This two year Higher Certificate programme is run by the IAVI in partership with the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).

Applicants for the programme must work full-time in a suitable property related employment. The academic requirements for enrolment are passes at Leaving Certificate at ordinary level in English and Mathematics, unless the applicants have at least five years relevant experience and are aged 23 or over, when they are eligible to apply as mature students. Graduates of the FETAC course of the Balllsbridge College of Business Studies, are exempt from the Maths and English requirement.

Lectures take place on 14 Saturdays plus an induction day. Lectures are held at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street. In addition to the lectures, attendance at which is compulsory, students must complete projects, read support papers and attend locally arranged study groups. The subjects in Year 1 are Irish Law and the Estate Agent, Mathematics for Valuation, Estate Agency Practice, Building Construction, Rural Resources, Economics and Planning. In Year 2 the subjects are the Economics for Property & Construction, Law, Valuation and Estate Agency Marketing & Management.

Students who achieve a Distinction in the Agency Practice subject on the Business Administration Course, may be given an exemption in the Agency Practice examination in Year 1 of the course.

The fee for the Higher Certificate in Property Studies for the 2008-09 academic year is €2,950. (Fees qualify for income tax relief at the standard rate).

Students who successfully complete this course are academically qualified to apply for associate membership of the Institute and can progress to Year 2 of the IAVI/DIT BSc (Hons) in Property Studies.

For further information contact the Education Department on (01) 6611794 or by email

An application form for the course is available in May each year.