Distance Learning Programs

NIREM’s School of Distance Learning (SODL) offers a comprehensive range of high impact, industry-driven and employment-oriented distance education programs that meet the actual needs of the real estate sector nationally and internationally.


All the programs have been conceived and planned on the basis of actual demands in the market, which was assessed in consultation with real estate developers, multinational consultants, housing finance institutions, institutional investors, professional managers and various agencies associated with this sector. In addition, all the programs are conceived, planned, run and certified by IDS-NIREM as its autonomous programs and have various components including class room-teaching and/or self-study, assignments, project and field activities. At present, SODL offers the following autonomous and professional programs.

Post Graduate Diploma Courses:

• Post-Graduate Diploma in Real Estate Management
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Commercial Real Estate
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Real Estate
• (With concentrations in Appraisal, Finance, Investments and Marketing)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management

Diploma Courses:

• Diploma in Real Estate Management
• Diploma in Commercial Real Estate
• Diploma in Real Estate Sales
• Diploma in Facilities Management

Certificate Courses:

• Certificate in Real Estate Management
• Certificate in Commercial Real Estate
• Certificate in Facilities Management
• Certificate in Facility Maintenance

PG Diploma in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management

PG Diploma in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management

Duration: 01 Year
Application deadline: 30 September 2009

Program Introduction:
Before planning for different courses, a consultative meeting was organized with real estate developers, multinational real estate marketing & consulting agencies, housing finance institutions, property consultants & advisors, existing & potential home-buyers etc. During the consultation, the most common observation of problem, in the existing breed of real estate professionals, was the lack of specialised education and skills to sale real estate and to manage real estate agencies. Therefore, this course aims to provide the course participants with thorough knowledge and practical skills to plan and execute successful sales strategies for different types of properties and to manage real estate agencies.

Who is it for?
 Professional working in the area of real estate sales & marketing
 Graduates, Post-Graduates & MBAs planning to start their career in real estate
 Potential entrepreneurs wishing to establish their own real estate brokerage business
 Professionals working in insurance and housing finance sectors
 People working in related fields in allied sectors

Program Objectives:
On completion of the course, participants will be able to:
 Outline the steps involved in selling real estate: developing sales and marketing strategies, completing a purchase and sale agreement, presenting an offer and counteroffer, buyer and seller responsibilities, escrow, title transfer, closing procedures, and closing costs.
 Plan sales and leasing strategies that includes lease provisions & effective rent, tenant mix and placement, broker listing and commission agreements, prospect qualification, retention strategies etc.
 Describe the elements involved in real estate sales transactions including mortgages, deeds of trust, buyer options, points, escrow and settlements.
 Explore the components of agency related laws and brokerage relationship: definitions, roles, client, customer & principal, agency disclosure etc.
 Determine a market price for property that considers supply and demand, appraisals, comparative market analysis (CMA), and other standard methods of property valuation.
 Prepare a valid lease that complies with the rights and obligations.
 Apply the concepts of contract law: legal effects of contracts, essential elements, law of limitations, contract termination, and contract default to real estate sales transactions.
 Manage a real estate sales business including business financial planning and budgeting, business licensing, staff recruitment, selection, training and supervision.

Eligibility for admission:
 Bachelor’ degree from a recognised University.
 Work experience in sales shall be preferred, though not mandatory.
 Should have good command over written and spoken English.

Applicants from outside India (English Language Requirement):
 Should have completed atleast three years of full-time academic study in English medium Or,
 Should show evidence of a sufficient oral and written command of the English language through the English language test organized by the institute Or,
 Should have TOEFL paper-based score of 513 or Internet-based score of 65 (minimum) or IELTS score of 5 (minimum).

How to Apply?
The Application form and prospectus can be obtained from the institute by sending a sum of Rs.250/- through a Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘Industry Development Society for Real Estate’ payable at NOIDA. Please write your name, address and contact number on the back of the DD. Application form can also be downloaded from www.nirem.org and submitted along with DD for Rs.200/- drawn in favour of ‘Industry Development Society for Real Estate’ payable at NOIDA. Your request for application form and prospectus or downloaded application should be sent to the Registrar, IDS-National Institute of Real Estate Management,

Selection Procedure:
Students are selected by an Admission Committee. Those interested in admission should submit application on the prescribed application form along with the required documents and application fee on or before the deadline mentioned on admission application form. The application and documents should be complete in all respect. All applications for admission are scrutinized and eligibility established on the basis of documents submitted, following which applicants are selected on the basis of merit. The selected candidates will be sent an offer letter following which the program fee will have to be paid within the given deadline.

Press Releasea and News

Press Release:

 Real Estate Sales & Agency Management course launched
 NIREM starts 1-year Real Estate Sales & Agency Management course

Real Estate Sales & Agency Management course launched

IDS-National Institute of Real Estate Management (IDS-NIREM) has launched a 1-year distance education Post-Graduate Diploma Program in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management. This course has been planned in response to a consultative meeting with Indian real estate developers, multinational consultants, HFIs etc during which a common observation was the skill gap in the existing breed of real estate professionals. The problem was attributed to the lack of real estate focussed education & training programs in the country that can train students as per the needs of real estate sector. Participants were of the view that though there is abundance of management graduate, there is complete scarcity of people who have studied real estate management. In order to hire such professionals, most of the industry participants expressed willingness, during the meeting, to sponsor programs in real estate sales and agency management.
Therefore, this professional program was devised to provide the course participants with thorough knowledge and practical skills to plan and execute successful sales, marketing & leasing strategies for different types of properties and to plan & manage real estate agencies. Further details are available at www.nirem.org

NIREM starts 1-year Real Estate Sales & Agency Management course

IDS-NIREM announced the launch of a unique course in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management, which is the first course of its kind in India. The PG Diploma course shall provide the industry with much needed Real Estate Professionals with thorough knowledge of and practical skills in developing sales & leasing strategies for different types of properties and managing real estate sales & agency business.

According to the institute, historically, many individuals who work in real estate have acquired their skills on the job. However, as the business of real estate has become more complex in structure and more international in scope, the industry has recognised the need for specialised education in Real Estate. IDS-NIREM’s one-year distance learning Post Graduate Diploma Program in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management (PGD-RESAM), the first in the country, educates men and women in the full range of skills required of real estate professionals today. The course emphasis is on to provide knowledge and create practical skills to plan and execute successful sales, marketing & leasing strategies for different types of properties and to plan & manage real estate agencies.

The PGD-RESAM program, launched by IDS-NIREM, offers both, the fresh graduates who intend to pursue a career in real estate and those in the real estate profession, an unequaled educational growth and career advancement opportunity. To get further information, visit www.nirem.org

Rolling Admission System at IDS NIREM

NIREM follows the rolling admission system for admission in all of its courses including PG Diploma in Real Estate Sales & Agency Management (PGD RESAM). Therefore, potential applicants can apply for admission into any of its course at any time of the year, which is beneficial to both the students as well as the institute. NIREM recently received several queries regarding the actual meaning of 'Rolling Admission System'. Therefore, given below the definition of this system, collected from various sources:

About.com Guide, Karen Schweitzer, Defines 'Rolling Admission' as follows:
Rolling admissions are a type of admissions policy. Business schools that use a rolling admissions policy review applications as they receive them.

How Rolling Admissions Work
Some business schools have multiple "rounds" or deadlines during the admissions process. Business schools with rolling admissions do not.

How to Deal with Rolling Admissions
When dealing with rolling admissions, it is important to remember that admissions committees will be reviewing applications as they come in. This means the decisions will be made and seats will be filled throughout the admissions process.

If you wait until the last minute to submit your application in a rolling admissions situation, there is a good chance that the majority of seats will already be filled.

Bottom Line
It is always better to submit your application early when you are working with a school that uses rolling admissions.

Wikipedia defines rolling admission as follows:

Rolling admission is a policy used by many colleges to admit freshmen to undergraduate programs. Under rolling admission, a candidate is invited to submit his application to the university anytime within a large window. The window is usually over six months long, and some schools do not have a previously specified end date (the window simply closes when all spots are filled). The university will then review the application and notify the applicant of their decision within a few weeks from submission.

Advantages of rolling admission:
Rolling admission is helpful to both students and university admissions offices, because the process is more mellow and applications do not all flow in at the same time, respectively. Students can finish their application anytime between the summer before their senior year and midway through their senior year and can submit it at leisure, taking the time to carefully review their application and not getting anxious about a nearing deadline. The organization receives applications continuously rather than in one or two bursts and is thus able to spend more time on each application individually.

Collegeconfidential.com defines Rolling Admission as follows:
The idea behind “Rolling Admission” is that it enables candidates to receive an admission decision within a predetermined period after submitting an application. Typically, the decision arrives about two months after the application process is complete and often far sooner.

Colleges without Rolling Admission usually have a specific deadline, and no applications are evaluated before this deadline, no matter how early they are received. All decision letters are then mailed to candidates on the same day, which is generally in late March or early April.

When you apply to Rolling Admission colleges, it is wise to ask several questions. Find out how early you can submit an application and if sooner is better when it comes to getting aid, housing, choices of classes or academic program. Find out, too, if these determinations are based on the date you applied or on the date you accepted the offer of admission. Ask also how quickly you should expect to get your news—good or bad—in the mail and when you need to inform the college of your plans.

Thus, if you apply via Rolling Admission, don't forget to ask admission officials how soon you need to respond, if admitted. Those institutions that do not belong to the CRDA group may insist on hearing from you before you have received all admission decisions. If this is the case, find out if you can get an extension in order to wait for all your letters to arrive. If the answer is no, you might want to consider delaying your Rolling Admission application until the notification date coincides with the notification you will receive from your remaining target schools.