Nils Kok, professor of real estate at Maastricht University, and Siqi Zheng, professor of real estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were guests on the latest episode of Nareit’s REIT Report podcast.
Kok and Zheng are the two academic directors of the Global Real Estate Leaders Program, an executive training program aimed at emerging real estate professionals with at least 10 years of experience, sponsored by the MIT Center for Real Estate and Maastricht University Center . Nareit is a participating organization in the new executive education programme.
Kok said the program is aimed at executives who are eager to learn about the latest real estate finance or mega trends, but don’t have time to go back to school for a year.
The program consists of four 1-week modules, designed to equip real estate developers, managers and investors with the skills and knowledge needed to become the next generation global leaders in the real estate sector.
There are two modules scheduled for 2024:
- Module 1: June 16-22 in Maastricht, Netherlands
- Module 2: October 14-19 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The application deadline for Module 1 and Module 2 is May 24. Dates for 2025 will be published in the summer.
