The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin has begun taking applications for its new Undergraduate Real Estate Certificate program, nearly two decades after university students were last able to participate in such a program.
According to the university, the new program will offer an industry-focused, interdisciplinary curriculum that will be open to both business and nonbusiness undergraduate students. The new endeavor is a modern version of the previous McCombs real estate program, and its reintroduction was spearheaded by a committee of alumni and donors who have provided a $3.6 million endowment to support faculty, staff, course development and student scholarships.
‘It's an excellent opportunity for undergraduates interested in commercial real estate to complement their primary major with tangible industry skills and an understanding of the breadth of the real estate business,’ says Rachel Allen, the program's new director.