) in any three (3) elective subjects (preference will be given to applicants with Economics, Geography or Mathematics).
     
  • G.C.E. Ordinary Level: Five (5) passes including English, Mathematics and three (3) Advanced level passes (preference will be given to applicants with Economics, Geography or Mathematics).
     
  • CTC Candidates: Four (4) SSSCE/WASSCE credit passes including English Language and Mathematics plus all passes in CTC II.
     
  • Mature Applicants: Must be 25 years old with legitimate documentary proof which is at least five (5) years old at the time of application.
  1. Must have two (2) years professional experience (A letter from employer is required)
  2. Must pass a written examination or show proof of two (2) credit passes in English Language and Mathematics in WASSCE or any other nationally recognized standard high school level examinations