The Master of Land Valuation and Management (MLVM) program is designed to address the need for high quality valuation education that will be accessible to professional land valuers and property managers, most of who are working in banks, private appraisal companies and public assessor’s offices in regional, provincial and municipal governments. The program also caters to those with no background in land valuation and management but wish to enter the profession.
The program hopes to develop in the sector a perspective of land valuation and management for sustainable development. Aside from being equipped to render globally competitive professional services governed by international standards of practice, graduates will have the ability to conceptualize, plan and conduct research that will contribute to the advancement of the study and practice of land valuation and management.
The Diploma in Land Valuation and Management (DLVM) program and the Master of Land Valuation and Management (MLVM) are ladderized programs. That is, graduates of the DLVM may continue on to the MLVM program. MLVM students will have an additional year to complete a thesis as well as additional courses.
Program Goals
The program aims to:
- Develop professional valuers and property managers whose standards of practice and service shall be globally competitive and will promote the growth of the real estate industry.
- Develop professional valuers and property managers who thoroughly understand the land valuation and management sector’s potential and actual contribution to sustainable development, and are motivated to contribute to bridging this gap.
- Contribute to the land valuation and management body of knowledge by encouraging research in this field.
For more information, you may visit the FMDS MLVM microsite.