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Developing post-graduate real estate educa-tional offers in a transnational context

Reflecting the local demands and challenges

Bob Martens • Vienna University of Technology

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• Focus: CEE

• Characteristics & framework

• Practical issues

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Focus: CEE

Central and Eastern Europe ("CEE“)

... a generic term for countries in Central Europe, Southeast Europe and Eastern Europe

... gathering participants from different CEE countries, for example:

Bratislava - Budapest - Bucharest - Prag - Vienna

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Manageable distances

• moving from one place to the other one:

• Vienna – Bratislava: 60 km

• Vienna - Budapest: 240 Km

• Vienna - Bucharest: 1.000 Km

• Vienna - Prag: 330 Km

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*MAP*

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Characteristics• State of the art - What is currently being offered

in CEE?

• Educational offers in local language vs. English as Linga Franca

• Duration and structure?

• From seminar [couple of days/weeks ] ... till ... full MSc programme [up to four semesters]

• Modular approach

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Genius loci

• Connection with local markets / networks

• Creating an understanding for local peculiarities, when doing business

• Would it make sense to form a "universal" real estate course format without any country specific issues, such as legal framework, taxation, etc. ?

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Practical issues• Issues of franchising ? Distribution of

responsibilities ?

• Quality assurance?

• Course content - description and documentation - Learning materials

• Assesment (written exams, homework)

• How to overcome the language barrier?