Valuations – Graduate Diploma

Program Code - Title: GD096 - Graduate Diploma in Valuations

Campus
Description
Duration
Pathways
Professional Recognition
Entrance Requirements
Application Procedures
Fees
Program Structure
Contact Details
Owning school

Campus

City campus

Description

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The Graduate Diploma in Valuations program provides graduates in building, quantity, surveying, architecture, engineering and other appropriate programs with specialist knowledge in the valuation of real estate and to meet the educational requirements for membership of the Australian Property Institute.

Why study Valuations?
The increasingly complex nature of the property industry has required practitioners to specialise. To meet this need for increasing specialisation the program provides opportunities to broaden or develop knowledge and skills in the valuations area. The content and direction of this program makes it unique in Australia.

General information is available at Postgraduate Study at RMIT

Duration

Two years part-time.

Pathways

The Graduate Diploma in Valuation articulates into the Master of Business (Property) degree.

Gaining credit for previous study or experience
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and credit transfer are ways that RMIT recognises applicants' skills and knowledge gained through formal and informal education and training, work experience, and/or life experience (including volunteer work; committee responsibilities; family duties, hobbies).

Further information about gaining credit for previous study or experience

Further information about pathways

Professional Recognition

The program provides the academic requirements for membership of The Australian Property Institute (API) as a Certified Practicing Valuer.

Entrance Requirements

A Bachelor degree or Diploma in building, construction economics, quantity surveying, architecture or engineering, or corporate membership of a recognised professional body such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or Australian Institute of Building.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a range of studies peripheral to the valuation of real estate property. Studies in the following areas are a prerequisite: building construction and technology, mathematics and quantitative methods, computer literacy.

Students who have other qualifications, for example, town planning or land surveying, may be required to take some foundation studies, or complete other appropriate study areas by substitution via a non-standard program, to be eligible for API membership.

Equity admissions schemes
RMIT understands that people's backgrounds and circumstances can affect their access to education and training. RMIT’s equity admissions schemes allow applicants to explain the circumstances that have adversely affected their education, and demonstrate their capacity for future academic success.

Further information is available at equity admissions schemes.

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Application Procedures

Timely applications for postgraduate coursework programs are due by:
10 November each year (Semester 1)*
31 May each year (Semester 2/Midyear entry)*

* Note: Applications will continue to be accepted until all places have been filled. You are encouraged to lodge your application early.
Future students may enquire through Info Corner (formerly the Office for Prospective Students) at any time.

Apply via:RMIT direct application form
Info Corner (formerly the Office for Prospective Students)
330 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Tel. +61 3 9925 2260
Email: study@rmit.edu.au
www.rmit.edu.au/programs/enquiries.

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Fees

Fees for 2008: $13,440 per full-time study.

Tuition fees are subject to annual adjustment and are not fixed for the duration of study. Changes to fees are applied from 1 January each year.

Further information: /programs/fees/highered/fullfees

Programs by coursework are offered on a Fee Paying Places (FFP) basis. A limited number of coursework programs and all honours programs have Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) (previously HECS).

Fee Paying Places (FPP)
FPP students are required to pay the complete cost of their program. FPP fees vary according to each program.

Students offered a FPP maybe eligible for the FEE-HELP (FEE-Higher Education Loan Program) scheme, which enables eligible fee paying students to obtain an interest-free loan up to a maximum value of $80,000 from the Commonwealth Government to pay all or part of their tuition fees.

For further information: www.goingtouni.gov.au

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)
A CSP is jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government and student. The amount to be paid by the student is defined by discipline 'bands'. In 2008, the following student contribution rates for a standard, annual, full-time load apply:

National Priority: $0 – $4,077—Education and Nursing.
Band 1: $0 – $5,095—Humanities, Behavioural Sciences, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts.
Band 2: $0 – $7,260—Mathematics, Statistics, Computing, Built Environment, Health, Engineering, Science, Surveying, and Agriculture.
Band 3: $0 – $8,499—Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Law, Dentistry, Medicine, and Veterinary Science.

Students who undertake more or less than a full-time study load, or who study courses from a combination of the above categories will be charged the proportionate student contribution.

Calculating tuition costs for Commonwealth supported students

Postgraduate Coursework Commonwealth Supported Equity Places
RMIT has a limited number of government subsidised Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) in full-fee postgraduate coursework programs for applicants who meet entrance and equity criteria. Instead of paying full-fees either upfront or with a FEE-HELP loan, the CSP Equity place allows students to complete their program as a Commonwealth supported student in a subsidised place with a choice of up-front, partial up-front or deferred payment options.

Further information: www.rmit.edu.au/equity

Record spend on RMIT scholarships
RMIT University will spend more than $60 million on student scholarships over the next five years. RMIT has many scholarships and funding opportunities to offer students.

Further information is available at RMIT Scholarships

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Program Structure

The following program structure(s) are linked to this program:

• Program summary, GD096P6, Graduate Diploma in Valuations

Contact Details

Robert Webster, Program Director
School of Property, Construction and Project Management
Tel. +61 3 9925 1936
Fax: +61 3 9925 1939
Email: rob.webster@rmit.edu.au

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Owning School

Property, Constr & Proj Mgt

Disclaimer

Although RMIT endeavours to ensure the accuracy of this information, there is no guarantee it will remain accurate all year. Applicants are advised to confirm program details with the appropriate school before making an application.