During a day's tour of the DREI premises, the postgraduate students were highly impressed by the state-of-the-art facilities and the wide range of programmes offered at the institute. Dr. Salem Alshafiei, Managing Director of DREI, discussed with David Hartzell, Bell/Wood professor on Real Estate and Finance Director, Centre of Real Estate Development, future collaboration to offer new Executive Programmes in real estate studies and plans to offer student exchange programmes between DREI and UNC.
Dr Salem Alshafiei, Managing Director of DREI, said: "The visit is a testimony to our commitment to welcoming prominent academic institutions to DREI for providing our students with rich exposure to a global knowledge base. We are glad to welcome the MBA students from the University of North Carolina, a prestigious university in the world."
The University of North Carolina is one of the world's largest universities based in Chapel Hill, educating through its leadership in global research and teaching services. The real estate concentration for UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students provides them with a wide array of courses offered by the business school, the Department of City and Regional Planning and the School of Law at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Committed to developing the next generation leaders for the progress of the industry, DREI is a leading comprehensive institute in the Middle East providing high quality programmes in real estate education, training and research, in partnership with prestigious global universities.
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DREI hosts postgraduate students from University of North Carolina
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, May 15 - 2008 at 12:52
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Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) recently received a 27-member delegation of MBA students from the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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About Dubai Real Estate InstituteAs the first real estate academic institution in the region, the Dubai Real Estate Institute aims to enrich and broaden the knowledge and competencies of real estate professionals and managers at all levels. The institute, which will commence in the academic year 2007-2008, operates in partnership with several international real estate universities to offer graduate programmes and industry specific, open enrolment courses. Areas of cooperation will also include research projects and the development of case studies specific to the region.
Addressing the strategic growth opportunities, competitive challenges and operational imperatives of the real estate markets in the MENA region, Asia, and Turkey, the institute will offer courses on the real estate development process, asset and portfolio management, real estate evaluation and appraisal, real estate finance and investment, international real estate, risk management, real estate law, urban economics and project management.
In addition, the institute will provide domain specific courses as diverse as real estate strategic and innovation management, strategic alliances, finance and capital markets, market analysis, and the management of specific properties such as residential, industrial, retail and office spaces.
All of the institute's offerings will be delivered in partnership with high ranking and academically accredited international universities using world-class faculty, cutting edge knowledge and practice, and state of the art facilities.
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Posted by StaffThursday, May 15 - 2008 at 12:52 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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