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Beyond teaching, the collaboration will also focus on cutting-edge research, including the development of AI-led predictive models for the real estate industry.
The partnership will broaden educational offerings and develop skills for the real estate sector in India, according to a statement.
The Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge and real estate data and analytics platform PropEquity have announced a new partnership aimed at expanding real estate education, research and industry engagement in India, a collaboration that will eventually lead to the creation of the country’s first dedicated Real Estate School.
The partnership, announced on January 26, will see PE Analytics Ltd, the parent company of PropEquity, launch a specialised real estate education programme with technical assistance and curriculum support from Cambridge’s Department of Land Economy. The initiative is designed to build advanced skills and institutional capacity in India’s fast-evolving real estate sector.
“The partnership will broaden educational offerings and develop skills for the real estate sector in India, leading to the establishment of a Real Estate educational programme by P E Analytics Ltd, with technical assistance and curriculum support from the Department of Land Economy. This collaboration will facilitate the creation of the first Real Estate School in India going forward,” according to a statement.
Beyond teaching, the collaboration will also focus on cutting-edge research, including the development of AI-led predictive models for the real estate industry. This comes at a time when PropEquity is already working on an AI-powered conversational platform for the real estate sector, which is expected to be launched in India before being scaled globally.
The Department of Land Economy brings significant academic experience to the partnership. It currently runs two postgraduate programmes — the MSt in Real Estate, launched in 2016, and the MSt in Climate, Environmental and Urban Policy, introduced in 2024 — and has a strong track record in executive and mid-career education.
The tie-up forms part of the Department’s broader ‘Global Land Economy’ initiative, which seeks to expand international education and research collaborations with institutions and organisations across the world.
Professor Shailaja Fennell, Deputy Head of the Department of Land Economy, said, “We are excited to establish a partnership between the Department of Land Economy and PropEquity which will broaden educational offerings and develop skills for the real estate sector in India.”
Samir Jasuja of PropEquity said the collaboration would help set new benchmarks in real estate education. “With Cambridge expertise guiding our curriculum design and academic frameworks, we are very excited to create India’s most prestigious Real Estate School cum Centre of Excellence. The programmes offered will be highly unique, specialised and industry backed, designed specifically for the core real estate domain covering every vertical,” he said.
Further details on the structure and rollout of the programmes are expected to be announced in due course.
The Department of Land Economy, which sits within Cambridge’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is known for its interdisciplinary approach spanning law, economics and environmental policy. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 67% of its joint research submission with the Department of Architecture was rated “world leading”, the highest score in the country for the relevant field.
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January 26, 2026, 15:21 IST
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